720 353. Polytrichum. 14. MUSCI. Pl. cell. fol. 
2. Polytrichum Hercynicum. Hercynian hatry-cap. 
Leaves lanceolate, stiff, not toothed; sides turned in; 
main rib broad, furrowed; capsule oblong, nearly upright. 
Polytrichum Hercynicum, Hedw. Sp. Musc. 94; Engl. Bot, 1209. 
Catharinea Hercynica, Ehrh. Crypt. 12. 
Bryum incurvum, Hudson Angl. 479. 
Oligotrichum Hercynicum, De Cond. Fl. Gall. 1202. 
On high mountains. 
b. Calyptra covered with succulent threads ; leaves not cut; 
edges turned in. 
3. Polytrichum pilifolium. Hair-leaved hairy-cap. 
Leaves lanceolate, awlshape; edges turned in, not cut; 
tip hairlike; capsule ovate, bluntly 4-sided, apophysed; lid 
conical. 
Polytrichum quadrangulare minus, juniperi foliis pilosis, Dillen, Musc. 
426. 
Polytrichum commune y, Lin, 8. P. 1573. e 
Polytrichum piliferum, Schreb. Lips. 74; Engl. Bot. 1199. 
On dry sandy heaths; perennial; spring. 
4. Polytrichum juniperinum. Juniper hairy-cap. 
Leaves lanceolate, awlshape; edge not cut, turned in; 
tip pointed, coloured, slightly serrate; capsule ovate, bluntly 
4-sided, apophysed; lid conical. 
Polytrichum montanum et minus, capsula quadrangulari, Raii Syn. 
B04 2 
Muscus capillaris sive Adiantum aureum minus, Ger. em. 1559. 
Polytrichum commune , Lin. S. P. 1573. 
Polytrichum juniperinum, Hedw. Spec. 80,18; Engl. Bot. 1200. 
Polytrichum juniperifolium, Hoffm. Crypt. 
Polytrichum strictum, Menzies in T. L. S. 4,77; Eng. Bot. 2435. 
Polytrichum alpestre, Schwegr. Suppl. 97. 
On mountain heaths. 
5. Polytrichum septentrionale. Northern hairy-cap. 
Leaves linear, awlshape, blunt; edge slightly serrate and 
turned in, especially near the tip; capsule ovate, rather 
cornered, with a minute apophysis; lid conical, pointed. 
Polytrichum septentrionale, Swartz Musc. Suec, 9, 18. z 
Polytrichum sexangulare, Engl. Bot. 1906. 
Polytrichum Norvegicum, Hedi. Spec. 22. 
Polytrichum crassisetum, De Cand. Fl. Fr, 1270. 
On the highest mountains. 
