740 CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. 



.; •{^•- curved, comprefled at their bafe, and enfolding 



V. ■; t!>e niiddle rib, fet neareft together at the top 



of the le;if, of a green but not fliining colour. 



• - ■ ' The peduncle Is reddifli, about the fame length as 

 " ■ ■ " the leaf, and arifes from between the uppermoll 

 . ■- . "■• pnn^^ at the extremity of the middle rib, and 



■' '-■ '■ nearly at right angles with it. 



The capfulc is ereCl, nearly oval, green at firft, 



but of a reddifli brown when ripe. The opev- 



' "' ' cuh'.m is red, with an erect point in the centre. 



The cnhptra is very thin, fhort, conical, and of 



■■'•■'. a pale green colour. The rim of the orifice is 



■■.. " • ciliated with reddifn hairs. 



The perichiftium, at the bafe of the peduncle, is a 

 flight convex fwelling, fcarccly vifible. 



Saxifo^iumi HYPNUM fronde fimpliciffia pinnata l,:inceolata, 



bafi peduncuHfcra. Sp. pL 1587. {Vail. Paris, t. 



24./. II. opt. Billen. mufc. t. 34./. 2. bona. Ocd. 



Dmu t. AJ^- J- 2.) 



■■".■.. :■ Yew-lea v'd H\pnum. AngVis. ....... 



In woods and fhady places. III. IV. 

 1 his alfo confids of a phjn, fimple, pinnated leaf, 

 like the preceding, many ariung from the fame 

 bafe, but is larger, being about half an inch 

 hijTh. The ■plnn.-e are lancelate. commonly about 

 twelve pail', but often more in tlie old plants, 

 ', ..... divided by a midd'e nerve, and largeft at the 



. ; ' ' ' . top of the leaf. 



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