POLYTRICHUM SuBROTUNDUM. DWARF PoLYTRICHUM
POLYTRICHUM Linnmi. C ryptoo am iA Musci.
Calyptra duplex, interior membranacea, lævis, exterior floccida.
Kaïi'Syn. Gen. 3. Muscr.
S f rot*n dm caule Gmplici antherâ fubrotunda. HuSfan Fl. Angl. fi. 400.
MNIHM Poytr^ ‘ Sr ca,yptr,a H l Lin- i l Vcgetab.p. 796. Sp. Pl.p. 15761 FL Snede. p. 385.
X Y T R I C « U M Vt r/aCa ° nŸ m W T O L Y 1RICHUM Aloefolium. Scopoli Fi. Carm Cola.P pfu. H3s0 I9. n». ïzg»o. ' « Haller. kift.
POLYTRICHUM japfuli,;fubrotu«dis galeritis, alogs folio non ferrate. The dwarf round-
P m V T D t r a rm “ ded Aloe‘ leaved Polytnchum, Dillen. Mufc. 428. t. M u 6.
B » caPilIaceus minor, calyptra totnentofa. Vaill. paris. WH t. 26. f . i<r
aureum medium, in ericetis proveniens. Vaill. paris. 429. t. 55 f . 7,
MUSCUS coTOMtus ngjdus minor et humilier capitulisvillofisbrevioribus. Moris, hft. 3. p,
POLYTRICHUM mmus capfulis fubrotundis, calyptra quafi lacera coronalis. C. G. 221. Raii Syn.
RADIX tomentofa. {
CAULIS breviffimiis, vix ullus. 1 <
FOLIA brevia, rigida, intus.concava, extus con vexa, I
acuta, margine minutiffime ferratâ, bafi lato’ 1
membranaceo caulem ampleftente, ficcata in- i
curvata teretiufçula, fig. 1.
PEDUNCULI fimplices,unciales,rubicundi,fubdiapha- \
ni, fle x u o fi,^ . 3, demum tortuofi, jS’g. 21. {
CAPSULÆ fubrotundæ, fig. 4. |
Fig, ------ 2, Folia perlentem vifa.
5, Calyptra exterior magn. nat. , |
6, Eadem magn. au6i.~ »$
7, Eadem inverfa ut Calyptra interior \
appareat.
9,9, Calyptra interior in fitu naturali. *
10 , 10, Eadem au 61. |
1 1 , Calyptra interior feparata ab exteriore i
et feorfim exhibita.
12, Eadem in fitu naturali cum exteriore (
çonnexa. <
13, Capfula magn. nat. nuda.
24, Eadem au6t.
25, Eadem ad maturitatem magis accedens.
10, Operculum. *
. 17» 17, Ciliæ. - l
18,18,18, Membrana mucronata in fummo cap- j
fulæ cui adneétuntur ciliæ. |
29,19, Ciliæ in feftione longitudinali Capfulæ |
exhibitæ. ^
20, Receptaculum feminis. $
^ ROOT woolly.
, ST A LK very fhort, fcarce any.
■ LEAVES fhort, rigid, hollow within, round with-
t ouL lharply pointed, the edge very finely
ferrated, embracing the ftalk by a broad mem-
! branous bafe ; when dried bending inwards,
and o f a roundifh form, fig. 1.
FOOT-STALKS fimple, an inch high, reddifh, fome-
what tranfparent, crooked, fig;, o, finally
twifted, #5-. 21. y
CAPSULES roundifh, fig. 4.
Fig. ------ 2, The leaves viewed through a magnifier.
5> The exterior Calyptra o f its natural fize.
6, The fame magnified.
7, The. fame' inverted, that the inner
Calyptra may appear.
9, 9, The inner Calyptra in its nat. fituation.
10, 10, The fame enlarged.
11, The inner Calyptra feparated from the
outer one, and {hewn by itfelf.
f 22, The fame in its natural fituation, conne6ied
with thé outer one.
13, The Capfule of its nat. fize uncovered.
14, The fame enlarged.
► 15> Thefameapproachingmore to maturity.
» 10, The Cover.
; 17, 17, The Ciliae.
28, 18, 18, A pointed Membrane at the fummit
of the Capfule, to which the Ciliae
are connected.
*9» 19> The Ciliae fhe.wn in a longitudinal fec-
tion of the Capfule.
e> 20, The Receptacle to which the feeds
§ are conneéled.
membranous (himng fubflance, and which I had no Tonner rt, r • j 1 j * 00,y Lalyptra, covered with a
mote.pleafin^an^^atL^^ory1point^oftvIe7 - h°Pes " would P'aca 3 f e l Polytrichum in a
^ with the