Splachnace^.] 114 [Tayloria. 



Clavis to the Species. 



Leaves acute and serrated at point. tenuis. 

 obtuse and entire. hngulata. 



Sect. I. EUTAYLORIA Lindh. Golumella exserted ; teeth of per. 

 reflexed when dry. Leaves acuminate, serrate ; male infl. capituliform. 



I. TAYLORIA TENUIS {Dicks.) ScUmp. 



Autoicous ; laxly tufted. , Leaves spathulate acuminate, serrated 

 above. Caps, oval, with a long narrow hypophysis, pale brown ; teeth 

 long, dark purple, reflexed when dry. (T. LXII, C.) 



SYti. —Splachniim tenue Dicks. PI. cr. Fasc. II, 2, t. 4, f. 2 (1790). With. Bot. arr. 3 ed. iii, 

 793 (1796). Hull Br. fl. P. 2, 246 (1799). Sm. F1. brit. 1171 (1804), Eng. Bot. t. 1133. 

 Web. Mohr Bot. Tasch, 98, t. 7, f. 2—3 {1807). Schkuhr Deutsch. kr. gew. P. II, 35, t. 

 14 (1810). RoEHL. Deutsch. fl. iii, 42 (1813). Hook. Tayl, Muse. br. 19, t. q (1818). 

 Gray Nat. arr. br. pi. i, 718 (1821). Hook. Fl. scot. P. 2, 124 (1821), Br. Fl. ii, 15 

 (1833). Brid. Bry. univ. i, 247 (1826). Hueb. Muse. germ. 88 (1833). De Not. 

 Syllab. 273 (1838), Epil. 463 p. p. (i86g). 

 Splachnmn Hngulattim (non Dicks.) Hoffm. Deutsch. fl. ii, 23 (1795). Roth Fl. 



germ, iii, P. I, 137 (1800). 

 Grimmia splachnoides Sm. Fl. br. 1197 (non Eng. Bot.). 



Splachnum attemtatnm Brid. Muse. rec. II, P. I, 107 (1798), Sp. muse. I, 146 (1806), 



Mant. 106 (1819). 

 Splachnum serratum ScHWAEG. Suppl. I, P. I, 49. 



Tayloria serrata Var. y. tenuis Br. Sch. Bry. eur. fasc. 23—24, p. 6, t. 2 (1844). 

 C. Muell. Synops. i, 133 (1849). WiLS. Bry. brit. 294, t. 9 (1855). Schimp. Synops. 

 300 (i860). Berk. Handb. br. m. 164, t. 14, f. 7 (1863). Milde Bry. siles. 186 (1869). 

 Hobk. Syn. 134 (1873). Husn. Muse. gall. 203 (1888). 



Tayloria tenuis Schimp. Svnops. 2 ed. 360 (1876). JuRATZ. Laubm. oester.-ung. 228 

 (1882). HoBK. Syn. 2 ed. 141 (1884). 



Autoicous ; in irregular lax tufts, soft, slender, with rufous 

 tomentum. Leaves broadly spathulate, shortly acuminate, very thin 

 and flaccid, pale with lax irregular hexagonal cells, margin serrated above, 

 nerve reaching nearly to apex. Caps, on a slender seta, small oval, 

 with a long narrow tapering hypophysis, pale brownish becoming black 

 by age, when dry and empty strongly contracted below, with a wide 

 mouth ; columella much exserted ; teeth long, dark purple, glossy, 

 reflexed when dry and closely appressed to the capsule : spores larger. 

 Male infl. terminal on special branches or at the base of innovations, 

 capituliform. 



Hab. — Rotten turfy soil on mountains ; rare. Fr. 7 — 8. 



Leney [Dr. Buchanan 1782). Ben Lawers (Dickson). Head of Glen Callater (G. Don) ! 

 Killin (Binstead 1885) ! 1 Benbradagh Mtn., Co. Derry, Ireland {Stewart 1868) ! ! 



Ver}' distinct in the ripe stage, by its narrow contracted hypophysis and 

 wide mouthed capsule with long exserted columella. It evidently differs 



