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POLYTRICHUM juniperinum.
Juniper-leaved Hair-moss.
CRYPTOGAMIA Musci.
Gen. Char. Outer fringe of 32 or 64 short incurved
teeth: inner a flat undivided membrane. Veil generally
double: the outer hairy.
Spec. Char. Leaves linear-lanceolate, pointed, entire;
their margins inflexed. Capsule quadrangular, on
a flat pedestal.
Syn. Polytrichum juniperinum. Menz. Tr. o f Linn.
Soc. v. 4 . 76 . t. 6. ƒ. 4. Hedw. Sp. Muse. 89. 1.18.
ƒ. 6---10. Relh. 41.5. Sibth. 306. Abbot. 232.
Ehrh. Crypt. 82. PI. Off. 180.
P. commune, /3. Linn. Sp. PI. 1573. Huds. 469.
With. 795. _ _
P. quadrangulare, juniperi foliis brevioribus et rigidi-
oribus. Dill. Muse. 424. t. 54. f . 2.
A b o u t as com m o n as th e la s t in h e a th y m o u n ta in o u s
plac es, rip en in g its fru it in A p ril. W e g a the red th e se spe c im
e n s o n H am p ste a d h e a th .
T h e stem is ra th e r ta lle r th a n th a t o f P . p ilf e ru m , a n d th e
w h o le p lan t large r. Leaves d a rk -g re e n , sp re ading, a cute b u t
n o t b e a rd e d ; th e ir m a rg in e n tire ; an d in stead o f b e in g revolute
as in th e la st, it is o n th e co n tra ry folded in n e a rly flat u p o n
th e d isk . S u c h m a rk s w h e n th ey o c cu r ren d e r th e stu d y o f
N a tu ra l H isto ry tru ly d e lig h tfu l from its m a th em a tic a l tru th as
well as its o th e r c h a rm s. T h e ffu it-s ta lk is 2 o r 3 in ch e s lo n g ,
rig id , b rig h t-re d . C apsule e rec t, q u a d ra n g u la r; its pedestal
ve ry m u c h depressed, and o f th e fine red co lo u r o f th e sta lk .
F rin g e and lid m u c h lik e th e last. Veil taw n y , tip p e d w ith
b row n .
W e have late ly verified th e sy n o n ym o f D illen iu s b y exam
in in g his h e rb a rium .