Tr * b s 14. The Theater of 'Plants . C h a p, 60, 1399 
i 5 . Mujcus minimus terreflris. The fmalleft ground Mofle. 
We have a fmall kindeofMbfle (ufually growing with us not onely upon thofegrounds that a' e not flirred or 
turned up for two or three yeares together, but in flower pots of earth in Gardens oftentimes, especially Some 
that are not flirred) which is nothingelfe but a number ofgreene Short haires matting upon the ground, which in 
the heate of Summer, and Sometimes fooncr will fend forth fmall Short (talks an inch high with fmall ycllowilh 
or greenish heads on them. 
The Place and Time. 
All thefe are in a manner particularly declared where they arc molt ufually growing atfd are in their perfeftion 
in the Summer time. } 
The Names. 
Mofle in generall is called in Greeke < 3 pJo» and evh£x wv »W)A in the Atticke tongue Sphagnum and Bypnum, and 
Pliny thereupon in one place calleth it in Latme Tryon and Sphagnum, and in another place Sphagnosfive phacos five 
Brycnjm Latine it is ufually called Mufcw, and properly betokeneth any herbe that is compofed of haires or threds 
inflead of leaves. The firlt here fet forth, is the Mujcus terreflris vulgaris of Lobel, and Dodmaus, and thought by 
‘Bauhinus to-be the Mufctts hortenjis of Tragus i but 1 fuppole rather his is the lad that I here fet forth in this Chap¬ 
ter, and none other that I know growing fo familiar in Gardens; The Second is the rJMufcut mmtanws 
of Tabcrfyowtitnus , and Afu[cus terreflris of Gerard, which gauhinu1 calleth Mufctts Tfenticulato futility 
becaufeitis very like the fmall but that it rooteth not as it lyeth: The third is the Alujcus feeparhts 
of Loleland others,and. Selago tertia of Thalius. The fourth is called tAiufcus clavatus by Label and Dodon£U* s 
Who calleth italfo LycopodiumiTragus > ATatihtolus , and others 'JMufcm terreflris, and is the Selaginis Jprcies altera 
of ThaliufjGefiier infratti mentis deferiptione ci\\tth {tOMufcus urflnus, and Jet it forth for C-hamapcucc Ccnfisin 
hi florin, but Thaiiw faith it was impofed on him by others, for Cordus fent the true ChamapeUfe ro Gefner, a little 
before his death, iMnguilara.iand Cafalpinus ,fay that it was of long time uled in the Shops of Italy ,&c. for true 
Spica Celtica: The fifth of both forts is called Mufcus terreflris by fome, and dent.icp-. latus by others,a:-d Lvfitanicus 
by Clufiuy, The flxth of both forts is mentioned oncly by Bauhinus in his Pinax and Prodtcmus, and fo is the fc- 
ventb a io : The eight is. called by Bauhinus Mujcus ramojus erettus major dr.mthor. The ninth is called by Lcbel 
Mufcus in cricctisprcvenitns, and by Bauhinus as it is in themk,Mufcus parvus flellaris : The renth is by Bauhi¬ 
nus onely called as it, is in the title, j Mu/cur flellatus rofetis ; The eleventh is the Mu fern pjxidattM alabaflriculos 
imitans by Lobel, the other fort whereof Bauhinus calleth Mufcus pyxiodcs faxatilu , as be did the former of Lobel „ 
pyxiodes terreflris : The twelfth is called Mujcus ceranoides major & miner, by Bauhinus,and no doubt is the Mnf~ 
cus corniculatus of Tabermontanus and Gerard, however his Corrigidor hath put: as he faith a better in the place, 
namely the Filix petria of Tragus, when as no other Authour doth referre it to any of the Modes, but 'Bauhinus 
who miftooke his reference herein, for as I Shewed in the defcription thereof among the Fearnes, that hath Spots 
on rhe leaves as other Fearnes and CapUlarc herbes have, which argucth it plainly to be of that family, and no 
Mode, and Bauhinus his defcription of his Mujcus ceranoides major, -.-doth plaincfy agree with this corniculatus. 
The lall although beft knewne to many,yet little regarded by moft,and not mentioned before by any except Tram 
£**r,ifhis be it. The Venues . 
All the MoJTes are fomewhat cooling and drying, and thereby flay fluxes andblecdings, thefe earth or ground 
Moffes, efpecially the firft and the fonrth,are held to be Angular good to hr cake the ftone, and to expell and drive 
it forth by urine,being boyled in wine and drunke,the herbe bruifed and boiled in water .and then applyed to any 
inflammations or painesrifing from a hot caufe doth allay and eafe them, and therefore many foe apply it co the 
hot gout,toeafe the paines thereof. The cup Mofle is Said to helpe the chincoughin children efFe&ually, if they 
drinke the pouther thereof for ccrtaine daies together. The club Mofle hung in a veflell of wine that hath iolt 
the vigour and vcrtue,fo much as is convenient Tor the bignefl'e of the veflell, is faid in Short time to recover it a- 
gaine, whereupon Brunfelfins called it J 'Vein kraut, the Wine herbe. 
Chap. LX. 
OWufcM herbsformis & coraSiformis, Mofles that refemble fome herbes or Corail. 
Here be divers other forts of Mofles that have fome refemblance, either to fome herbes or to 
Corail, and bccaule I thought it fitteft to ranke them together, I have as you Ice kept them out 
of the la£t Chapter, to infert them here into this. 
I. CMufcrn clavatus Cupre-fflformis. Cyprefle likeMofle. 
This fmall Mofle abideth alwayes greenc lending forth fundry hard branched flalkes, with 
very Short and thicke leaves fetled upon them, fomewhat refembling the branch of a Cj p-efle, 
being of a darkegreene colour,from the top whereof fometimes come forth fmall and foft fpiked heads Hand¬ 
ing on fmall foote flalkes: Another fomewhat like hereunto is remembred by which heenriruleth Muf- ^ 
fen Cuprcjfiformis ramofus,to diftinguifh it. 
2. lMh/cus AbictU facie. Fir re like Mofle. 
The Firre like Mofle groweth clofe upon the ground, and creeping thereon with fnndry long branched Aalke'%, 
with fine short hayrie greene leaves, fet on both fides of the middle thereof, refembling a Firre tree branch, 
^hereof it tooke the name. 
5. Mufcus Filicinus. Feme like Mofle. 
jr - There be divers forts of this Mofle, fome bigger and fome leflerthan others, all of them rifing up with fundry 
ftalkesfomeblackifn, fomereddiSh, and fine leaves on them much like to Feme leaves, but in Some more finely 
Jagged or cut into feverall parts than in others, on the toppes of the branches of the lcSfer Sort hang fmall round 
pointed crooked heads, 
4. MuJciu Ppljtrichoidej, Maiden haire Mofle, . 
There are three forts of this Moffe, the one hath many Short flalkes thicke covered with Short, but Somewhat - 
Ttttt 3 hard f 
