PoLYTRicHACE^.J 6i [Polytrichum. 



Tab. VIII. 



A. Polytrichum piliferum. 



a. b. female and male plant (Wimbledon, Braithwaite). 



B . Polytrichum junipeyinum . 



a. b. female and male plant ^Ulpha moss, Barnes). 



C. Polytrichum strictum. 



a. b. female and male plant (Glen Callater, Hunt). 



Tab. IX. 

 Polytrichum commune. 



a. b. female and male plant (Goathland, Braithwaite). /3. Var. perigoniale. y. Var. 

 minus, o. Var. fastigiatum. 



I. Leaf. mag. i x. Transv. section of leaf, i Ix. Ditto of one of vertical lamellse. 

 I a. Apex of leaf, i aa. Areolation of same seen from the back, i am. Areolation of 

 margin. 2. Perich. bract. 4. Bract, antheridium and paraphyses. 5. Capsule. 5 p. 

 Mouth and peristome. 6. Calyptra. 7. Trans, sect, of columella. 8. -J of Epiphragm, 

 internal face. 9. Two teeth, internal face ; crest removed from one. 10. Trans, sect, 

 of stem. r. Root mag. v. Vaginula. 



