Lib. 3. Of the Hiftory of Plants. 1561 
and rotten trees, a certaine kinde of Meflc in face and ft tew not vnlike to that kinde of Gkc Feme 
called DryotteriSi It creepeth vpon the ground, hauing diuers long branches, confiding o, many 
fmall leaues, euery particular leafe made vp of fundry little kaues.fet vpon a middle rib one oppo- 
fite to another. 
7 Mufcns Filicims. 
Moffe Feme. 
8 Mufcm carniculatus '. 
p Mufcus denticulatM . 
Toothed Moffe. 
8 There is found vpon the tops of our mod barren mountaines,but efpecially were fea Coles 
me accudomed to be digged, done to make iron of, and alfo where ore is gotten for tune and lead, 
a certaine fmall plant : it fifeth forth of the ground with many bare and naked branches dim in| 
themfelues at the top into fundry knags like the forked homes of a Deere, euery part whereof of 
30 utborfo rm erly gaue another figure and defcription of this plant, by thc'nameofHa- 
/.W^tSich I hailmittcd, thin&g this ttebct«.Tw^ar 
ferre this to the Fe/nes , and the lad of them calleth it F,h* fixate tcrnicuku . Pa* and Libel 
made it theft HoMktn dtmOn Thalms calls it ^JdUnthum ac, rf h >P” n r Heath 
.. 5 ,. There is found creepingvpon the ground a certaine kmde of Mode ; at the bottom of Heath 
and T intr and fuch like bufhes growing vpon barren mountames, confiding as it wer 
difpInSg it rn 6. abroad. i»to fundry brandies, rhruO,.* «. 
