SPLACHNACE^.] no (Splachnum. 



SYN. Muscus trichoides palustris cestivus, eapitulis nigris erectis, collo luteo fimbriato D. 



Richardson. DILL, in RAY Syn. 3 ed. 93 (1724). 



Bryum erectis gigartinis eapitulis, foliis serpylli pellucidis obtusis DILL. 1. c. T. 3, fig. 2. 

 Bryum ampullaceum, foliis thymi pellucidis, collo crassiore DILL. Hist. muse. 344, T. 44, 



f. 4 (1741) et Herb. 

 Phascum pedunculatum HUDS. Fl. angl. 397 (i? 62 )- WITH. Bot. arr. Br. veg. ii, 660 



(1776). 



Splachnum longisetum SCHRANK Baiers. fl. ii, 441 (1789). 

 Splachnum ovatum DICKS. PI. cr. fasc. II. 2 (1790). WITH. Bot. arr. 3 ed. iii, 793 (1796). 



BRID. Muse. rec. II, P. I, 103 (179*), Sp. muse. I, 149 (1806), Mant. 106 (1819), Bry. 



univ. i, 253 (1826). HULL Br. fl. P. 2, 246 (1799). HEDW. Sp. muse. 54, t. 8, f. 46 



(1801). TURN. Muse. hib. 15 (1804). SM. Fl. brit. 1173 (1804); Eng. Bot. t. 1590. 



SCHWAEG. Suppl. I, P. 1,50 (1811). 

 Splachnum sphcericum plur. auct. 



Dioicous ; laxly caespitose, deep green. Stem short, with long 

 radicles. Lower leaves remote, minute, acuminate-ovate, upper much 

 larger, crowded in a patulous coma, from a narrow base broadly obovate, 

 acuminate, entire or coarsely serrate, nerved to apex, cells oblong- 

 hexagonal. Seta elongated setaceous, orange. Caps, subcylindric, 

 greenish-fuscous, hypophysis thicker, glossy, ovate, blackish-red ; lid 

 mamillate, teeth large, lineal, approximate in pairs, orange, finally 

 reflexed against the caps., columella much exserted, capitate ; calyp. 

 small fugacious. Male plant more slender, bracts from a broad concave 

 sheathing base, longly apiculate. 



HAB. Dung of sheep and cattle on wet moorlands ; common in alpine 

 districts. Fr. 5 6. 



Var. /J sphaericum (Swartz). 



Stem simple, leaves spathulate-acuminate, serrated at apex; hypophysis 

 globose, red-brown, long as capsule. 



SYN. Splachnum sphcericum SWARTZ Meth. muse. 373, t. i, f. i (1787), Muse. suec. 22. HEDW. 

 Muse. fr. ii, 46, t. 16. Sp. muse. 55. WITH. Bot. arr. 3 ed. iii, 791. HOFFM. Deutsch. 

 fl. ii, 22. BRID. Muse. rec. II, P. I, m ; Sp. muse. 1, 150 ; Mant. 107 ; Bry. univ. i, 256. 

 ROEHL. Moosg. deutsch. 231 ; Deutsch. fl. iii, 44. TURN. Muse. hib. 15. SM. Fl. brit. 

 1174; Eng. Bot. t. 785. ROTH Fl. germ, iii, P. I, 136. WEB. MOHR Bot. Tasch. ico. 

 SCHKUHR Deutsch. kr. gew. P. II, 4 o, t. 16. SCHWAEG. Suppl. I, P. I, 54. WAHLENB. 

 FL lapp. 308. HOOK. TAYL. Muse. br. 18, t. 9. HOOK. Fl. scot. P. 2, 124. GRAY Nat. 

 arr. 1,717. HUEBEN. Muse. germ. 80. DE NOT. Syll. 272, Epil. 462. BR. SCH. Bry. 

 eur. fasc. 2324. C. MUELL. Synops. i, 144. WILS. Bry. br. 290, t. 9. SCHIMP. 

 bynops. 307. BERK. Handb. br. m. 165. MILDE Bry. siles. 187. HOUK. Synops. 13 3. 

 HUSN. Muse. gall. 206, t. 56. JURATZ 



Splachnum gracile DICKS. Crypt. Fasc. IV, 3, t. 10, f. 5. BRIDEL. SM. Fl. brit. Eng. Bot. 

 t. 1921. SCHWAEG. Suppl. I, P. I, t. 15. 



S ^HuLL M Br 3culo3um L 10 ""- Fl- scot, ii, 697 (1777). HUDS. Fl angl. 2 ed. 469 (1778). 



S. refractum BRID .Sp. muse. I, 145 (1806). 

 S. pusillum P. BEAUV. Prodr. 89. 



HAB. In similar localities, but more common. 



