Part If, 
236 Of Moffes , &c. 
The greater number of thefe Threds put forth two or 
three more, and fo thofe as many, repeating them after 
every two inches, all of equal thicknefs. In which manner 
they fpread wonderfully both in length and breadth. ’Tis 
probable, that under thofe little Scales may lie the Seed of 
the Mojfe. 
The SHIELDY Tree MOSSE. Mufcus arboreus fcutel- 
laris. So called, for that it grows with feveral broad round 
Heads, from a * to i an inch over, and a little Concave, 
not unlike a Buckler. Defcribed and figur'd in Bau- 
hinus. 
The foft BEARDED Tree-MOSSE. Mufcus arbor.: 
barbat. Imperati. Defcribed by the Author of the Name. 
It confifteth of a great number of firings in a duller 5 fome 
of them at the bottom, as thick as a Knitting-pin, and ; 
a foot in length 5 all ending as fmall as a fine Thread; and 
not unaptly refembling a Beard. 
The Cnfp BEARDED MOSSE. Different from the for¬ 
mer, only in being more rough and woody. 
The FISTULAR Tree-MOSSE. Defcribed in Baubinus 
by the Name of Mufcus arbor: Villojus. By whom it is 
miftakenly faid to be woody: it being wholly of a pithy 
fubftance, and having all its Branches hollow as fo many 
little Pipes: from whence I have nam’d it. 
The Dwarf PIPE-MOSSE. Different from the prece¬ 
dent in being fhorter, and more fpread thick and bufhy. 
That which is called Vfnea Officinorum. 
The HORNED Tree-MOSSE 5 confiding of fhort 
crooked Pipes. 
The greater FLAT-MOSSE. Mujcus arbor: ramofus, f. 
latiramis major. Figur’d, as if it were nothing elfe but a 
branched Skin. 
The dwarf FLAT-MOSSE. M. latiramis humilis. 
The CROWNED FLAT-MOSSE, having a flat Head 
or Crown on the top. Thus far of Tree-Moffes. 
The greater CAPILLAR Y-MOSSE. Polytrichum 
majjis. 
The leffer CAPILLARY-MOSSE. 
The greater BRAINCHED Ground-MOSSE. Defcribed 
and figur’d m Bauh. with the Title of Mufcus ter refir is re¬ 
pens a Trago pilius. 
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