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I. SPLACHNUM L. 
Plantae annuae rarius perennes, laxe caespitantes, mol- 
les. Caulis e basi divisus, vel cum innovet dichotome fa- 
stigiato-ramosus, tenuis, mollis. Folia remota patula, su- 
prema in rosulam congesta, late obovato-lanceolata ba- 
sin versus valde angustata, integra vel serrata, costa 
molli haud excedente, reti laxissimo. Flores dioici, raro 
monoici; masculi in ramis tenuibus partim denudatis di- 
scoideo-capituliformes numerosi. Calyptra parvula, coni- 
ca, subintegra et perfecte integra, mollis, fugacissima. 
Capsula in pedicello longo et longissimo ad insertionem 
basilarem valde attenuato parvula, ovalis et brevi-cylin- 
drica, post maturitatem apophysi instructa majore, pyri- 
formi, globosa vel umbraculiformi proprioque colore haud 
raro nitidissimo tincta, operculo convexo. Peristomii den- 
tes majusculi, 16-geminati, per paria approximati, auran- 
tii, sicci adpresso-reflexi. Columella pileata, post oper- 
culi lapsum plerumque exserta. Sporae minimae, ferru- 
gineae. 
1. SPLACHNUM AMPULLACEUM L. 
Monoicum et dioicum, laxe caespitulosum, pro more 
humile, annuum vel bienne. Folia inferiora lanceolata, 
superiora obovato- et elongato-lanceolata, longe et acute 
acuminata, apice grosse serrata, mollissima, pallide viri- 
dia. Capsula ovali-eylindriea, luteola, apophysi magna 
pyriformi molli carnea seniore purpurea in pedicellum 
longum purpureum longe defluente, operculo convexo lu- 
teo. Peristomii dentes majusculi, gemelli per paria ap- 
proximati et partim uniti, lutei. 
Splachnum ampullaceum L. Sp. Pl. p. 1572 — Brid. Bryol. univ. 
Вр. 2959. br2et Sch? ВЕ! eur. DW. p: 10, 1.4993. — 
C. Mull. Synops. I, p. 145. — Schimp. Synops. Musc. 
