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Show “7308 CHuaPe59» Theatram Botanicum. 9.Mu/curparus ftcharis, Tris E14 Tx pening, The:Fheater ofPlait, Cuxnp.60, 1309 oewaill, wngs Bulow minimus terrefirn. Thefmalleht ground Mofle, : We havea {mall kindeotMofle (pfually growing with us not onely spon thofegroundsthatae not ftirred or turned up for two or three yeares together, but in Howerpots of earth in Gardens oftentimes, efpeciaily fome that are not ftirred) which is nothing elfe but a number ofgreene fhort haires matting upon the ground, which in the heate of Summer, and fometimes foonerwill fend forth {mall fhott ftalks an inch highwith {mall yellawifh : or greenifh heads onthem. The Place and Time. Heath Moffe. . Allthefc are ina mannetpasticularly declared where they are moftufually growing and are in their perfection in the Simmer time. : Me j g Gas he The Names, 3] ; Moffe ingenérall iscalfed in Grete Grdand onadyver,and in the Atticke tongug Sphagnum and Hypnim; and P/iny chereaponin oe place-calleth it 18 Latine Bryon and Sphaghum,and in another place Sphagnosfive Phacos five Bryon,in Latineit is ufuatly called A4vifeusand properly betokeneth any herbe thatis compofed ofhaires or threde inftead of leaves.” ‘The firtthere fet forth, is the A4u/cus terreftris vulgaris of Lobel,and Dod.news, and thought by Bauhinvs. cobe the ALufans bortenfisiot Trague but 1 fuppofe rather his is the laft that I here fet forth in this Chapter, and none other that. know, growing fo familiar in Gatdens # The fecond is the (Mujcss: montanys of Tabermontanus, and Aduless terrefiris ot Gerard, which Bawbinws calleth Afufcws Denticilato fieuslis, becaufe it is very like che {mall Deationlatws,but that it rooteth not asitlyeth: The third isthe A/a/cus /coparius of Zobeland others,and Selago tertia Of Thalivs. The fourthis called CMufem clavatus by Lobel and Dodoneus, whocallerhit al{o, Lycopodinm:Tragus,A4dethialys, and others ¢Mu/cus rerreftyis, and isthe Selagivis(pecies altera of Thalius,Gelver infrath montis defcriptione calleth it Mufcus urfinusy and ferit forth for Chamapence Cordiin bifforia, but Thalia faithit was impofed-on him by others, for Cordes fent the true Chamepeace to Ge/ner, a little before his death, e4ngiilara and Ca/falpinus, {ay that it was.of long time ufed in the fhops of Italy,c+c. for true Spica CelticdsThe ifthof both fortsiscalled A4#/cus cerreftris by fome, and dentichlatns by ouh¢rs,and Lufitanicess by Clugus. Thefixth ofbothforts i mentioned onely by Bashinus in his Pinas’and Prodomnis, and {o is che {eventh allo: Thesightis-called by Bauhinus Mu/cus ramofus eve tes major & minor, The ninth is called by Lobel Mufins in ericera provensens, and by Bashinns asit isin thetitle, Mufcus parvus fellary : The tenth is by Banhi- nus onelycalled as ipisam the title; YAufcurflellatss rofens: Theeleventhis the Adu/cus pyxidarus alabaftriculos imitans by Lobel,the other fort whereof Batehinws calleth Afufews pyxiodes faxatily,as ke did the former of Lobe/, pyriodesterrefiris : The twelfthis called AZu/cws ceranoides major & minor,by Bashinw,and no doubtisthe A4n/= cus corniculatus of Tabermontanus and Gerard, however his Corrigidor hath put ashe faith a berterin the place, namely the Filixpetrea of Tragus, whenas no other Authout.doth-referreit toany of the Moffes, but Bawhins who miftooke his reference herein, for as I fhewed in the defcriprion thereofamong the Fearnes, thar hath {pors onthe leaves as other Fearnes and Capillare herbeshave, whicharguethit plainely to be of that family, and no Mofle, and Bauhinus his defcription of his A4ufens ceranoides major, doth plainely agree with this cornicwlarus, The la(t although beft knowneto many, yetlittle regarded by moft,and not mentioned before by any except Tra= gifhis beit. manyfine leaves clofe fer together in manner‘of long fpiked heads,one fort being greene and anothet white, 7 12, AMufeus corniculatus, Horned. Molle. 