SPLACHNUM. 99 



species, which, as we cannot enumerate as British, we think, 

 from the interest attaching to them and being denizens of 

 our northern regions, must not be passed over Avithout 

 some slight notice : these are S. mbrum and lideiim, natives 

 of the bogs of Norway, Lapland, Siberia, and corresponding 

 latitudes on the North American continent. Their length, 

 chiefly occupied by the seta, is three or four inches, with 

 leaves of corresponding dimensions ; but the most conspi- 

 cuous object is the large red or yellow apophysis, spread- 

 ing immediately under the capsule, in the form of a dome 

 or umbrella, to which it has been compared by Dillenius, 

 who describes it as distinguished " umhraculo rnherrimo." 

 We have heard that the inhabitants of those countries 

 use bright red umbrellas : may they not have copied this 

 fashion from the " Bon-grace Moss," the English name 

 given to Splachnum ruhrum ? The former is the more com- 

 mon species. Tor further particulars regarding these and the 

 other species, our readers may consult an article on the genus 

 Splachmwi in the ' Amoenitates Academics' of Liunseus. 



1. Splachnum sPHiERicuM, Liun. fil. {Globe-fnnted 

 Sjilachnum.) Leaves obovato-rotundate, acuminate, slightly 

 serrated ; apophysis ovate-globose, wider than the capsule. 

 —Eng. M.J). 14 ; Milll. Spi.pt. \.p. 144. 



