CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Splachnum. 717 
Hedw. stirp. li. F1I<E, bot. 786-F/, dan. 192, 
Fertile shoots upright, undivided. Barren shoot generall 
branched. Leaves very entire, ending in along point. Fruit. 
stalk upright, terminating, about half an inch long. Capsule up- 
sometimes set wi t.Grirrita., ‘The capsule is larger 
than the inversely conical receptacle, but in Sp]. Breweri the re- 
ceptacle is egg-s er than the cylindrical capsule 
narvonshire. It frequently occurs upon the dung of foxes and 
badgers, which are very numerous about Snowdon. Mr. Gair- 
FITH. ] P 
Spr, Capsules inversely conical: leaves ege-oblong, ser- ten’ue. 
tulated upwards, awn-pointed. 
Pirate XVIII. f. 3—Dicks. 4. 2. 
Sides approaching. Mr. Grirrirx. , Approaches very near to S. 
urceolatum, from which it differs in the’ Pabit of its leaves, its 
slender and almost cylindrical receptacle. Diexs. S. purpureum 
of Bot. Arr. ed. 3. é 
n Lawers in the Highlands. [On cow-dung about 
Llyn Idwell. Mr. Gatrrira.] P, June, July. 
Spx. Receptacle inversely conical: leaves spoon-shaped, urceola’tum, 
bristle-pointed. 
Hedwig. stirp. ii. 13. 
About one inch high, simple or forked, one fruit-stalk on 
each branch. Leaves qooteiabigea. Fruit-stalk upright, near 
an inch high. Receptacle an inverted cone. Capsule egg- 
shaped, cylindrical when old. Lid conical, blunt. Fringe of 
S teeth, in pairs, orange-colouted. Hepwic, 
Highlands ef Scotland. On Ben High. P. 
