r/8 OF THE USE 
to cinders in their forges. The Laplanders, 
who lay their children upon it in the cradle, 
.find that it abates the acrimony of the urine. 
A£t Stock. 1740. p. 42 1. 
The fontinalis antipyretic#, a kind of mofs , 
contrary to the nature of all other moffes, guards 
the walls of houfes in cafe of fire. It. Scand. p. 20. 
The maiden-hair furnifhes a very convenient 
bed to the Laplander, and the hear with this 
prepares his winter habitation. Moft of our 
tumps confift of this kind of mofs . 
The club-mofs is ufed for making mats. 
The cyprefs-mofs furnifhes a yellow dye. 
The upright fir-mofs frees cattle from ver- 
min, and purges ftrongly. It. Gel. p. 28. 
T hz fount ain-mofs points out cool fprings. 
The hypnum prolifer um, a kind of mofs , co- 
vers the ground in fhady places, where no other 
plant will grow. Iter. Oeland. p. 28. 
The hypnum parietinum ferves for ftoppiag 
crevifes in walls. 
All the kinds of hypna and brya 2 cover the 
earth with green, and keep it from being quite 
naked, as in beech groves and in the woods of 
both the Indies. They preferve the minute 
feeds of plants during the winter, flielter their 
* Names of moffes. 
roots 
