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SPLACHNE^. 



Fig. 3. Chaeacteeistics of Oedee. 



Plants extremely succulentj and of lax texture ; of rapid growth, chiefly upon 

 animal refuse ; seta long and succulent ; capsule («) very remarkable, itself ovate 

 or cylindrical, with an apophysis much larger than itself, globose and of a different 

 colour, the whole being flagon-shaped ; peristome single, of sixteen teeth in pairs, 

 singularly hygroscopic, curving inwards when moist, turning down ujjon the 

 capsule when dry, yellow ; spores regularly arranged round the columella ; areolae 

 (b) very large. 



Fig. 4. Splachnum vasculosum. 



Large-fruited Collar Moss {a) . 



Colov/r. Lurid green, with purple radicles. 



Stems. Long, simple or branched, radiculose. 



Leaves (b) . Eoundish ovate, base narrow ; areolae large ; nerve ceasing below 



the apex. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta one inch long, succulent; apophysis purple. 



Summer. 

 Locality. Wet places among the Scottish mountains. 



Fig. 5. Splachnum ampullaceum. 



Flagon-fruited Collar Moss (a) . 



Colour. Dull green. 



Stems. Branched, in patches. 



Leaves {&) . Oblong-lanceolate ; serrated, base sheathing, crowded ; upper much 



larger than the lower ; areolae very large. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Monoicous or Dioicous ; seta thick, apophysis purple ; very 



large. Summer. 

 Locality. Animal refuse, in Scotland. 



