Genus Polytrichum; with fome Emendations. 69 
This has no fa/k.— The /eaves are lanceolate, obtufe, thick, fhort, 
and rigid, without any apparent middle nerve, and entire on the 
edges: they are crowded round the bafe of the peduncle; of a dark 
green colour when recent, but blackifh when dried.—The peduncle 
is from a quarter to about three quarters of an inch long, of a 
dark reddith colour, and furrounded at the bafe by a vaginal. peri- 
chetium.—The cap/ule is fhort, turbinated and fomewhat erect: the 
operculum is flat, but pointed in the centre, and the rim is confpi- 
cuoufly fringed with minute dents.—The exterior ca/yfira is conical, 
of a dark ferruginous colour, and about twice the length of the 
inner one. 
Dr. Swartz having lately fent me a fpecimen of his P. pumilum, 1 
carefully compared it with the above, and found it to be the fame 
{pecies. 
3. PotytricHum anum, fol. lanceolatis obtufiufculis, apice ob- 
- {curé ferrulatis, capfula hemifpherica cernua. 
Mnivum folytrichoides Linn. Sp. Ph 1576. Dill. Mufe. tab. 55. f. 6. 
GG HE ESL:? : 
P. nanum Hedw. Stirp. Crypt. vol, 1. 35. tab. 13. 
Hab. in ericetis, et locis aridis Anglia, &c. 
This fpecies has fcarcely any /falk.—The “eaves are lanceolate, 
fomewhat obtufe, and entire on the edges towards their bafe, but 
flightly ferrulated towards their tips: they are not fo thick and. 
ftiff as in the preceding fpecies, but are fomewhat longer.--The fe- 
duncle is from half an inch to upwards of an inch long, of a deep 
orange colour, and arifes out of a vaginal ferichetium about one 
tenth of an inch long.—The cap/ule is fHort, hemifpherical, a little 
inclined or fomewhat nodding, and the rim is beautifully fringed 
with 
