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Show 110 The Riflory of P L A N T S. 1 th The pediclesi which fuftain the capfules, are about thefe pants, onfe ne~r ahnlo er, of a reddilh colour and the capfules lhort and tumid :. three quarters o an me ong, , . they do. not fiand erect, but lean ~ little. . d b t the roots of old trees . T h. b t' fi 1 r ttle Hypnum IS common m woo s, a ou , I ts eau 1 u 1 • d · h • The botanical writers in general Charlton-wood near Woolwtch, aboun s Wlt It. 'd d' have defcribed It. Tournefort calls it, Mufcus fquammofus, dendrOI e~, ra. tee .repente; and Ponte d era M utrc. us 1r. q uam mor1.1u s , dend~:oides ' ramofus ' fquam.m· r ts ·h mlcfc mde e· le-ganter difpofitis. The Mufc~s aquaticus pennatus frutefcens of Molllon 1s a o a vanety of this fpecies, though very 1ll figured. 3. Hypnum filicinum crijlatum. Fern-leaved, crejled Hypnum. Th' ·5 an extremely elegant little plant: it grows, at the utmoft, to about an inch and h~lf in length. It confifts of a :fingle ftalk, ftrait, flender, and curled ~t the ex- . h' h fc ds off on each :fide a feries of branches, of about a thud of an tremtty, w tc en ' ' d ll lh h h th nd inch in length in the middle, and growing gra ua y orter as t ey approac e e ; the extremities of thefe branches ar,e curled back, m. the fame man~er as thofe. of the · 11.alk and both that and thefe are covered w1th leaves, ftandmg very th1ck up-moan~ tnh elml . ' Thefe are fmal'l , and of a'n ob 1o ng fi gure, P?m· te d a t t h e en d ' an d cro.o ked ' in the fame manner as the ftalk : they are of a yellowiili colour, ~nd the bendmg of thefe, and curling of all the branches, gives !he plant a ver¥ beau~1ful, creft~d. appearance. From the alre of the leaves, in feveral parts, there anfe pedtcles, fufiammg c~p-. fules. the pedicles are about half an incli long, and the capfules are lhort and t?m1~, of a~ oval figure, and brown colour. The. regular di~po:fition of it's branches gtvcs 1t much the appearance of a fern, and the curlmg makes 1t refemble the crefi of a helmet. It is not uncommon with us, on heaths, and about the frumps of ~rees, and the ~attoms of old walls : it is alfo frequent in other parts of Europe, and m North Amet:lc~. Bohart firfi found it in England, and called it, ~ufcus terrefiris, repe_ns, fubflavus, fol wlts crifpis, minoribus ramulifque de!l~e confe::tts .. ~oerhaa~e calls It, Mufcus repens, ramofus, pennatus, fubtiliffime dtvtfus, folus cnfp1s reflex1s. . 4. Hypnum penna tum baji capfuliferum. Pennated Hypnum, producing it's capfules from the bafe of the leaves. This i~ one of the fmalleft of the Hypnums, and has fo li_ttle t?e app~arance o~ t.he r~il: of the genus, that nothing but an examination of the fruchficatl011 or lt c~uld dtftmgm{h it's belonging to it. It confifis of a fingle leaf, of ~bout half an 1~ch m leng~h, and of a pennated form, confifting of a dou~le ro~ of pmnulre, about etgh~ ~r ten 111 each row; but thefe not feparate, and affixed to a nb, but formed only of dtv1fions? or fegments, of one common leaf: there are ufually five or. fix of thefe leaves growmg from one root. They are of a deep green colour, and glo~y furface, and ~re fomewhat pellucid. From the bafe of each of thefe leaves there -anfes ~a fingle ped1cle, about hal~ a11 inch in height, and of a brownia1 colour, covered .with a mer;n_branous perichretmm at the root, and fufl aining, at it's top, a frriall, oblong, and tum1d ~apfule, n?t fianding ereCt, but leaning a little, but covered with a calyptra, the pomt of whtch turns upwards; the capfules are green, at firft, but br.own, when ripe. rr:he leaves have each a flendcr rib running all along it, and are fomeumes broader, fornetlme~ narro_wer, but a feventh of an inch is about their ufual breadth. Many of the botamcal wnters have defcribed this Mofs, but they have thought of very_ different titles to exprefs th.e lh~pe of it's leaves by. Ray calls it, Mufcus filicifolius; feu pennatus minor; and Dtllemus, Hypnum taxiforme. Vaillant calls it, Mufcus penmitus capitulis adianti; and Clayton, in Gronovius's Flora Virginica, Lichenafl:rum foliis ereCtis, pinnatis, faturate vir.idibus . . It grows very abundantly in our woods, and on heaths, efpecially where there IS a molll: foil. The other more fin gular fpecies of. H ypnum are, 1. The tranfparent, bird's-fc)otleaved Hypnum. 2. The large, fhining, membranaceous, water Hypnum. 3· The large, !hining, firm Hypnum, with tamarifk leaves. 4· The curled, fern Hypnum. 5· The undulated, pennated Hypnum, with fhort pcdicles. 6. The great, fcorpion, creeping, . bog Hypnum. 7· The le!fer, upright, fcorpion, bog Hypnum. 8. The great, triangular-leaved, upright Hypnum. 9· The long, {harp-leaved, The Hifiory of P L A N T S. iit leaved, floating Hypnum. 10. The blunt; cyprefs-like I_Iypnum~ t r. The finer,· cyprefs-leaved Hypnum. 12. The long, pedicled, ihrub Hypnum, with erect heads· 13. The flender, filky Hypnum, with pointed heads. q .. The black, water Hypnum with hooked leaves. I 5· The round, branched, dar'k green Hypnum. 16. Th~ fquare-branched Hypnurn. 17. The fmalleft, fern Hypnum, with tamarHk leaves. I 8. The fine, float Hypnum, with fmall heads. 1 9· The fmall, creeping, club Hyp· num, with fhort pedicles. zo. The ihort-ihanked; moufe-tail Hypnum. M 0 S S E s. Clafs tbe Sixtb. Such as produce capfules without pedicles, and without cal.Jptrce. Genus the Fir.fl. LYCOPODIUM. L Y C 0 P 0 D I U M is a genus of Mo!fes, confifiing of branche9, furnilhed with leaves, and producing fpikes, formed of fquammre, of a different figure from the leaves; at the bafes of which there are placed capfules, of a kidney-like lhape, which have no cup, or vag.ina, and, when ripe, open longitudinally into two parts, and difcharge a great quantity of fine powder; and having no other vifible feed. The Lycopodia have all one general appearance, by which they may be dillinguilhed to ~elong to the fame family; ~mt fame of them have their fpikes fupported on peculiar pedtcles, fome have them contmuous to the refi: of the ftalk. The fpecies of this fin~ gular genus are not very numerous, but they are, in general, very beautiful. I. Lycopodiu?n repens angu.ftifolium hiifutum. Creeping, narrow-leaved, hairy Lycopodium. This is the moft frequent fpecies of Lycopodium with us, and is known by the name of the Common Lycopodium, or Wolf's-Claw Mofs. It does not grow erect, but creeps flat upon the ground, extending it's branches to a great length, and divaricatin'g a great many ways ; pieces of a yard, or more, in length, may be taken up, if raifed carefully, without breaking: thefe ramifications all fend out numerous roots, as they creep along the ground, and are very thick befet with leaves; thefe are narrow, oblong, and terminate each in a long white hair. They are of a pale green colour, and bend a little backwards. The branches are produced from the main fl:alk, in an alternate order, and the extremities of the branches are thicker, and, from t~e alre of the leaves, near their infeCtions, arife the fpikes, which are rough, and more hauy than any other part; it is thefe thick ends of the plant that have given occafion to it's _name of Wolf's <?law Mofs, not the fpikes from the tops · of the branches. Th~ fptkcs have no ped1cles at firfi, but, before they arrive at their maturity, they are r~1fed from the plant by pedicles of two inches, or more, in height. Thefe are fomet1m es ramofe, but ufually ~ngle. The fquammre which form the .fpikes are broad at the bafe, and terminate in a fine white hair ; the fpikes are about an inch l?ng, an.d a fixth of an inch, o: more, in diameter; the capfules are large, and ihaped hke a ktdn~y, and are lodged m the alee of the fquammce of the fpike. It is a common M_ofs m many parts of England ; the heaths in Suffex afford it abundantly; it ufed allo to grow on Hampfiead-heath, but it is loft there now. Moft of the botanical writers have defcribed it under the names of Lycopodium vulgare, and Chama:puce : fome have called it, Mufcus terrefiris clavatus, and others, Cingularia, 2. Lycopodium digitatum Jpicis quadruplicibus. Digitated Lycopodium, with four-fold /pikes. This is an extremely fingul ar and elegant Mofs. It grows to a foot, or more, in length, and is ereCt, not procumbent, as the common kind. It's radical fialk creeps on the fur face |