1008 GRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCL Fontinalis. 
(PLATE XVIII./. 1— Hook. FI Lond. 54— E. Bot. 330—Muse. Brit. v. E.) 
Differs from F. curvicollum in having beardless, though pointed leaves, a 
longer and nearly upright stalk, and longer-pointed capsule. E. Bot. E.) 
Fruit-stalk and capsule a rich chesnut red. Fruit-stalks straight, some¬ 
times two from the same root. Leaves five or six. Whole plant the 
twentieth of an inch in height. Capsule not wrinkled. 
(Long-stalked Earth-moss. E.) Specimens from J. W. Griffith, Esq., 
who found it amongst trees in the front of Garn House, very near the 
road leading to Henlfan. (Frequently found in fields that have lain un¬ 
tilled one or two years, together with Weissia Starkeana. Hooker. E.) 
April—May. 
FONTINA'LIS. # Capsule nearly sessile, furnished with a veil 3 
and surrounded by a tiled involucrum. 
Barr. FI. bud-like, axillary; on the same plant. 
Ohs. Differing from Hypnum chiefly in the capsule not being sup¬ 
ported on a fruit-stalk. Weis. 
F. antipyre'tic A. Capsules lateral; leaves acute, keeled, doubled 
together, disposed in three rows. 
Bill. 33. 1—( E . Bot. 359— Mus. Brit. xxii. E.)— Vaill. 33. 5— II. Ox. xv. 
6. 32— Kniph. 12— Buxh. iii. 69. 2— Mich. 59. 9 — Schmid. 58. 4 —Hedw. 
Hist. i. 5. 27. ii. 9. 53. 54. 55. and 1. 5. 
Shoots a foot long or more, branched. The primary shoot sends out lateral 
and terminal ones, and these branch out again. Neck. Floating in water. 
Leaves two or three lines long, and half as broad, very entire at the edge. 
Capsides lateral, in the bosom of the leaves, on very short fruit-stalks, 
inclosed in a leafy scaly involucrum. Veil conical. Lid conical, blunt, 
starting with a spring from the ripe capsule. Fringe surrounding a 
central point. Seeds green. Dill. 
Greater Water-moss. Upon rocks androots of trees, in brooks, rivulets, 
slow streams and ponds. (Delights in the neighbourhood of cataracts, 
and flourishes most where the stream is most turbulent. Drummond. E.) 
P. June—Sept.f 
F. mi'nor. Capsules terminal; leaves egg-shaped, acute, concave; 
pointing three ways; always in pairs. 
{Hook. FI. Lond — E. Bot. 557— Dill. 33. 2— Muse . Brit. xi. E.) 
Leaves doubled together and keeled, on the thicker branches in pairs. Linn. 
Shoots four inches long, in rapid streams half a yard or more, very much 
branched. Branches three-sided, ending in a sharp point. Capsules egg- 
shaped, on short fruit-stalks. Web. Shoots shorter, more branched, and 
leaves smaller, thicker, and blunter, than in F. antipyretica. Dill. 
Lesser Water-moss. ( F. minor. Linn. Trichostomum Fontinalioides. 
'* * (From its natural station being in fresh springs and rivulets. E.) 
*f The specific name was given to this plant in allusion to its being employed by the 
Swedes to fill up the spaces between the chimney and the walls, and thus, by excluding the 
air, preventing the action of the fire. (The pale reddish tufts of the minute Conferva nana , 
Dillw. 30, may sometimes be observed parasitically attached to this species in alpine rivers. 
