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James Smith supposes it does. Our var. a. rarely exceeds an 

 inch in height ; (3. attains the length of four or even five inches, 

 is very beautiful, and has the fruitstalks, which are short in pro- 

 portion to the length of the stems, of a bright and shining 

 orange colour. 



4. S. angustatum ; leaves ovato-lanceolate much acuminated ser- 



rated, apophysis obovate somewhat narrower than the cap- 

 sule, fruitstalks longer than the leaves. (TAB. IX.) 



Splachnum angustatum. Linn. Fil. Meth. Muse. p. 33. Hedw. St. 

 Or. v. 2. t. 22. Smith, Fl. Brit. p. 1169. Engl. Bot. t. 1132. Funck, 

 Deutschl Moose, t. 7. n. 3. Hook. Fl. Scot. p. 124. Schwaegr. Suppl 

 v. 1. p. 48. Brid. Meth. p. 106. Arn. Disp. Muse. p. 13. 



S. setaceum. Brid. Muse. p. 106. 



HAB. On cow-dung, and dead and half decayed animal 

 substances. By Loch Awen. Mr. Dickson. Scotch 

 mountains. Mr. Mackay. Cairngorum, and on the 

 mountains of Braemar, on the ground in a turfy soil. 

 On Ingleborough, Yorkshire. 



This, which approaches the preceding so nearly in the shape 

 of the leaves, has them, however, serrated, and the points so 

 long as to exceed the fruitstalks, which gives the plant a very- 

 peculiar and somewhat Phascum-like appearance. The stems 

 vary from half an inch to two or three inches in length. 



5. S. ampullaceum; leaves ovato-lanceolate acuminate serrated, 



apophysis inversely flagon-shaped, twice as wide, as the 

 capsule. (TAB. IX.) 



Splachnum ampullaceum. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1572. Hedw. St. Cr. 

 v. 2. t. 14. Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 16. Schivaegr. Suppl. v. 1. p. 52. 

 Smithy Fl. Brit. p. 1175. Funck, Deutschl. Moose, t. 1. n. 8. Hook. Fl. ' 

 Scot. P. II. p. 125. Hobson, Brit. Mosses, v. 1. n. 11. Arn. Disp. 

 Muse. p. 12. Brid. Meth. p. 108. Engl. Bot. t. 144. Moug. et Nestl- 

 n. 15. 



S. Turnerianum. Dicks. Crypt. Fasc. 4. t. 10. /. 11. Smith, Fl. 

 Brit. p. 1166. Engl. Bot. t. 1116. Brid. Meth. p. 108. 



HAB. Bogs in various parts of England and Ireland. 

 Rare in Scotland ; growing upon the ground as well as 

 upon the dung of animals, and on the plains as well as 

 on the mountains. 



We agree entirely with Mr. Turner in considering that Mr, 

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