1016 CRYPTOGAMIA* MUSCI. Polytrichum 
leaves shorter, their margins pellucid; capsule obtusely quadrangular; 
apophysis indistinctis included P. attenuatum, E. Bot. 1198, and 
P. gracile , E. B. 1827. E.) 
Var. 2. Leaves shorter and less flexible. Dill. 
{Muse. Brit. x.— E. Bot. 1200. E.)— Dill. 54. 2— Vaill. 23. 6— FI. Dan. 
295— H. Ox. xv. 7. 6 and 8 —Lob. Ic. ii. 243. 1 —Ger. Em. 1563. 14— 
Park. 1308. 9. 
Whole plant smaller than the preceding, except the veil , which is larger 
and more pyramidal. Stem seldom more than one inch high, seldom 
branched. Dill. Fertile plant with one single tuft of leaves at the top of 
the stem, the lower part of which is naked. Receptacle orbicular. Veil 
single. Lid acutely conical, hanging over the capsule. Barren , about 
an inch of the stem covered with leaves, and supporting at its top a tiled 
receptacle, in the hollow of which are the filiform barren organs. Stackh. 
{P. Juniperinum. Willd. Sm. Hook. We can perceive no other difference 
between P. strictum , E. Bot. 2435, and P. Juniperinum, than that the 
former is branched, while the stems of the latter are undivided, and we 
therefore cordially assent to the opinion of Mr. Turner, who considers 
them as the same species. Muse. Brit. E.) 
On hills, dry or wet. P. May—June. 
Var. 3. Linn. Leaves terminating in hairs. 
{Muse. Brit. X.-—E. Bot. 1199. E.)— Rapp. i. Polytr. 2— Dill. 54. 3— Vaill. 
23. 7— Buxb. i. 62. 3, a barren plant. 
Stems not more than half an inch long, simple, leafless below. Leaves 
entire at the edges, ending in grey hairs. Fruit-stalks terminal, about 
one inch long. Weis. Leaves bent inwards a little, not serrated, ter¬ 
minating abruptly in a long whitish hair. Fruit-stalks and their sheathing 
involucrums purple. Dill. Barren and fertile plants in distinct patches. 
{P. piliferum. Schreb. Sm. Hook. Purt. E.) 
Dry woods and sandy barren heaths. Spring. 
P. subrotun'dum. Shoots simple: leaves strap-spear-shaped, indis¬ 
tinctly serrated upwards : capsules roundish. 
Hedw. Stirp. i. 13— Curt. 102— {E. Bot. 1624. E.)— Dill. 55. 6 — H. Ox. 
xv. 7, row 2. 7— Pet. Mus.f. 22— Vaill. 26. 15, veil wanting. 
Veil open, larger than the capsule. Linn. Leaves obscurely serrated. 
Capsules roundish, pendent. Hedw. Leaves somewhat slightly serrated 
towards the point. Capsules nearly as broad as they are long. 
(Dwarf Round-headed Hair-moss. E.) Mnium Polytrichoides. Linn. 
P. Polytrichoides. Huds. 470. P.nanum. Hedw. Heaths. Muddy soil 
and moist banks. P. May. 
(The authors of Muse. Brit, concur in uniting P. nanum , xi. E. Bot. 1625, 
with the present species. E.) 
P. Aloises. Shoots simple : leaves spear-shaped, rigid, serrated at 
the end : capsules cylindrical, oblique : veil woolly. 
Hedw. Stirp. i. 14— {E. Bot. 1649— Muse. Brit. xi. E.)— Dill. 55. 7— 
Buxb. i. 63. 1—Vaill. 29. 11. 
Stem near half an inch high, seldom branched. Fruit-stalks growing to the 
length of an inch, fixed rather below the top of the stem. Capsule 
cylindrical, upright, but leaning as it becomes older. Veil larger than 
