748 CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. 



which, at their extremities, grow diftichous, 

 ccmprefied, and taper ; and the cperculum has a 

 ]of:g, acute point. See Dillen.mufc. t. 38 /. 30. 

 ■^ e^/. 38./. 31. 



I'his is made a diftindl fpecies by Haller in his hifi. 

 Hehet. n 1 73 1, and by IVeis in his Plants Cryp- 

 togamicii:^ p. 225; which lafl author terms it 

 ■■ HYPNUM rujciforme. " ' ' 



It grows at the roots of trees, and in damp places 

 by river fides, and often produces globular, fei- 

 file, fcaiy gems. 



*'** Surcitlis "pennatis. 



Jilicimmii HYPNUM furcnlis pennatis, ramulis diflantibus, 

 ., ■, foliolis imbricatis incurvis acutis fecundis, Sp. 

 pL 1590. {V^il. Paris, t, i<). f. 9. Dillen. mujc. 

 t. 3.6./. 19. opt.^ 



Bog Fern-Hypnum. Anglis. 



In bogs and fprmg-^, and about cnfcades. III. 



The ilalk varies from three to fix inches in height, 

 fometimes proftrate, but ofren eredl, generally 

 pinnated v.'ith fimple regul.r diftant branches, 

 placed at right angles with the middle rib, longeft 

 in the middle, and fhortcft at the two extremi- 

 ties of the ftalk. The leaves are yellowifli, green, 

 cloftly imbricated, narrov/, falcated, curled, and 

 their points all bent downwards. The rib to 

 which they are annexed is firm, thick, and redt 

 difn. Sometimes the principal Ilalk is branched, 

 or doubly pinnated. 



The 



