CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCI. 703 



aipinum 3 POLYTRICHUM caule ramofiffimo, peduncu- 

 lis terminalibus. Sp.pl. 1573. {'D'dlen, mufc. L 

 55./. 4. opt. Haller. hifi. n, 1800. /. 46. /. 6. 

 bona.) 



Alpine Polytrichum. jf^nglis. 



Upon the highland mountains* VI-VII. 



The ftalk is about an inch and a half high, and 

 branched. The leaves are narrow, linear-la a- 

 ceolate, and finely ferrated. The filaments are 

 about an inch long, tav/ny, and generally arife 

 from the fummits of the branches. The an- 

 thera is thick, oval, gibbous, and a little in- 

 clined or nodding. The operculum acuminated -, 

 the calyptra double, the outward one compofed 

 of hairs, the inward Imooth and membrana- 

 .ceous. 



nrnigtriLm^ P. caule ramofilTimo, pedurculis axillaribus. Sp. 

 'pJ' 1513' {VaiL Paris, t. 1%. f. 13. Dilkn.mufc. 

 t. 55./. 5. opt. Oed. Dan. i. 296. (^ Jortajje /. 



Urn-headed Polytrichum. AngUs, 



Upon the highland mountains in Breadalhnne, and 



elfewhere frequent ; and upon the Pentland hills, 



obferv'd by Mr. Taldsn. VI. 

 The filaments in this arife out of the ala of the 



leaves, at the origin of the new branches. Th^- 



antbera^ before they burft, are ere<5t and cylin- 



dricaL 



