CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. 741 



The peduncle is reddifh, about half an inch or a 



little more in height, and arifes out of a fc.ly 



perichd-tium^ at the bale of the leaf. 



The ca[)fuie is incurved or nodding, and nearly 



cvlindrical, green at firft, rtddifn brown when 



.,j _ ,,. ripe. The operculum is red, incurved and point- 



_,;; ,- ed. The calyptra greenifh, lateral, and turned 



upwards. Tiie rim ciliated. 



dentkula- HYPNUM frondc pinnata fimplicj, pinnis dupli- 

 tum 3. catis, bafi pedunculifera. Sp fl. 1588. (Vai'L 



Paris, t. 29./. S. bona DiUen mujc t. ^\. f- 5. 

 cpt. Moris, hijhf. 15. /. 6./. 36.) 

 Double- rovv'ti Hypnurn, v;ith crooked fins, yf/?^ /i.e. 

 In woods and moid lliady r-l^ces. . IV. 

 ■, , .,■.:.,. The leaves are from half an inch to an inch and a 

 half long, generally fimpie, pinnated, ;md lying 

 .,..•;, flat on the ground, of a pale green colour, pel- 

 ., : . lucid and fliining. The pinn . are placed alter- 



.,;-,,.. nately in a double feries, or lb clofe as to lie up- 



on one another, broad at the baic, acute at the 

 ' , : point, and recurved or falcated. 



....■; The peduncles arife from the bafe of tlie leaves,"" 

 ered, an inch high, or a little more, fltnder and 

 reddilli. The capfulco, at their firil appearance, 

 are erect, and covered with a thin, upright, 

 ftraw-colour'd caiyptra. Afterwards they be- 

 come incurved, and, when ripe, are agp.in cred:. 

 The operculum is fliort, and without a point. 

 The rim of the orifice is denfely ciliated. 



HYPNUM 



