CRYPTOGAMIA. MUSCI. Splachnum. 1013 
lopped, leaning a little. Mouth fringed with eight pairs of teeth. Veil 
oblique. Hedw. 
(Narrow-leaved Gland-moss. E.) In moist alpine situations in Scot-* 
land. Dicks, ii. 3. (On the side of Lochawe, Scotland. Mr. Don- E.) P. 
S. ova/tum. Receptacle inversely egg-shaped: leaves egg-spear-shaped: 
stem none. 
{Hedw. 8. 4. 6— E. Bot. 1590. E.)— Dill. 44. 4 -—Ray. 3. 2, at p. 128. 
Leaves broad, shining. Fruit-stalk golden yellow. Dill. A different plant 
from the S. vasculosum. Linn, to which Hudson improperly referred it. 
Dicks. II. 2. 
(Ovate Gland-moss. E.) Rotten spongy ground, as in the pastures 
called Emott Moor, Lancashire. Also in Montgomeryshire. Dill. On 
Ben Nevis. Dickson. 
S. Mnioi'des. Receptacle inversely conical: capsule egg-cylindrical: 
leaves spear-shaped, very entire, ending in a long taper point. 
Hedw. Stirp. ii. 11— {Muse. Brit. ix. E.)— FI. Dan. 192. 
Fertile shoots upright, undivided. Barren shoot generally branched. 
Leaves very entire, ending in a long point. Fruit-stalk upright, terminal, 
about half an inch long. Capsule upright, egg-shaped. Receptacle an 
inverted cone. Lid flat, bluntly pointed. