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XXIV. Mosses. Crypt. Musci. 
' Hair ’^ moss . . Polytrichum. Gen. PI. 
Capsule with a lid^ sitting on a very mU 
nute tubercle. Veil woolly. Star on a 
distinct plant. 
754. Common Hair-moss, — P. commune. 
Capsules growing in parallel lines from the 
base, veils woolly, leaves strap-shaped, fine- 
ly scolloped. — Dillenius. LIV. i. 
Moors, May, P. Common. 
755 * Juniper Hair -moss, — P. juniperinum. 
Capsules growing in parallel lines from the 
base, veils woolly, leaves strap-spear-shaped, 
very entire, pointed. Dillenius. LIV. 2. 
Hills, June, P. Common. 
756. Dzvarf Hair-moss, — P. subrotundum. 
Capsules roundish, nodding, veils woolly, 
leaves indistinctly serrated. - Curtis. II. 68. 
Heaths, May, P. Common. 
Marsh-moss, Mnium. Gen. PI. 1593. 
Capsule with a lid, veil smooth. Barren 
fiowers in a small head, naked, powdery, 
remote. 
757. Fountain 2 vlarsh-moss, — M. fontanum. 
Capsules roundish, lid short, conical, leaves 
spear-serrated, tiled, bent inwards at the 
points. — Sowerby. 390. 
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