;4'J- CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. 



The peduncles are about an inch high, laffron- 

 colour'd, and arife from the f,U of the leaves, 

 on various and uncertain parts of the ftalks. 

 The capfules are fmail for the fize of the plant, 

 oval, more or Icfs nodding, and of a blackifh 

 brown colour. The operculum is pointed ; the 

 cr.lyptra ftraight, wiiite and pointed •, the rim ci- 

 liated. 



mdulciluni'i HYPNUM furculis ramofis, frondibus fubpinna- 

 tis, foliolis undulatis complicatis. Sp. pi. 15S9. 

 Dill en /. 36. /. li.) 



-■.. Waved Hypnum. AngJis. 



Upon moift ground, on rocks, and in woods, IV. 

 The ilalks are three or four inches long, com- 

 prels'd, fingie or Ihghtly branched, gradually 

 poinf^d to the end, and fprcad tlac on the 

 ..,, ground. . •-_. 



:> The leaves are of a whitilli green colour, lanceo- 

 late, acute, traniVcrfely undulated, and denlcly 

 imbricareri in a double or trii 'e feries. In tlieir 

 ^, alcC are often found bulbou:i gems, compofed of 



minute leaves, wrapped clofely together, which 

 are i'ne rudiriienrs of future branches, 

 . . ..• The peduncles are fiendcr, red, about two inche.^ 

 Jong, and arife out of the cU of the leaves, 

 either tov/crds uxq bale or about the middle of 

 ' ■ the fialks. The CL.pfulcs are oblong, green, 



: „, fli2;htjy incurved, and terminated with z pointed 

 operculum -, when old they become more incurv'd, 

 _ ..,. ■ DUgiiious, and ilriated. The calyptra is yel- 

 low ifli 



