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the capsule. Weis. Leaves awl-shaped, serrated, opake, reddish near 
the point, with an appendage somewhat broader than themselves. Cap¬ 
sule contracted beneath the rim, tapering at the base. Griff. Leaves 
serrulated at the ends and also on the back of the mid-rib. Capsules 
twice as long as broad. 
(Dwarf Long-headed Hair-moss. E.) P. mnum . Huds. 470, P. 
Abides . Hedw. Heaths. Moist banks and muddy soil. 
P. March—July. 
Var. 3. Leaves strap-shaped, serrated, pellucid, with an appendage of the 
same width; capsules roundish, not tapering at the bottom. Fertile 
plants grey green. Barren darker-coloured; they grow in distinct 
patches. Leaves hair-pointed. Fruit-stalk and veil orange-coloured. 
Barren flowers tiled, cup-shaped, sessile, terminal, red. Stackh. 
Ditch banks and road sides about Henllan, Denbighshire. Mr. Griffith. 
Hills in Cornwall, common. Mr. Stackhouse. Spring. 
(Hooker and Taylor include under this species, as var. a. major. “ fruit- 
stalks two inches long; stems usually simple:” P. ruhellum, E. Bot. 
1939 ; also as var. (3. “ fruitstalks very short; stems branched with inno* 
vations ;” P. Dicksoni, E. Bot. 1605. E.) 
P. Hercy'nicum. Shoots rarely branched: leaves spear-shaped, fleshy ■: 
capsules urn-shaped, upright: veils with scattered hairs. 
Hedw. Stirp. i. 15—( Muse . Brit. x.— E. Bot. 1219. E.) 
Stem upright, undivided, one inch long. Leaves strap-shaped, keeled, very 
entire, bowed in, alternate, nearly upright, pointed, naked. Fruit-stalk 
terminal, solitary, upright, an inch long. Veil conical, pointed, pale. 
Capsule upright, oblong or cylindrical, the mouth between toothed and 
fringed. Lid conical, somewhat pointed. Huds. Mouth fringed with 
thirty-two short teeth, connected at the base. Hedw. Stars or male 
buds formed of five spoon-shaped pointed leaves. Griff. ( Root densely 
woolly. E. Bot. E.) Capsule urn-cylindrical, rather narrower in the 
middle. 
(Incurved Hair-moss. E.) Bryum incurvum. Huds. On the mountains 
of Scotland and Wales. P. June—Oct. 
P. alpi'num. Shoots very much branched: leaves spear-shaped, 
toothed : fruit-stalks terminal: capsules egg-shaped. 
{Muse. Brit. xi.— E. Bot. 1905. E.) — Dill. 55. 4— Hal. Enum. 3. 6, at p. 
109— Hist. 46. 6, at iii. p. 56— FI. Dan. 296. 
Shoots from half to two inches long; very much branched. Ijeaves slightly 
toothed. Capsules egg-shaped, leaning when ripe. Lid conical, beaked. 
Mouth with a ring; fringe fine, short, upright, white. Web. Capsule 
unequally distended, green, blackish when old. Lid saffron colour, its 
point white. Dill. From two to three inches high. (The narrow leaves 
will distinguish this species from P. urnigerum , as the branched and 
somewhat fastigiate stems will from P. commune. Muse. Brit. E.) 
(Alpine Hair-moss. E.) Mountainous heaths in the north of England, 
and mountains of Wales and Scotland. P. June—Aug. 
(3. Huds. P. urnigerum, which see. 
P. urnFgerum. Shoots very much branched : leaves spear-shaped, 
tooth-serrated: fruit-stalks axillary : capsules cylindrical* 
