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near Eyemouth, Rev. A. Baird. Near Mordington- 

 house, abundant, &c. Spring. 



28. SPLACHNUM. 



1. S. spharicum, leaves obovate, with a suddenly narrowed ra- 

 ther long point, slightly serrated ; apophysis ovate-globose, wider 

 than the capsule. S. gracile, SM. Fl. Brit. 1174. 



Hob. On Cheviot, Dr Thompson. August. 



Stems about -inch long. Leaves straw-coloured, loosely 

 reticulate, with a strong nerve running beyond their 

 rounded apex, and forming a narrow point. Fruitstalks 

 about 2 inches long, slender, flexuose, yellowish or reddish- 

 brown; apophysis dark-brown, with a lighter coloured 

 capsule. 



29. TETRAPHIS. 



1. T. pellucida, stems slender; leaves alternate, ovate-acute, 

 entire, the nerve disappearing below the point, " those of the 

 perichaetium lanceolate ; capsule cylindrical." 



Hal. Dry banks in woods, and about the trunks of old 

 trees, not common. Murton Craigs, plentiful. 



Grows in irregular patches of a pale and pleasant green co- 

 lour. Our specimens have no capsules, but are all " ter- 

 minated by cup-shaped receptacles, consisting of broadly 

 obcordate leaves, in the centre of which are fixed, by a 

 short footstalk, small spherical bodies, bearing an exact 

 analogy to the anthers of Jungermmnia" 



30. ANICTANGIUM. 



1. A. ciliatum, stem much branched, diffuse; leaves ovate, 

 nerveless, with diaphanous serrulate points ; capsules subsessile, 

 tampan ulate. Gymnostomum ciliatum, SM. Fl. Brit. 1168. 



Hcib. On rocks hi subalpine districts. Plentiful on Lam- 

 berton Moor and the Lammermuirs, growing on whin- 

 stones in hoary tufts. 



31. GYMNOSTOMUM. 



1. G. truncatutumj small ; stem simple ; leaves obovate, apicu- 



