P O H L I A. 
Peristomium duplex: eccterius dentibus sedecim 
acuminatis: interim membranaceum, la dims se¬ 
decim uniformibus. 
F,lores hermaphroditic terminales. 
Pohua trunco erecto, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, sporangiis 
basi elongata. Hedw. st. cr. I. p. 96. t 36. 
Bryum elongatum capsulis oblique erectiuscolis basi elon- 
gatis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis. Dicks, fasc. II. p. 8, 
Mnium Pohlia Hoffm. 1L Germ. II. p. 48. 
In silvaticis ad vias cavas Chemnizii in Saxonia, Erlangae, 
Hannoverae, in Scotia, in alpibus Austriacis, Styria- 
cis. Floret vere, ineunte aestate sporangia matura. 
Perennis. 
