U CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI, 



together; the branches tender, filiforme, a little 



. . erect, and (lightly branched. The leaves are 



extremely minute, oval-lanceolate, terminated 



witii a hair-like point, patent, alternate, and 



thinly fee ; of a fine green colour, 



■ .; The peduncles are numerous, very long for the 



fize of the mofs, being two inches high, erecl, 



.. • red c;nd fliining. The capfules are erc(5l at firfr, 



and covered with white calyptrcc^ afterwards 



they fvvell, become cylindrical, large, a little ia- 



„ ■ •, ,., . clin'd, green at firft, but turning afterwards yel- 



lowifn. The operculum is faort and conical, and 



' ' flightly acuminated ; the rim ciliated. 



: ., The fmailnefs of the branches, and tenuity of the 



leaves, make this mois, at a diftance, appear 



. ,■ like a filamentary hyJJ'us', which circumftance, 



together with its numerous red peduncles, and 



.., . v/hite calyptr^, vvill readily difcover it. 



fruroides HYPNUM furculis eredlis ramofis incurvatis. Sp. 

 " 2 0. f'- ^59^- G'^'^-''^' Paris, t. i-j. f. ii. Dillen mujc. 



/. 4!./. 54J 

 Squirrel-Tail Hypnum., Anglis. ._f ■: - , ,^, 

 On the trunks of old trees. 111. IV. 

 - ♦ The ftalks are three or four inches long, fibrous, 

 and crcepi;:g. The branches cylindrical, an 

 inch or an inch and a half high, fimple, or a 

 litde divided-, fomewhat rigid when dry, and 

 -/. " often incurv'd ; but lax, tumid, cred, and flex- 

 ible when moift. The leaves are oval- lanceo- 

 late, and terminated with a fnort hair-like point, 



prefTed 



