POLYTRICHACE.E.] 45 [Polytrichwn. 



Sect. i. ALOIDELLA C. MUELL. 



Stem short. Leaves few, rather broad, more or less involute, 

 resembling those of a miniature aloe. Capsule oval or cylindric. 



i. POLYTRICHUM SUBROTUNDUM Huds. 



Dioicous ; subgregarious. Stem very short, simple ; leaves patent, 

 lanceolate, rather obtuse, remotely denticulate above. Capsule globose- 

 urceolate, wide-mouthed ; lid conic, rostellate. (T. VI, A.) 



SYN. Adiantum aureum minus, capitulis rotundis, BOBART. RAY Syn. St. Br. i ed. app. 237 



(1690). 



Polytrichum minus, capsulis subrotundis, calyptra quasi lacera coronatis DILL. Giss. 221 

 (1719), et Syn. 3 ed. 91, n. 3 (1724). 



Polytr. nanum, capsulis subrotundis galeritis, aloes folio non serrato DILL. Hist. muse. 428, 

 t. 55, f. 6 (1741) et Herb. 



M nium polytrichoides a. L. Sp. PI. ii, 1112, n. 13 (1753). POLLICH PI. palat. n. 990(1777). 



Ditto Var. rotundifructum EHRH. in Hann. Mag. 1780, 236. 



Polytr.subrotundum HUDS. Fl. Angl. 400 (1762). CURT. Fl. Lond. t. 68 (1778). RELH. 



Fl. Cant. Suppl. 16 (1786). WITH. Bot. arr. Br. Veg. 3 ed. 786 (1796). MENZ. in Tr. 



Lin. Soc. iv, 68, n. 2 (1798). HULL Br. Fl. P. 2, 247 (1799). SMITH Fl. Brit, iii, 1378 



(1804) ; Eng. Bot. t. 1624 (1806). TURN. Muse. hib. 89 (1804). MART. Fl. crypt. 



Erlang. 80 (1817). DUBY Bot. gall, ii, 547 (1830). LINDB. in Not. ur Sallsk. Fn. Fl. 



fenn. forh. ix, 141 (1867.) 



Polytr. nanum NECK. Meth. muse. 119 (1771). SCHREB. Spic. fl. lips. 74 (1771). SWTZ. 

 Meth. muse. 26, n. 6, p.p. (1781). LEYSS. Fl. hal. 2 ed. 263 (1783). HEDW. St. crypt. 

 i, 35, t. 13 (1787) ; Sp. muse. 95 (1801). MENZ. SM. TURN. MART. op. c. TIMM Fl. 

 meg. n. 771 (1788). ROTH Fl. germ, i, 458 (1788). SIBTH. Fl. Oxon. 306 (1794). BRID. 

 Muse. rec. ii, P. I, 88 (1798) ; Sp. muse. I. 71 (1806) ; Mant. 200 (1819). HULL Br. Fl. 

 P. 2, 247 (1799). SCHULTZ Fl. Starg. 286 (1806). Eng. Bot. t. 1625 (1806). WEB. 

 MOHR Bot. Tasch. 227 (1807). VOIT Muse. herb. 61 (1812). SCHWAEGR. Suppl. i, P. 2, 

 324 (1816). HOOK. TAYL. Muse. Brit. 28, t. ii (1818). FUNCK Moostasch. 70, t. 57 

 (1821). HOOK. Fl. Scot. P. 2,126 (1821); Brit. Fl. ii, 51 (1833). WALLR. Fl. crypt, 

 germ, i, 197 (1831). HUEBEN. Muse. germ. 524 (1833). RABENH. Deutsch. Kr. Fl. ii, 

 P- 3> 2 35 (1848). C. MUELL. Syn. muse, i, 204 (1849). HARTM. Skand. Fl. 



Pol. nanum var. ft. WEISS Fl. gott. 175 (1770). HUDS. op. c. 2 ed. 470 (1778). 



Pol. alo'ifolium ft. SCOP. Fl. earn. 2 ed, ii, 310 (1772). 



Pol. ericoides HOFFM. Deutsch. Fl. ii, 24 (1795). WIB. Fl. Werth. 291 (1799). 



Pol. pumilum SWARTZ in W. ak. nya Handl. xvi, 271 (1795) ; Disp. muse. Suec. 77 et 108, 



t. ix, f. 19 (1799), et Adnot bot. 166 (1829). BRID. Sp. muse. I, 69 (1806), Mant. muse. 



199. HEDW. Sp. muse. 97, t. 21, f. 7-9 (1801). STEUD. nom. crypt. 353 (1824). 

 Pogonatum pumilum P. BEAUV. Prodr. 84 (1805). BRID. Bry. univ. ii, 116 (1827). 

 Fog. nanum P. BEAUV. 1. c. et in Mem. soc. Linn. Par. i, t. xi, f. 3. ROHL. ann. Wett. 



Ges. iii, 231 (1814); Deutsch. Fl. iii, 69 (1813). BRID. Bry. univ. ii, 117 (1827). BR. 



SCHIMP. Bry. Eur. iv, Mon. 5, t. 7 (1844) ; Syn. muse. Eur. 438 (1860), et 2 ed. 534 (1876). 



WILS. Bry. Brit. 206, t. xi (1855). BERK. Hand. Br. m. 210, t. 19, f. i (1863). MILDE 



Bry. Siles. 248 (1869). DE NOT. Epil. Briol. Ital. 340 (1869). HOBK. Syn. br. m. 101 



(1873). HUSN. Mouss. Nord-ouest 134 (1873). 

 Pol. intermedium BRID. Sp. muse, i, 70 (1806). 

 Pog. intermedium ROHL. Deutsch. Fl. 2 ed. iii, 60 (1813). 

 Pol. semidiaphanum BRID. Mant. muse. 200 (1819). 

 Pog. nanum ft. semidiaphanum BRID. Bry. univ. ii, 119. 

 Pog. subrotundum LINDB. in HARTM. Skand. Fl. 9 ed. ii, 44, inter synon. (1864). 



Dioicous; laxly gregarious. Stems very short, simple, naked at 

 base ; leaves crowded, embracing the stem, patulous, olivaceous-green, 



