P/. cell. fol. 14. MUSCI. 353. Polytrichum. 721 
c. Calyptra covered with succulent threads ; leaves serrated ; 
edges flat. 
6. Polytrichum commune. «© Common hairy-cap. 
Stem long; leaves spread open, linear, awlshape; edges 
flat, serrated : keel serrated at the tip; capsule upright, 
4-cornered, apophysed. 
Polytrichum vulgare et majus, capsula quadrangulare, Raii Syn. 90, 1. 
Muscus capillaris sive Adiantum aureum majus, Ger. em. 1559, 
Polytrichum aureum majus, Park. 1052. 
Polytrichum commune, Lin. §. P. 1573; Engl. Bot. ti97. 
Polytrichum juccefolium, Ekrh. Crypt. 214. 
Great golden maiden hair. Golden locks. Goldilocks. 
On heaths. 
8. attenuatum. Stem short; leaves short; edge trans- 
parent; capsule bluntly quadrangular; apophysis indistinct. 
Polytrichum attenuatum, Menzies in T. L. 8.4, 723 Engl. Bot. 1198. 
Polytrichum formosum, Hedw. Spec. 92. 
Polytrichum gracile, Menzies in T. L. 8. 4,733 Engl. Bot, 1827. 
Polytrichum longisetum, Swartz Musc. Suec. 103. 
Polytrichum aurantiacum, Hoppe, 
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7. Polytrichum alpinum. Alpine hairy-cap. 
Stem long, branched; leaves spread open, awlshape 
lanceolate ; edge flat, serrated ; keel serrated at the tip; 
capsule nearly « ovate ; apophysis indistinct. 
Polytrichum alpinum, Lin. §, P.15933; Engl. Bot. 1905. 
Polytrichum sylvaticum, Menzies in T. L. S. 4, 83. 
Polytrichum aureum, Swartz Musc. Suec. 16. 
On subalpine hills. 
8. Polytrichum urnigerum. Urnbearing hairy-cap. 
Stem long, branched; leaves slightly spreading, lanceo- 
late, pointed ; edge flat, serrated ; capsule upright, cylin- 
drical; apophy ysis 0. 
Polytrichum ramosum, setis ex alis urnigeris, Dillen. Musc. 427. 
Polytrichum urnigerum, Lin. 8, P. 1573; Engl. Bot, 1218. 
On the sides of mountain streams. 
9. Polytrichum aloides. Aloe hairy-cap. 
Stem short; deaves linear, lanceolate, blunt; edge flat, 
serrated especially at the tip; keel serrated at the end ; 
capsule nearly upright, cylindrical; apophysis 0 
Polytrichum parvum aloes folio serrato, capsulis oblongis, Dillen. Musc. 
A429, : 
Mnium polytrichoides 6, Lin. 8. P. 1577. 
Polytrichum aloides, Hedwig. Crypt. 1,14; Engl. Bot. 1649. 
Polytrichum rubellum, Menzies 7. £,S.2,79; Engl. Bot. 1939, 
On moist heaths. 
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