CRYPTCGAMIA MUSCI. 697 



rated with a long point or beard. The top of 

 the filament, or peduncle, fwells into the form 

 of an inverted cone, which Linn.rus terms ari 

 Jpdphyfis, or Umhraculum ; upon the top of 

 which is placed a cylindrical Anthera^ like the 

 neck of a crewet. The Caly-ptra is eonical, and 

 refemblcs a fmall extinguiihcr. 



ipafcuprum SPLACHNUM umbraculo ampullaceo fubglo- 



2. bofo. Sp. pL J 572. {Rail Syn. p. 93. /. 3. /. 2. 



'DHkn. mufc. t. 44./. 4. bona. Oed. Dan. t. 192. 



opt.) VHASQVM peclumu!atumll, Huaf. Fl. An^. 



397J 



Acorn-fliap'd Splachnum. Anglis. 



"Upon bogs and cow-dung, and upon the points 

 of rocks on the tops of the highland moun- 

 tains, as on Ben-Loniond, and in the ific o{ Sky, 

 and elfewhere. Dr. Eurgefs obfcrved it alfo in 

 the lowlands, as on Scarbrce-mojs, in the parifli 

 of Kirktmcb^ely growing upon cow dung, and 

 in feveral other wet places. VII. VIIL 



This differs little from the preceding, and perhaps 

 is no more than a variety. The filaments arc 

 about an inch high. The leaves oval- acute, 

 not fo lanceolate and bearded as the other. 

 The ApcphyJiSy with \.\\c Anlhera at the top of it, 

 form together nearly an oval figure, not unlike 

 an acorn in its cup, the Apopkyfts being, tranf- 

 vcrfely femioval, and of a blood- red colour-, 

 the Anther a ihort and conical. The Cahptra is 



the 



