754 CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCi. f 



TJie peduncles are (lender, red, and two inches 

 high •, the capfules oval, tumid, fufcous, and 

 a little inclin'd ; the operculum fhort, conical, 

 and obtufe. 



fcorpioides HYPNUM ramis vagis procumbentibus recurvis 

 iS'. foHis fecundis acuminatis. Sp. pi. iS9'^- DiH^f^' 



Great Scorpion creeping bog Hypnum. Anglis. 



In bogs and marlhes, but not very common. We 

 oblerved it in the bogs at Corinttachan, in Strnth 

 Szvardic, in the ide of Skye. 

 This mojs is three or four inches long, procum- 

 bent, and irregularly branch.ed. The branches 

 are thick, fufcous, convex, hooked and yellow 

 at their extremities. The leaves are denfely 

 imbricated, oval, acuminated, and recurv'd 

 downwards. 

 The peduncles are two inches high, and of a red 

 colcjur-, the capfules oblong, reddifh, and a lit- 

 tle inclin'd ; the operculum fhort and conical i 

 the perichceiium prominent, long, and pointed* 



i-it-icuiofum i-lYPNUM furculis repentrbus, ramis vagis tere- 



^9* tibus, foliis patulis acuminatis. ^p. pi. i^gi. 



(Moris, biji. f, J5. /. 5./. 7. eh hue Filament is. 



• - ' Vail. Paris, t. 23./. i. Lena. Dillm.tnufc-i. ^c^. 



' ' /. 43. Opi.) 



Long cyli-ndricai Hypnum. ylnj^lis. 

 At tJie roots of trees in dry woods. III. 



The 



