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Splachnum: anthera on a large coloured apo- 
phyfa: calyptra caducous. Female ftar 
on a feparate individual. Of this, Lin- 
naeus has fix fpecies, but two of which 
are Britifh. 
Polytrichum: anthera operculate, on a fmall 
apophyfis: calyptra villous. Female flar 
in a diftinct individual. The fivejpe- 
cies of this genus are indigenous here. 
If you be defirous of an intimate ac- 
quaintance with the fubrotundum, con- 
fult the Flora Londinenfis. 
Mnium : anthera operculate : calyptra fmooth : 
Female, a naked bulb, frequently on a 
feparate item. There are twenty fpe- 
cies of this genus, of which we have 
thirteen. Nine of thefe you will find 
accurately engraved and defcribed by 
Curtis. 
Bryum: anthera operculate : calyptra fmooth : 
a filament from the terminal tubercle. 
Of thefe there are thirty-feven fpecies 
in the laft edition of the Syftema Vegeta-< 
bilium: Hudfon had augmented them 
to forty-five, in this kingdom only. 
They were fufficiently numerous alrea- 
dy. In the Flora Londinenfis you will 
find excellent engravings of mnejpeczes. 
Hypnum. 
