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Pl.cell.fol 14-. MUSCI. 353. Polytrichum. m
c. Calypira covered with succulent threads ; leaves serrated
edges flat.
Common hairy-cap.
^'7 6. Polytrichum commune. ;
Stem lonp; ; leaves spread open, linear, awlshape ; edges
flat, serrated; keel serrated at the tip; capsule upright,
4-cornered, apophysed.
Polytrichum vulgare et majus, capsulji quadran^ulare, Rail Syn. 90, 1.
Muscus capillaris sive Adiantuin aureurn majus, Ger. em. 1539.
Polytrichum aureum majus. Park. 1052.
Polytrichum commune, Lin. S. P. 1573; Engl. Bot. 1197.
Polytrichum juccEsfolium, Ehrh. Crypt. 214.
Great golden maiden hair.
On heaths.
Golden locks. Goldilocks.
(3. attenuatum. Stera short; leaves short; edge trans-
parent; capsule bluntly quadrangular; apophysis indistinct.
Polytrichum attenuatum, Menzies in T. L. S. 4, 72 ; Engl. Bot. 1 198.
Polytrichum formosum, Hedw. Spec. 92.
Polytrichum gracile, Menzies in T. L. S. 4, 73 ; Engl. Bot, 1827.
Polytrichum longisetum, Swartz Muse. Suec, 103.
Polytrichum aurantiacum, Hoppe,
7. Polytrichum alpinum. Alpine hairy-cap.
Stem long, branched; leaves spread open, awlshape
lanceolate; edge flat, serrated; keel serrated at the tip;
capsule nearly ovate ; apophysis indistinct.
Polytrichum alpinum, Lin. S. P. 1593 ;
Engl. Bot. 1905.
Polytrichum sylvaticum, Menzies in T.L. S. 4,83.
Polytrichum aureum, Swartz Muse. Suec, 76.
On subalpine hills.
8. Polytrichum urnigerujn. Urnhearing hairy-cap.
Stem long, branched ; leaves slightly spreading, lanceo-
late, pointed ; edge flat, serrated ; capsule upright, cylin-
drical; apophysis 0.
Polytrichum ramosum, setis ex alis urniseris, Dillen. Muse. 427.
Polytrichum urnigerum, Lin. S. P. 1573 ; Engl. Bot. 1218.
On the sides of mountain streams.
9. Polytrichum aloides. Aloe hairy-cap.
Stem short; leaves linear, lanceolate, blunt; edge flat,
serrated especially at the tip ; keel serrated at the end
capsule nearly upright, cylindrical; apophysis 0.
Polytrichum parvum aloes folio serrate, capsulis oblongis, Dillen. Muse.
429.
Mnium polytrichoides )S, Lin. S. P. 1577.
Polytrichum aloides, Iledwig. Crypt. \, 14; Engl. Bot. 1649,
Polytrichum rubeilum, Menzies T.L. S. 2,79; Engl. Bot. 1939.
On moist heaths.
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