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CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCL 



cumbent and creeping ; alternately pinnated 

 wiih fine ca[.illary diftintft branches, iome of 

 which are agaip. 'pinnated a fecond rime. The 

 leaves are very fniall, triangular, patent, termi- 

 nated with a Pnarp point or hair, of a pale green 

 or yello'vvilli colour, and laxly imbricated in a 

 double alternate ieries. 



'i he peduncles are ilender, red, and about an inch 

 high. The capfules are ot a dark green colour, 

 fnort, oval, tuOiid, and nodding, fufcous when 

 ripe. The cpcrcu/imi is fnarply pointed, and 

 often recurved. I'he cniyplra ere(51:, and whitiih 

 green. 



This Hypnum may be readily diPnnguifned by its 

 long trailing pinnatedi ilalks, and tenuity of its 

 leaves. 



**** Fcliis refiexis. 



•„i^^-!T.r,r IIYPNUM furculis fubpinnatis, foliis fecundis re- 

 me iG. curvis apice iubulatis. ^f. pi. ir^gi. (Vail. Paris. 



t- '2.1- f- ' 3.->^«^ Ocd. Dan. t. r,^^. f. 2; Dil^efi. 

 mtfc. t. 27' f' 23- ^P^-) 

 Curled Cyprels Hypnum. Anglis, 

 In woods at the roots of trees frequent. If. 

 The ilalks are from two to four inches long, prof- 

 trate, comprtis"d, and irregularly pinnated or 

 branch'd •, of a lliining vellow green colour, 

 matted and entangled together. The central 

 nerve is widefr, and the upper branches are often 

 thick, or c'ubb'd at the extremities : and both 



have 



