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inserted in an Appendix, being referable by him to neither 
order nor genus. " Buxbaumia vero usque ad hunc diem 
in obscura latuit ; adeo ut dum N. D. Prceses in speciebus 
suis plantarum cognita, facile omnes enumeraVerit plantas 
usque ad minimos muscos, Buxbaumia agmini illorum ac- 
cedere non potuit ; cumque tarn scientifice et ornata plan- 
tas omnes patrias detexit atque locavit, Buxbaumia in ap- 
pendice ad Floram Suecicam venire debuit plantae instar, 
nec ad genus nec ordinem relatse — Lastly, Gleditsch, 
in his Methodus Fungorum, mentions it, and has the fol- 
lowing note, under the genus Stemonitis. " Buxhaumia, 
Hall. Enum. Helvet. p. 10, Spharocephalus ejusd. p. 9> 
et Clathroides Michelii, N. PI. G. 214. tab. 94. ut con- 
ferenti patebit, charactere generico parum difFerunt. Biix- 
haumia igitur recte conjungantur, nec ne? et quae sit ne- 
gativge sententise ratio, quasritur ? Buxbaumia vero (Ob- 
servat. Hall, docente) et Stemonitis in methodo nostro 
fungorum genera inter Clatlirum et Lycojperdon media con- 
stituunt." 
But of these old speculations we have already said 
enough. The plant has been described by Hedwig, and 
all following authors, as a moss ; and, with the exception 
of Palissot, who calls it Saccophorus^ all have retained 
Halle e's name of Buxbaumia. 
PLATE III. 
Fig. 13. Plants of Buxbaumia apliyllaj natural size, in 
different stages of growth. 
14. A theca with the operculum. 
15. A calyptra. 
16. Operculum. 
• Amoen. Acad. vol. v. p, 79. 
