-^9^ CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCJ. 



ih?- fame as thnt of the oth^r. The Operculum 

 , . is fhort and obtule, and the rim of the Jnihera 

 has eight large horizontal Cilia. The Anthera 

 of the ether is alfo ciiiatcd, but not fo diftmdly. 

 . . It is an elegant mofs, and very diftinguifhablc 

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

 dark red capfules. See a treatife on the Splach- 

 num.Am>cn. Acad. Lin. TOM, 2. p. 242. 



rOLYTRICHUM. Gen. pi. 11^2. 



Attthcra operculata, apophyfi minims infidens. 



Calyptra villofa. 



Stella feminea iii diftin^lo individuo. 



cmwiune i. POLYTKICHUM caule fimplice, anthera paraU 

 lelepipeda. Sp,pL 1573. (VailL Paris, t. 2^.f. 

 8. f.l>fqueflore. a. b.flores.fcminei. Michel. Gen. t. 

 5g.f. I. /. E. M,0. P. ^ R. Dil/en. mufc. U 

 54. /. i.floribus mafculifiis & femininis eptime.) 



Common Polytrichum, or Great Golden Maiden- 

 hair. Angiis. 



In woods and wet boggy places frequent. %. V. 



This mofs grows in patches, the ftalks eredt, ge- 

 nerally fmgle and unbranched, from three 

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

 leaves are numerous, ftiff, lanceolate, acute, 

 growing round the flalk without order, and, if 

 viewed with a microfcope, appear to have their 

 edges finely fcrrated. They are of a bright 

 green when young and frefh, but reddifh when 

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



cles, 



