100 HISTORY OF BRITISH MOSSES. 



On the dung of animals in subalpine districts. Fr. 

 Summer. Tliis species is found more abundantly than the 

 others. It varies considerably in the length of its stem, and 

 the seta is sometimes flexuose. 



2. Splachxum tenue, Dick. [Slender Spiachnum.) 

 Leaves obovatCj acuminate, serrated; apophysis obconical, 

 narrower than the capsule ; columella exserted. — Eng. Fl. 

 p. 15. Tayloria serrata, vai\ tenuis, Mull. Syn.pt, 1, p. 133. 



On turfy soils of the more elevated Scotch mountains. 

 Abundant on Ben Lawers. Pr. Autnmn. 



3. Splachnum mnioides, Linn. fil. {Broion Tapering 

 Splachnum.) Leaves obvato-lanceolate ; much acuminated, 

 concave, entire ; apophysis obovate, nearly as narrow as the 

 capsule. — iyiig. Fl. p. 15. Tetraplodon mnioides, Miill. 

 Syn.pt. \.p. 130. 



On the ground in mountainous districts, sometimes as- 

 sociated with other Mosses. Fr. Summer. Two varieties 

 are enumerated by Sir W. J. Hooker, viz, minns and 

 majus, the former distinguished by its darker colour and 

 shorter stems, and the latter by these being paler and more 

 elongated. The new genus Tetraplodon is in the Natural 

 System intermediate between Tayloria and Spdachnnm. 



4. Splachnum angustatum, Linn. hi. {Narrow-leaved 



