?42 CRYPTOGAMIA IVIUSCI. 



adjantcides HYPNUM fronde pinnata ramofa ereda, medio 



4- pedunculifcra. Sp. pi. 1588. (Buxi^. cent. 2. /. j. 



/. 4. Vnil. Paris. L 28. /. 5. fflj^/rV. D///<.». ^«/f. 



Upr-gai Ye\\-leav'd Bog Hypnum. Jnglis. 



In bogs but not very frequent, as at Acblyne^ near 

 the head of Locb-Tay, in Breadalbane^ &c. Mr, 

 Stuart. III. IV. 



■Jhe leaves are ered, branched, pinnated, about 

 two inches high, and fometimcs even four 

 inches •, the pinna arc plain, lanceolate, and 

 often forty pair, or more in number. The pe- 

 duncles arife fingly from the middle of the leaf 

 (that is neither at the bafe nor the fummit, but 

 ibmewhfre between both) hardly an inch high, 

 and of a tawny red colour. The capfules arc 

 oval, fufcous, nearly ered at firft, but when 

 ripe inclin'd. The operculum is red and pointed % 

 the calyptra ftraw-coiour'd, with a brown tip j 

 the rim of the orifice ciliated with red hairs. 



iontpland' HYPNUM fronde pinnata ramofa, foliolis imbri- 

 /«?;; 5. catis acutis compllcatis compreflls. ^/i. p/. 1588. 



(Moris, bijf.f. 15. /. 5./. 5. Vail. Paris, t. 23./. 

 4. bona. Dillen. mufc. t. 34./. 7. opt.) 

 Flat fhining feathered Hypnum. Anglis. 

 Upon trunks of trees frequent. III. IV. 

 The leaves lie flat upon each other, and cover the 

 trunks of the trees in broad patches. They vary 

 in length from two to four inches, and are pin- 

 nated. 



