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2. Polytrichum Hercynicum. Hercynian hairy-cap.
Leaves lanceolate, stiff, not toothed ; sides turned in
main rib broad, furrowed ; capsule oblong, nearly upright.
Polytrichum Hercynicum, Hedw. Sp, Muse. 94 ;
Catharinea Hercynica, Ehrh. Crypt. 12.
Bryum incurvum, Hudson Angl. 479.
Oligotriclium Hercynicum, De Cand. Fl. Gall. 1202.
On high mountains.
Engl. Hot. 1209.
b. Calyptra covered with siicadent threads ; leaves not cut j
edges turned in.
3. Polytrichuvi pilifoUum. Hair-leaved hairy -cap.
Leaves lanceolate, awlshape; edges turned in, not cut;
tip hairlike; capsule ovate, bluntly 'i-sided, apophysed; lid
conical.
Polytrichum quadrangulare minus, juniperi foliis pilosis, Dillen. Muse,
426.
Polytrichum commune y, Lin. S. P. 1573.
Polytrichum piliferum, Sehreb.Lips.li ; Engl. Bot. 1199.
On dry sandy heaths ; perennial ; spring.
4. Polytrichum juniperinum. Juniper hairy-cap.
Leaves lanceolate, awlshape ; edge not cut, turned in
tip pointed, coloured, slightly serrate; capsule ovate, bluntly
4-sided, apophysed; /ic? conical.
Polytrichum montanum et minus, capsula quadrangulari, Baii Syn,
90, 2.
Muscus capillaris sive Adiantum aureum minus, Ger. em. 1559.
Polytrichum commune /3, Lin. S. P. 1573,
Polytrichum juniperinum, Hedw. Spec. 80, 18 ; Engl. Bot. 1200.
Polytrichum juniperifolium, Hoffm. Crypt.
Polytrichum strictum, Menzies in T. L. S. 4, 77 ;
Polytrichum alpestre, Schwccgr. Suppl, 97,
On mountain heaths.
Eng. Bot. 2435.
5. Polytrichum septenirionale. Northern hairy-cap.
Leaves linear, awlshape, blunt ; edge slightly serrate and
turned in, especially near the tip; capsule ovate, rather
cornered, with a minute apophysis ; lid conical, pointed.
Polytrichum septenirionale, Swartz Muse. Suec. 9, 18,
Polytrichum sexangulare, Engl. Bot. 1906,
Polytrichum Norvegicum, Hedic. Spee. 22,
Polytrichum crassisetum, De Cand. Fl. Fr. 1270.
On the highest mountains.