CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCL 7^5 



The ftalks are fibrous at the bafc, very lonsr, trail- 

 ,;:-:.:;T.) ing, and branched. The branches are ertd", 

 generally fimple, fometimes divided, lono- and 

 cylindrical. The leaves arc of a yellow green 

 colour, fmall, triangular, carinated, acute their 

 points (lightly recurv'd; lb as roafTufne a curled 

 appearance, and generally turned thr lame way. 

 When dry they appear crifped and capillary. 

 The peduncles are of a pale yellOw colour at firft, 

 afterwards reddifh, flender, eredl, hardly an 

 inch high, arife from the fides of the branches, 

 out of a fmall fcaly perichatiMn. The capfules 

 are eredt, fmall, cylindrical, at firffe yellowiHi, 

 afterwards fufcous. The operculum is flioi t, co- 

 [ il I, nical, and acute; the orifice has no ring, aiu! 

 • : ;') -^'r;;.; the cilia are fo miniite as to be hardly vifible 

 '. ,. :." without a magnifier. 



- ■''.'' In the aU of the leaves are fometimes found fmall, 

 -r oi-. i. hard, fphaerical granules, or gems, which, by 

 the help of a glafs, appear t be compoied of 

 •, I ' . ' / minute leaves, or fcales. Thefe granules are 

 fuppofed, by Linn^us, to be female frudifica- 

 tions. 



fquarrofum FlYPNUM ramis vagls, foliis lanceolatis com- 



20, plicato-carinatis quinquefariam recurvatis. SyJ}, 



, . : . nai. edit. 1^. pag. 800. Sp. pi. 1593. {Dillen. 



mufc. t. 39./. 3B, varielas majo'y ^ t. 59./. 39. 



varietas minor. Vail. Paris > t. 27./. 5, bona. Oed. 



Dan. t. ssS'f' i- opt.) 



Rcflex'd-leav'd Hypnum. Jtiglls. 



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