SPLACHNUM. 



S. mnioides; leaves ovato-lanceolate, much acuminated, con- 

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

 capsule. (TAB. IX.) 



*. minus, of a deeper colour and with shorter stems. 



S. mnioides. Linn. FiL Meth. Muse. p. 6. Hedw. St. Cr. v. 2. 1. 11. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 1539. S. urceolatum p>. Walil. FL Lapp. S. urceolatum. 

 Dicks. Crypt, fasc. 2. p. 2. (according to authentic specimens, as well 

 as the figure in Engl. Bot. y not of Hedw.} 



$. majm, of a paler colour and with elongated stems. 



S. fastigiatum. Dicks. Crypt, fuse. 3. p. 2. Engl. Bot. t. 786. S. 

 Brewerianum. Hedw. St. Cr. v. 2. t. 38. Dill. Muse. t. 44. f. 5. 



HAB. Upon the lofty mountains of England, Scotland, 

 and Ireland, generally growing among mosses in rocky situa- 

 tions. Mr. Griffiths alone, in Withering, says he found his 

 5. purpureum (decidedly our mnioides} on cow-dung; but 

 his specimens in Mr. Turner's herbarium intermixed with 

 Hypnum cupreisiforme prove tolerably satisfactorily that 

 such could not have been their place of growth. 



Besides the characters above allotted to the varieties, we 

 can discover no point of distinction between them. The 

 true S. urceolatum, a plant of more northern regions, differs 

 by its shorter, very concave, and obtuse leaves, which are 

 moreover hair-pointed; and whether a distinct species or 

 not, as Wahlenberg supposes, it has not yet been met witli 

 in Britain. S. purpureum of Withering^ according to Mr. 

 Griffiths' own specimens, belongs to this species, and not to 

 S. tenue as Sir James Smith says it does. Our var. ex.. rarely 

 exceeds an inch in height; /3. attains the length of four or 

 even five inches, and- has the fruitstalks, which in both are 

 about half an inch long, of a bright and shining orange 

 colour. 



S. angustatum; leaves ovato-lanceolate, rrruch acuminated, 

 serrated ; apophysis obovate, somewhat narrower than the cap- 

 sule; fruitstalks scarcely longer than the leaves. (TAB. IX.) 



S. angustatum. Linn. FiL Meth. Muse. p. 33. Hedw. St. Cr. v. 2. 

 t.12. Engl. Bot. tA\32. 



HAB. On cow-dung by Lochawen, .Mr. Dickson. Scotch 

 mountains, Mr. Mackay. Cairngorum, in the Scottish High- 

 lands, growing on the turfy soil. 



This, which approaches the preceding so nearly in the shape 



of the leaves, has them however serrated 1 ; and the fruitstalks 



are much shorter than in any variety of that species. The 



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



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



