MOSSES. 99 



The Cone Fringe Moss (Conostomum boreale) is allied 

 to the Apple mosses by its round urn, but has a beaked 

 lid and a longer veil than they. The leaves are lance- 

 shaped, overlapping one another in five rows, and the 

 stems grow in a dense cluster. It grows on the summit 

 of mountains. 



The Lurid Apple Moss (Catoscopium nigritum, Plate 

 VI., fig. 16) has the fruit-stalk suddenly bent at the neck, 

 it is two or three inches high, and grows in soft green 

 tufts. The Naked Apple Moss (Discelium nudum) is 

 distinguished by a large conical lid, and long awl-shaped 

 veil. 



But to return to our ramble on Summer Lodge Bank. 

 The beauty of that September day tempted me to wander 

 aimlessly hither and thither upon the moor. Now and 

 then a distant gun bore evidence that the partridges had 

 not entirely drawn away the foe from the grouse ; and 

 still as I roamed, the bird rose from among the ling and 

 fled, uttering noisy cries. The hills basked in broad 

 sunshine, across which cloud-shadows sailed like ships 

 along a golden sea, and not a sound was heard from the 

 valley, though a number of heavy wagons, laden with 

 ore, were descending into it from the opposite hills. 

 While thus lingering, my eyes suddenly fell on a clump 

 of moss, thickly set with cylinder-shaped urns. Upon 

 stooping to gather it, I found it was growing upon sheep- 

 manure ; the oval-pointed leaves were spreading, and the 

 stems less than half an inch long. The fruit-stalk was 

 very long, rather waved, and red ; the urn was situated 

 upon a large tubercle ; the veil had fallen off. I now 

 hastened home in good earnest, for I wanted to study 



