720 
PL cell, f oh 
353. Polytrichum. 14. MUSCI. 
2. Polytrichum Hercynicum . Hercynian hairy-cap. 
Leaves lanceolate, stiffs not toothed ; sides turned in ; 
main rib broad, furrowed ; capsule oblong, nearly upright. 
Polytrichum Hercynicum, Hedw. Sp. Muse. 94; Engl. Bot. 1209. 
Catharinea Hercynica, Ehrh. Crypt. 12. 
Bryum incurvum, Hudson Angl. 479. 
Oligotrichum Hercynicum, Be Cand. FI. Gall. 1202. 
On high mountains. 
b, Calyptra covered with succulent threads ; leaves not cut ; 
edges turned in. 
3. Poly trichum 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. Muse . 
426. 
Polytrichum commune y, Lin. S. P. 1573. 
Poly trichum piliferum, Schreb. Lips. Ik ; Engl. Bot. 1199. 
On dry sandy heaths ; perennial ; spring. 
4. Poly trichum 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 miuus, capsula quadrangulari, Raii Syn . 
90,2. 
Muscus capillaris sive Adiantum aureum minus, Ger. em. 1559. 
Poly trichum commune (3, Lin. S.P. 1573. 
Poly trichum juniperinum, Hedw. Spec. SO, 18; Engl. Bot. 1200. 
Poly trichum juniperi folium, Hoffm. Crypt. 
Poly trichum strictum, Menzies in T. L. S. 4, 77 ; Eng. Bot. 2435. 
Polytrichum alpestre, Schwcegr. Suppl. 97. 
On mountain heaths. 
5. Poly trichum sept entrionale. . 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 Muse. Suec. 9, 18. 
Polytrichum sexangulare, Engl. Bot. 1906. 
Poly trichum Norvegicum, Hedw. Spec. 22. 
Poly trichum crassisetum, Be Cand. FI. Fr. 1270, 
On the highest mountains, 
