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times this Mofs is of a reJjjJh color , and fometimes 
blackijh , which is the worft cf all. 
OSLftC SiC 0 3 3. 
IV. The feconi , or Knobbed ot Kneed Tree- 
Mofs. This is of a grayijl) color, hanging from the 
Trees , with a large fpread Britjh of Hairs , a foot in 
length , and fometimes half a lard long , with federal 
fmall knotted Joints like Beads , growing upon them 
towards the lower end , vtbicb are hollo w, aW £roro 
/a /bay rave Ji rung together, fome being lower, 
and others Ihorter than the ref. 
V. The third, or Fennel-like Oak-Mofs, This 
■ufuaUy grows upright on the Bodies , and the older 
Arms and Branches of old Oaks, and fometimes on 
0 A K — MO S S Fettttel-likg. 
0 R, 
0 A K- M 0 S S Branched Flowerings 
Beeches a/Jo , fajlned by a fmall lirackijh Root into 
their Bark , and jrom thence fends forth fever a! 
fender, blackijh , branched Stalks about two Inches or 
more high , with a number of moft fine grayifij 
Fennel like Leaves , which finch fomclhing fweet : 
at the tops whereof Jland fmall , round, hollow 
Veffcls, a hi tie rough or hairy about the Brims , 
which quickly fall away, without any Seed follow- 
i/ig them. 
VI. Johnfon upon Gerard thus Defcribes this 
third fort. There is oftentimes found upon old 
Oaks and Beeches and finch like over grown Trees, 
a kind of Fennel like Oak-Mols, (called alfo Oak- 
Mofs Branched Flowering) having many fender 
Branches , which divide - then f elves into other lejfer 
Branches, on which are placed confufedly , very 
many final! Threads of a greenijh ajh color : upon the 
ends of whofe tender Branches fometimes there comes 
forth a f lower , in Jhape like unto a little 'Buckler , 
or hollow Mulhroom, of a whitijh color tending 
to yehownefs , and garnijbed with the like Leaves of 
thojc upon the lower Branches. 
VII. The fourth, or Tree or Oak-Mofs with 
hollow Heads. This has hollow Stalks, with broad 
Bat Leaves , [omenhat hairy on the edges. The 
Heads are alfo hollow with a blackifh Stile or Peftel 
m the midji of them, and fometimes cncompaffed 
about with a dented Verge. This has feveral Jhort 
Branches Jpread divers ways , and is wholly of a 
gray ill) ajh color. 
VIII. The fifth , or Oak Mofs with broad horned 
Leaves. This is of a whiter ajh color, branching it 
felf into many thick and broad parts, like unto the 
Horns of a Stag, bearing at the tops of them, certain 
[mail VeJJe/s, of the bignefs of Cicers or Chich Peale 
at biggejt. This Mofs does fometimes grow Lux- 
urious fuelling greater from the bottom to the 
top. 
IX. X he fixth, or Crufty dry Mofs, or Dry Liver- 
wort or Lung-worr. This does not much differ in 
form and color from the Mols or Tree Lung-wort, of 
which we have already treated in Chap. 458. but in 
its being dryer, or more critfiy or hard : It grows as 
well on Trees a s on the cleft Pales and Shingles 
made of Oak, as alfo fometimes upon Stones and 
Rocks on the Ground, and fometimes upon the very 
Common Mofs it felf as it has been found fome- 
times growing in Windfor Park. 
X. The Places. The ft r It has been found grow- 
ing upon Trees in many Fbrrefts and Woods through- 
out all England, as alfo through the whole Conti- 
nent of Honda, where it grows very large upon 
Oaks to admiration, fo that in Ctro/itu, they have 
to my knowledg made it the Winter Provilion for 
their Cattel. It grows molily upon Oaks and that 
in vaft plenty, it grows alfo ‘upon other Trees. 
It grows on the Arms and Bows of the Ilex, or 
Evcr-grccn-Oak, as alfo upon the Larch Tree which 
is very white and fweet: that is an incomparable 
good Kind which glows on the Poplar Tree : bur 
that which grows upon the Cedar is faid to be the 
bell of all others, it being very white and fweet: 
and Matthiolus declares that to be the bell, which is 
the whiteft and fvteeteft. Yet lome others think 
that to be as good which is found upon the Fin- 
Pine , and Pitch Trees. The feeond grows alfo 
frequently in England and other places. The third 
which grows many, times upon old Beeches as well 
as upon Oaks, as alfo the fourth , fifth and fixth, 
are found frequently in the Woods ax ivi/dertteffes 
through the vaft Continent of Florida, and in many 
other places of the Weft-Indies. The fixth and 
leventh are found frequently -growing upon Oak 
Boards, Planks, Shingles , and Timber, throughout 
all the Brittijh IJles. 
XI. The 
