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CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Polytrichum, — 
- Var. 2. Leaves shorter and less flexible. Dru. 
Dill. 54. 2-Vaill, 23. 6-Fl. dan. 295-H. ox. xv. 7.6 and 
8-Lob. ic. il. 243, 1-Ger. em, 1563. 14—Park. 1308. 9. 
Shoots much shorter than in var. 1; and mostly branched. 
Wess. Veil double, the outer one hairy, the inner one much 
smaller, white, smooth, membranaceous. Lerrs. Leaves sharp- 
pointed, very entire. Fruit-stalks two inches long. ccs CH. 
Whole plant canter than the preceding, except the Vei/, which is 
larger and more pyramidal. Sve seldom more than one inch 
high, seldom branched. Dit. Female plant with one single tuft 
of leaves at the top of the stem, the lower part of which is naked. 
Recept. orbicular. Veil single. Lid acutely conical, hangin 
over the capsule, Male, about an inch of the stem covered with 
cine Ae 
ae or wet. P. May, June. 
ies 3. Liyn. Leaves terminating in hairs. 
Happ. i. Polytr. & Dill. 54. 3-Vaill, 23. 7-Buxb. is 62. 3, 
a barren plant. 
ms not more than half an inch long, simple, leafless below. 
hiewier entire at the edges, ending in grey hairs. Fruit-stalk 
terminating, about one inch long. Wess. Fruit-sta/ks half an 
inch high, or a little more. Capinle with its veil, two lines 
long, and one broad. Pottren. Leaves bent inwards a little, 
not serrated, terminating suddenly in a long whitish hair. Fruit- 
stalls and their shea athing involucrums purple. Dit, Barren and 
fertile plants in distinct patches : 
ry woods and sandy barren heaths. Spring. 
a simple: leaves strap-spear-shaped; in- 
Sy serrated upwards: capsules ried. 
Heda. stirp. i. 13—Curt. 102—Dill. 55. 6-H. ox, xv. 7. row 
2. 7-Pet. mus. f. 22-Vaill. 26. 15, veil wanting. 
Veil open, larger than the an Tae Linn, Leaves rrr 
serrated, Capsules roundish, nodding. Henwic. Leav 
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dum, 
times slightly serrated towards the point. Capsules ieatly as 
Toad as they are lon 
Mnium diabobesdr, Linn.—Polytrichum palytrichoides. 
Huns. 470, Pol. wanums Hepwic. Heaths. Muddy soil. [Spink’s 
* When the ees rae all night in 4 woods, they make them - 
Selves beds of this moss ; and the bears oobi it for the same. purpose. 
Squirrels and birds use it in making their 
