Splachnace^.] 1 10 [Splachnum. 



S\N. — Miiscus trichoides palustris ctstivus, eapitulis nigris erectis, collo luteo fimhriato D. 



Richardson. Dill, in Ray Syn. 3 ed. 93 (1724). 

 Bryum erectis gigartinis eapitulis, foliis serpylli pelUicidis obtnsis Dill. 1. c. T. 3, fig. 2. 

 Bryum ampullaceum, foliis thymi pellucidis, collo crassiore Dill. Hist. muse. 344, T. 44, 



f. 4 (1741) et Herb. 

 Phascum pcdunculafum nvDS. Fl. angl. 397 (1762). With. Bot. arr. Br. veg. ii, 660 



(1776)- 

 Splachnum longisetum Schrank Baiers. fl. ii, 441 (1789). 

 Splachnum ovatmn Dicks. PI. cr. fasc. II, 2 (1790). With. Bot. arr. 3 ed. iii, 793 (i796). 



Brid. Muse. rec. II, P. I, 103 (179S), Sp. muse. I, 149 (1806), Mant. 106 (1819), Bry. 



univ. i, 253 {1826). Hull Br. fl. P. 2, 246 (1799)- Hedw. Sp. muse. 54, t. 8, f. 4—6 



(1801). Turn. Muse. hib. 15 (1804). Sm. Fl. brit. 1173 (1804); Eng. Bot. t. 1590. 



ScHWAEG. Suppl. I, P. I, 50 (1811). 

 Splachnum spharicum plur. auct. 



Dioicous ; laxly caespitose, deep green. Stem short, with long 

 radicles. Lower leaves remote, minute, acuminate-ovate, upper much 

 larger, crowded in a patulous coma, from a narrow base broadly obovate, 

 acuminate, entire or coarsely serrate, nerved to apex, cells oblong- 

 hexagonal. Seta elongated setaceous, orange. Caps, subcylindric, 

 greenish-fuscous, hypophysis thicker, glossy, ovate, blackish-red ; lid 

 mamillate, teeth large, lineal, approximate in pairs, orange, finally 

 reflexed against the caps., columella much exserted, capitate ; calyp. 

 small fugacious. Male plant more slender, bracts from a broad concave 

 sheathing base, longly apiculate. 



Hab. — Dung of sheep and cattle on wet moorlands ; common in alpine 

 districts. Fr. 5 — 6. 



Var. ji sphsericnm (Swartz). 



Stem simple, leaves spathulate-acuminate, serrated at apex; hypophysis 

 globose, red-brown, long as capsule. 



Syn. — splachnum spharicum Swartz Meth. muse. 373, t. 1, f. i (1787), Muse. suec. 22. Hedw. 

 Muse. fr. ii, 46, t. 16. Sp. muse. 55. With. Bot. arr. 3 ed. iii, 791. Hoffm. Deutseh. 

 fl.ii, 22. Brid. Muse. ree. II, P. I, iii; Sp. muse. I, 150; Mant. 107; Bry. univ. i, 256. 

 RoEHL. Moosg. deutseh. 231; Deutseh. fl. iii, 44. Turn. Muse. hib. 15. Sm. Fl. brit. 

 1174; Eng. Bot. t. 785. Roth Fl. germ, iii, P. I, 136. Web. Mohr Bot. Taseh. ico. 

 Schkuhr Deutseh. kr. gew. P. II, 40, t. 16. Schwaeg. Suppl. I, P. I, 54. Wahlenb. 

 Fl. lapp. 308. Hook. Tayl. Muse. br. 18, t. 9. Hook. Fl. seot. P. 2, 124. Gray Nat. 

 arr. i, 717. Hueben. Muse. germ. 80. De Not. Syll. 272, Epil. 462. Br. Sch. Bry. 

 eur. fase. 23 — 24. C. Muell* Synops. i, 144. Wils. Bry. br. 290, t. 9. Schimp. 

 Synops. 307. Berk. Handb. br. m. 165. Milde Bry. siles. 187. Hobk. Synops. 133. 

 Husn. Muse. gall. 206, t. 56. Juratz. 



Splachnum gracile Dicks. Crypt. Fase. IV, 3, t. 10, f. 5. Bridel. Sm. Fl. brit. Eng. Bot. 

 t. 1921. Schwaeg. Suppl. I, P. I, t. 15. 



Splachnum vasculosum Lightf. Fl. scot, ii, 697 (1777). HuDS. Fl angl. 2 ed. 469 (1778). 

 Hull Br. fl. 245. 



S. refractum Brid .Sp. muse. I, 145 (1806). 



S. pusillum P. Beauv. Prodr, 89. 



Hab. — In similar localities, but more common. 



