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Thefe eleven genera comprehend all the 
Britifti Ferns, or rather let us call them 
Filices: many of them have no refemblance 
to what we mean by Ferns. The next Or- 
der of this Clafs is the MoJJes, of which Lin- 
naeus makes eleven genera: nine of them are 
indigenous with us, viz. 
Musci, faid to be derived from poo-xt?, 
vifulus, a calf, a heifer, a young {hoot, or 
any thing young. With what propriety, if 
fuch be the derivation, this fecond Order of 
the Clafs Cryptogamia is thus entitled, I do 
not underftand: however, we tranilate it 
MoJJes. It comprehends thofe plants which 
have anther a without filament a -, whofe fe- 
male flowers have no pijlillum^ and whofe 
feed is a naked corculum. 
Lycopodium, Club-mofs: anther a bivalve, fef- 
file; calyptra none. Of the 29 fpecies 
of Linnaeus, we have no more than fix, 
for a defcription of which I refer you 
to your Synopfis-, and, if you have an in- 
clination to be more minutely inform- 
ed, confult Lightfoot's Flora Scotica. 
Sphagnum. Bog-mofs: anthera operculate, 
mouth not bearded. No calyptra. There 
are 
