698 CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCl. 



the fame as that of the other. The Operculum 

 is fhort and obtufc, and the rim of the Jnibera 

 lias eight large horizontal Cilia. The Jlnthers 

 of the other is alfo ciliated, but not To diftindly. 

 It is an elegant mofs, and very diftlnguifhable 

 on account of its orange -.colour'd filaments, and 

 dark red capfules. See a treatile on the Splach- 

 num.Jm<£n. Acad. Lin. TOM. 2. p. 242. 



PCLYTRICHUM. Gen. fl 1192. 



Anthera operculata, apophyfi minimae infidens, 



Calyptra villofa. 



Stella feminea in diflinflo individno. 



emmune i. POLYTRICHUM caulc fimplici, anthera paral- 

 lelepipeda. Sp.pL 1573. (Vaill, Paris, t. i^.f. 

 8. fibfqueflore. a. b.flores.feminei. Michel. Gen. /. 

 59./. !./.£. M, O. P. ^ R. Dillen. mufc. /, 

 54. f. 1. fieri bus mcfculinis ^ fcmininis optin7e.) 



Common Polytrichum, or Great Golden Maiden» 

 hair. Angiis. 



In woods and wet boggy places frequent, if. V. 



This mofs grows in patches, the ftalks ere<5t, ge- 

 nerally fingle and unbranchcd, from three 

 inches to a foot, or even a yard, high. The 

 leaves are numerous, ftiff, lanceolate, acute, 

 growing round the ftalk without order, and, if 

 viewed with a microfcope, appear to have their 

 edges finely ferrated. They are of a bright 

 green when young and frefh, but reddifh when 

 dried or in decay. The filaments, or pedun.- 



cles. 



