721 
Pl.cell.fol. 14. MUSCf. 353. Polytrichum. 
c. Calyptra covered with succulent threads ; leaves serrated ; 
edges flat . 
6. Poly trichum 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. 
Poly trichum commune, Lin. S. P. 1573 ; Engl. Rot. 1197. 
Poly trichum juccaefolium, Ehrh. Crypt. 214. 
Great golden maiden hair. Golden locks. Goldilocks. 
On heaths. 
attenuatum. Stem short; leaves short; edge trans» 
parent; capsule bluntly quadrangular; apophysis indistinct. 
Polytrichum attenuatum, Menzies in T. L. S . 4, 72; Engl. Rot . 1198. 
Polytrichum formosum, Hedw. Spec. 92. 
Poly trichum gracile, Menzies in T. L. S. 4, 73 ; Engl . Rot. 1827. 
Polytrichum longisetum, Swartz Muse. Suec. 103. 
Polytrichum aurantiacum, Hoppe. 
7. Poly trichum 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. S. P. 1593 ; Engl. Rot. 1905. 
Polytrichum sylvaticum, Menzies in T.L. S. 4, 83. 
Polytrichum aureum, Swartz Muse. Suec. 76. 
On subalpine hills. 
8. Polylrichum urnigerum. Urnhearing hairy-cap . 
Stem long, branched ; leaves slightly spreading, lanceo- 
late, pointed; edge flat, serrated; capsule upright, cylin- 
drical; apophysis 0. 
Polytrichum ramosum, setis ex alis urnigeris, Dillen. Muse. 427. 
Poly trichum urnigerum, Lin. S. P. 1573 ; Engl. Ret. 1218. 
On the sides of mountain streams. 
9. Polylrichum aloides. Aloe hairy-cap > 
Stem short; leaves 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 , Muse , 
429. 
Mnium polytrichoides /3, Lin. S. P. 1577. 
Polytrichum aloides, Hedwig. Crypt. 1, 14; Engl. Rot. 1649. 
Poly trichum ruhellum, Menzies T.L. S. 2,79; Engl. Rot, 1939, 
On moist heaths. 
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