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CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. yG^ 



prelTcd to the flalk when dry, but patent when 

 moid:, fo as to render the ftalks tumid, like a 

 fquirrel's or fox's tail. The colour is dark 

 green, turning rufly when eld. 

 - 'J'he peduncles are half an inch high, erecl, and 

 faffron-colour'd. The capiules oblong, cylin- 

 . , .., ; drically oval, eredl, and of a reddiili brown co- 

 lour. The operculum conical and acute. The 

 cahptra pale, with a yellow tip. The rim fur- 

 rounded with white cilia. The capfules are 

 rarely produced. 

 . ,^;. ,..-^ In fome of the more tumid branches are often 

 ,,,;,. ,> feen innumerable fufcous granules, or <yems, 



•._,,, , , :. which, through a microfcope, appear to be com- 

 . , . " pofcd of minute leaves. Thefe granules are, 



according to L//z;i\tr«J, the female frucliftcations, 



myofurcides HYPNUM furculis ramofiffimis, ramis fubulat::: 

 30. utrinque attenuatis teretibus. 6'/>. pi. 1596. (Mo. 



■ ris. hijl. J. 15. /. 6./. 3. Vail. Paris, t.ij. f. C. 



non bene. Billen. t. 41./. 51. opt.) 

 ■j.c:.:. Moufe-tail Hypnum. Anglis. 



On trunks of trees, and on rocks. II. 111. 



" ."^ ." " The ftalks are fibrous and creeping, from two to 



"", ' ' four inches long, divided towards the extremiry 



'.■ into leveral irregularly pinnated branches, which 



"'• pinnules, or fccondary branches, arc cyliridri- 



cal, numerous, taper, aiid a liulc incurv'tf. 



^' ■ The leaves are oval-lanceolate, concave, tcrnij- 



-•---•- nated with a hair-like point, fmooth, c'ofclv 



iinbricated, and of a bright green colour. 



