^: CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. 763 



^;lutinum HYPNUM furculo repenttr, ramis confertis crj^c- 

 27* tis, foliis fubulatis, antheris lubnutannbus. Sp. 



/>/. 1595. {Vail. Far-is. t. 2b. f. <j. Dillen. mujc. 

 V'Cz , .:. /. 42./. 61. opt. Oed. Dan. t. 475.) 



Velvet Hypnum, with (looping heads. JngUs. 

 At the roots of trees, and on the ground in iliady 



places. II. 



This mofs forms a thick mat or carpet. Th;; ftaliis 



creep and (hoot nurnberlcfs cvq^.., fliort, fimp'e 



branches, without order, and entangled togs:- 



ther. The leaves are very fmall, lanceolate, 



'"'"* '"' acute, terminated with a fliort hair like point, 



prefs'd to the nerve wlun dry, patent when 



moid: •, of a deep green colour, but tinged with 



yellow when old. 



*' . * The peduncles are copious, nearly an inch high, 



• -' and reddifli. The capfnles are oval, ihining, ot 



a reddifn fufcotis colour, all inclin'd the fame 



v/ay. The spercidum is fuort, conical, and red- 



.'■■ "■^' difli J \\\t calyptra is pale green, at tirit ered, 



■■^ " afterv/ards oblique; the rim ciliated. 



fer^ens 2B. HYPNUM furculis repentibus, ramis (ilifnrmibus, 

 foliis obliteratis. Sp pi. 1596. (Aloris. hijl.f. jj:. 

 ,:-(.'■'/•■' ' t. 5./. 14 t> 21. Vail. Paris, t. 28 /, 6. opi. (j^ 

 :.-•• . " /. 2. 7. 8. Di/len. mufc. t. 42./. 64.) 

 • ■■ ' Creeping capillary Hypnum. Jnglis, 



•" Upon rotten wood, the roots of trees, in wells, 



and on the ground in moill Hiady places. IV. 

 The llalks are very (lender, creeping, and matted 

 V ..* together 



