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The leffer BRAINCHED Ground-MOSSE. Mufcus 
terreftris ramofus minor. Of the fame Species with the Skull- 
Moffe. Defcnbed in Bauhinws^ as I take it, with the Title 
of Mufcus Abietis facie. 
The FIRN-MOSSE. M. filicinus 3 fo called from its 
likenefs to a young Firn-Branch. 
The TOOTHED-MOSSE. M. terreftm denticulatus-. 
The feveral firings hereof, bordered 011 both fides with jag- 
ged or toothed Membrans. Figur d and defcrib'd in 
Bauhinus, under the Name of Mufcus pulcher parvus re- 
pens. 
The -fmalleft CREEPING MOSSE. M. ten. repens mi- 
nimus. 
The leffer ground MOSSE with REVERTED Leaves 3 
that is, with their points doubled backward. So fmall, as 
hardly to be obferved diftinctly without a Glafs. 
The CROWNED Ground-MOSSE. The Branches 
hereof are of an aih-colour, * an inch log, flat and skinny, 
and crowned at the top with round, flat, and blackiih 
Heads. 
The greater FiSTULAR Ground-MOSSE. The Pipes 
of tins Mojfe are alfo of an afh-colour, about an inch long, 
and as thick as an Oaten ftraiv. 
The leffer FISTULAR MOSSE. The Pipes of this are 
an inch and ^ high, and as thick as a good big 'Needle. 
The FLORID FISTULAR MOSSE. M. Tubul. Efflo- 
refcens. The Pipes of this are alfo allien, {lender, an inch 
long, with jagged and rediih Heads, fomewhat like little 
Flowers. 
The CUP-MOSSE. Mufc. Pyxidatus 3 fo called , be- 
caufe its feveral Sprigs have Concave Heads like little 
Cups. 
Of Mojfes, it may be Noted, That they are all compre- 
hended under two general kinds. One whereof, is pro- 
perly to be called WOODT, or That, in which we find a 
llringy or fibrous Part, included within a Cortical: and are 
therefore to be number'd amonft perfect. Plants. Of which 
fort, are the Terreftris repe?is,Venticulatus,RamoJus 7 Capillaris, 
Filici?ius,Folijs retroverfis^Barbatus^Scutellatus^sAmercianus, 
The other fimply CORTICAL, whether flat or round 3 and 
therefore to be reckon d of the Family of ImperfecT Plants. 
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