98 MOSSES. 



was undoubtedly the Fountain Apple Moss (Bartramia 

 fontana, Jig. 9). 



Upon a bank crowned by rocks I found the Straight- 

 leaved Apple Moss (Bartramia ithophylla, Jig. 11). Its 

 leaves are broadish at the bottom, but become very 

 narrow and awl-shaped ; they are of a light yellowish- 

 green, and their clustered stems make pretty little 

 cushions. 



These were all the Apple mosses that Swaledale 

 furnished us with. Subsequently I had the pleasure of 

 finding two of them in the Highlands. Large elastic 

 cushions of bright green, growing among rocks in the 

 vicinity of Callander, the stems being two or three inches 

 long, and the long slender leaves spreading in every 

 direction, and bearing round urns on short upright stems, 

 answered Hooker's description of Haller s Apple Moss (B. 

 Halleriana, Plate VI., Jig. 14). The still taller stems of 

 the Curved-stalk species (B. arcuata, Plate VI, Jig. 15) 

 I found in wet places in the same district, but without 

 fruit, here the branches grow in bundles, and the fruit- 

 >talks are beautifully arched. TTe have since received speci- 

 mens of this moss in full fructification, along with some 

 of Oeder's Apple Moss (B. Oederi), of smaller size and 

 darker hue, from our Blair-Athole friend. The Eigid 

 species is very minute, with slender branches in bundles, 

 and the urn large in comparison to the other parts of 

 the plant, it is an Irish moss. The Thick-nerved Apple 

 Moss (B. calearea) frequents limestone districts, its foliage 

 is of a fresh green, and the long slender footstalk bears a 

 very large urn. The leaves are broader than in most of 

 the species. 



