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CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCL 745 



lowifh, with a fufcous point; the rim ciliati'd; 

 the perichatium compofed of lliort, narrow, rc- 

 fiexed fcales, 



^' ' ' The fr unification is rarely to be found. 



pifpum 8. HYPNUM furculis ramoHs, frondibus fubpinna- 

 tis, foliolis undulatis planis. Sp. pL 1 589. (il/j?- 

 ris. bijl.f. 15. /. 5. pag. 625. Ha^hr. blfL I. ^b. 

 f. ^. BilUn. mv.fc. t. 36./. 12. cpt.) 

 ""■'■- Crirped Hypnuni. Jng.'is. 



"■■ ■ ■ Upon dry rocky places not iinfrcquentj and fomc- 

 ■'■■•'■ times at the roots of trees. IV. 



This is one of the mofl: elegant of the genus. The 

 llaiks are commonly aboiii: four inciies lung, but 

 vary from two to nine inches ; obtufe at the end. 

 They are comprciTed •, irregularly, and often op- 

 pofitely, branched, and lie clofcly i rr.brir aad 

 upon one another, in wide patches. The leaves 

 are obtufcly lanceolaee, diftichous, aJtermaie, 

 dcnftly im.bricated, flnning, and tranfvcrifciy uk- 

 dulated with four or more femicircujar concen- 

 tric wrinkles, or plaits. The ntiocr and younger 

 leaves are ot a pale green colour ; the lower and 

 elder ones of a yellowini brown. 



The peduncles are very fliorc for tlie fize of the 

 plant, being aboirc lialf an inch long, of a pale 

 green colour, ariling out of the ale of the leaves 

 from various parts of the ftalic. The c^pfulfs 

 fliort, oval, dull green, rcddifli at the bafe, erect 

 or flightly incurved ; the operculum has a ilang 



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