194 BRYACE^, [Splachnum. 



geminate, orange-colored, formed of a double lamina, the outer 

 thicker and jjapillose, the inner loosely and thinly areolate. 

 Spores very minute. 



1. S. Wormskioldii, Hornem. Monoecious: pei-ennial, in 

 soft dense tufts reddish and radiculose within ; stems very 

 slender, dichotoraous : leaves very soft and loosely areolate, 

 oval, muticous or more or less long-acuminate, narrowly costate : 

 male flowers terminal on long slender branches : capsule small, 

 elliptical or subglobose, about as long as the ovate aj^ophysis, 

 shorter and turbinate when empty, first green, then dark brown, 

 etomatose ; columella not exserted from the empty capsule ; teeth 

 small, yellow, subequidistant. — Fl. Dan. t. 1659; Bryol. Eur. 

 t. 291. 



Had. Peat bogs of Arctic America, Greenland, etc. 



2. S. sphssricura, Linn. fil. Dioecious : loosely cespitose, 

 annual ; stems short : lower leaves small, ovate-acuminate, the 

 upper much larger, broadly obovate from the narrowed base, 

 acuminate, entire or obscurely dentate : capsule oval, fuscous ; 

 apophysis broadei', subglobose, dark red, shining, perforated 

 by stomata in its upper part ; pedicel long, slender, flexuous ; 

 lid convex, mamillate ; teeth large, linear, obtuse, approximate 

 in pairs, orange. — Meth. Muse. 33, t. 1, fig. 1; Bryol. Eur. 

 t. 292. 



Hab. Rocky Mountains (Drummond). 



3. S. vasculosum, Linn. Dioecious: biennial or perennial ; 

 tufts soft, bright green : leaves large, distant, the lower sub- 

 orbicular, the upper broadly obovate, obtusely acuminate, entire ; 

 costa ending below the apex : male plants more slender, with 

 smaller and more distant leaves : capsule short, cylindrical, red- 

 orange, on a large sj)herical minutely tuberculose dark purple 

 or bluish black apojjhysis, irregularly wrinkled when dry ; lid 

 hemispherical, yelloAv ; teeth in pairs, short, orange-colored. — 

 Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1572 ; Bryol. Eur. t. 294. 



Hab. Hudson's Bay (Drummond) ; Sitka (Bischoff). 



4. S. ampullaceum, Linn. Monoecious and dioecious : 

 loosely cespitose ; stems generally short, annual or biennial : 

 lower leaves lanceolate, the upper obovate, long-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, more or less coarsely serrate above, very soft, pale 

 green : capsule small, narrowly oval, cylindrical, yellowish ; 

 apophysis large, enlarged upward, pyriform, soft and fleshy, 



