POGONATUM CAPILLARE, Michx.
Tab. 49.
Plantæ humilcs, gregariæ vel in cæspitibus laxis superne glaucescenti-viridibus inferno rufescentibus degentcs, sola basi radicantes.
Caulis subuncialis, tenuis, simplex, raro sub perichætio innovans, laxe foliosus.
Folia inferiora minuta, dissita, subappressa, ascendendo-majora et patula; comalia majuscula, e basi membranacea breviter vaginante linealia, acuta, margine argute serrata, tota superficie superiore (ilia partis vaginantis excepta) lamelligera, lamellis incrassato-marginatis.
Flores dioici: plantæ masculæ fertilibus minores, e floris centro prolificantes; floribus anthoideis; perigonialibus interiori- bus brevioribus latissime ovatis acuminatis; paraphysibus partim filiformibus partim apice expansis.
Capsula oblongo-cylindracea, erecta, pedicello tenui suffulta, papillulosa, leptoderma; peristomii dentibus 32 longiusculis lingulatis acutis e membrana basilari vix emersa oriundis hyalinis in axi aurantiaceis; operculo e basi depresso-hemisphærica longius flexuose erecto-rostrato; indumento villoso capsulæ ⅔ tegente.
Pogonatum capillare, Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2, p. 294; Britl. Bryol. Univ. 2, p. 128; Sulliv. Musc. Alleghan. No. 115.
Pogonatum urnigerum, Drumm. Musc. Amer. No. 284, ex parte.
Hab. Canada, Michaux. White Mountains, New Hampshire, Barratt, Tuckerman, Gray, Oakes, James. Rocky Mountains, Drummond.
Resembles closely P. urnigerum; but that is a larger, more robust, and more rigid species; its leaves are more crowded and
