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ibe water, which is fingular, and a prefumptivc 

 argument that the contents of the nnihcra^ or 

 capfules, are fomething clifFcrent from mere 

 7 0-' A '< Pollen, or Farina. ' •- 



.■"i:. .\ . This mofs rometinies produces fcaly gems cjt of 

 the ^tV of the leaves. ■ 



ufpiiaium HYPNUM furculis vagis, apice/foliis onvolut's 

 I'K^ aciiminatO. Sp. pi. 1595- (Dtlhn. viufc, t. 39./. 



Sp;?ar-pointed Bog Hypnum. AngUs. 

 In bogs and marfhes frequent. IV. - . 

 The fiallis are ereft, three cr four inches high, ir- 

 regularly branched, and fonietimes obfcurcj/ 

 pinnated. The extremities of the fcalk ztA la- 

 teral branches end in a iliir point, occaHcned 

 by a Ciofc convoludon of the upper leaves, 

 v/hich aitbrds an excellent charader for diftin- 

 c-uifhing this niofs, Th.e leaves arc ovai-lan- 

 ceohue, acute, pellucid, a little patent, and 

 ,''■•.' ^ i''^>^her laxly imbricated. i he nerves arc red 

 _„ l-A : near their ibm.^its, and tJie leaves often of z 

 yellowifh colour, v/ith a flight tinge of red. 

 The peduncles are erect, two or three inches high, 

 ....? • . of a red colour, and arife out of ti)e central 

 nerve, having a long Icaly perich.-ftiam at their 

 .,-\ .r ':■ bale. The capfules are tumid, oval, a little 



■ , ,, , gibbous, inclined, of a green colour at firfl, af- 



■ \ .. , tervvards tawny. The operculum is fhort, conj- 

 ca!, obtufe and red. The cahptra long, pointed 

 and ftravz-colour'd. The rim ciliated. 



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