8. Alu/cus erettus ramofus major, drinke the pouther thereoffor certaine daies together, The club Moffe hung inaveffell ofwine that hath lott The greater branched Moffe, the vigour ahd vertne,fomuch as isconvenient for the bigneffe of rhe veffell,. is faid in fhort time to recover ita gaine, whefenpon Branfelfins called it Wein krant,the W ine herbe. The greater branched Moffe groweth thicke-and clofe together Itke a turfe or cuffocke ofhigh graffe, whofe ftalkes are thiee or foureincheslong, {preading into branches of twoor three inches apeece, and thofe into others againe, all which a:ecovered with veryfine haices like leaves, among which fhooteforth {malt naked ftalkes of aninch long, with {mall Cuar. LX. Mules berbeformis & coraliiformis, Mofles that tefemble fome herbes or Corall, yellow round heads like wh::ate cornes. There isalfoaleffer hereof whofe flalkes ate fhorter and leaves fo {mall that they are fcarfe to be difcerned. Here be divers other forts of Moffes that havé fome reflemblance, either to: fome -herbes orto Corall, and becanfe I thought it fitteft to ranke them together, I have as you-fee keprthem onc of the laft Chapter, to infert them here into this. / : 9. Mufcus parvus fears. “Heath Moffe. This {mall Moffe riferh up with divers hard ftalkes of {mall Short leaves, and at the top a many otherfet thicke and round a ES (SAPS inaturfe: it groweth much ondry heathy grounds. 10. Mufcu ftellatus rofens. Starve Moffe, The ftalkes ofthis {mall Moffe, rife featfe above an inch which hive manyfinall pale greene fharpe pointed leaves, fet at the toppes of their fmallftalkes,in manner of a Rofe,{prea- 11. Aufcus pyxidates, Cup-like Moffe. fms Cupreffiformis ramo(usyto diltinguith it. patsy. 2, (Mufeus Abietis facie. Firre like Mofle, ¢ The Firre like Moffegroweth clofe upon the ground, and creeping thereon with fandry iongbtanched ftalkes; ; with fine (hort hayric greene leaves, fet onboth fides of the middle thereof, refembling a Firre tree branch, Be Theleavesof this Moffe that lye like Liverwort creeping upon the ground,are of a whieith yellow colour as the {mall hollow heaveslike cups,that rife from them are alfo. There is another forthereof growing not on the groundas the former, but on rockes and ftones whofe cups are {maller, more inmumbes and not fo white. 12. Mafewa cornicalatus. Horned Moffe- 1. Mufins clavatus Cuprefiformis, Cyprefle ike Mofile. = This {mall Moffe abideth alwayes greene fending forth fundry hard branched ftalkes, with very fhortand thicke leaves ferled upon them, fomewhat refembling the ‘brarichi of a'Cypreffe, being of adarke greene colour,from the top whereof fometimes. come forth {mall and foft) {piked, heads ftanding on {mall foote ftalkes Another fomewhat like hereuntois remembred by Bawhinus,which he entituleth A4u/- 4/,,., pe forth likeli tleftarre, this grawethupon Rockes and itones, The Vertuess All the Moffesare fomewhat cooling and drying, and thereby ftay fiuxes and bleedings, thefe earth or ground Moffes, efpecially the firft and the fonrth,are held to be fingular good to breake the ftone, andtoexpell and drive it forth by uriné,being boyled in. wine and drunke,thé herbe bruifed and boiled in water,and then applyed to any inflammations or painésrifing froma hot caufe dothallay and eafethem, and therefore many doc apply jit ro the hot gout,toeafe the painesthereof. The cup Moffeis faid to helpethe ehincoughin children effectually, ifthey ng will This horned Moffe which groweth on thofe rocky barren hills, and rocky grounds, whe ¢ almoft nothi urc inches high grow, rifeth out of the ground, with divers flender weake and fomewhat broad ftalkes thr e¢ orfo unto againe naked and without leaves from the bottometo the toppe, but parted into fmaller branches, and they leffer, which are forked at the ends like unto hornes of adusky white colour. 13. Mufcus whereof it tooke the name; 3. Dufcus Filicings. Eerne like Moffe. f _ There be divers fortsof this Mofie, fome bigger and {omelefferthan others, all ofchem rifing up with fundry ftalkes fome blackifh, fomereddifh, and finc leaves on them muchiliketo Ferné leaves, but in fome morefinely jagged or cut into {everall parts than in others, on the toppes of the brancties of ‘the leffer fort hang {mall round pointed crooked heads. 4. Mafews Polytrichoides. Maiden haire Moffe; t There are three forts of this Moffe, the one hath many fhortftalkes thicke covered'with fhort, but fomewhac Tttet 3 hard, ne |