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FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
Polytrichum, L. Hair-moss. 
Br. sp. nd v. 17. F. 12. 
P. undulatum , Hedw. Undulated Hair-moss. H. 48. 
Shady banks, ditches, woods, abundant. 
P. her cynic um , Hedw. Hercynian Hair-moss. H. 48. 
Clova mountains frequent, as Bassies, Loch Brandy, Craig 
Maid, &c. 
P. piliferum, Schreb. Bristle-pointed Hair-moss. H. 48. 
Frequent on rocky banks from the coast to the mountains. 
P. juniperinum , Willd. Juniper-leaved Hair-moss. H. 
49. 
Hare Craigs,* Balgay, Ballutheron, and other places on 
banks and walls. 
13. gracilius, Hook. (P. strictum , Menz.) Peat-bog, Sid- 
law Hills. Bassies, and Corrie of Clova, in ft. 
P. commune , L. Common Hair-moss. H. 49. 
Woods, arid on the hills and mountains abundant. The 
stems are variable in height, in moist shady situations often 
exceeding a foot. 
P.gracile, Menz. Slender Hair-moss. H. 49. (P. com- 
mune, (3. attenuatum , Hook.) 
Bestenet Moss, plentiful. 
P. alpinum, L. Alpine Hair-moss. H. 50. 
The most common species on the mountains, from two to 
five inches high, and with from one to twelve capsules. Old 
wall, Baldovan Woods, and summit of the White Hill of 
Auchterhouse, sparingly. 
P. urnigerum , L. Urn-bearing Hair-moss. H. 50. 
Abundant by the side of the Newtyle Bailway, about Bal- 
beuchly and Pitpointie. Ben of Mains. Bescobie. Kin- 
noul Wood, Mr A. CroalL West from the Ben of Fuller- 
ton, Mr A Bousie. 
* Specimens were found in this station with two capsules enclosed in 
one calyptra. 
