CRYPTOGAMIA MUSCl. 703 



%lpinum 3 POLYTRICHUM caule ramofiffimo, peduncu- 

 lis terminalibus. Sp. pi. 1573. (D///(f«. mufc. t. 

 ■■■'•' : 55- /• 4- opt, Haller. hifi. n. 1800. /. 46. /. 6. 

 ' a: ;■' \ bona.) 



Vi" ' Alpine Polytrichum. Jn^Iis. ',,., 

 ',''■■' ' " Upon the highland mountains' Vl-Vil. 

 .^^ . The (talk is about an inch and a half liigh, and 

 ^ branched. The leaves are narrow, linear-lan- 



ceolate, and finely fcrratcd. The filaments are 

 ■^rlci. ■. about an inch long, tawny, and generally arile 

 .siH'' • ' ^^^^ the rummits of the branches. The ^;;- 

 .;-,^.,,. ^, sbera is thick, oval, gibbous, and a little in- 

 r\ --1 clined or nodding. The operculum acuminated ; 

 i\. <, , the calypira double, the outward one conipofcd 

 of hairs, the inward fmooth and membrana- 

 ceous. - . . ^ .. :. 



irnigerim^ P. caule ramofilTimo, peduirculis sxillaribus. Sp. 

 7 • ■ ^/- 1573- {Vail- Paris, t. 28./. 13. DHlen.mufc. 

 '' t. 55./. 5- opt. Oed, Dan. t. 296. & fortajje t. 



297,; 

 f"' '"■-'•'*>" Urn-headed Polytrichum. Anglis. 

 ■ ■ '■ Upon the highland mountains in Breadalham., and 



" - elfewhere frequent ; and upon the Pentland hills, 



•"' • obferv'd by Mr. Yaldsn. VI. 



The filaments in this arife out of the ale of the 

 ' ' *' leaves, at the origin of the new branches. The 



'' ' ■ anthtra^ before they burft, are ered: and cylin- 



dncal, 



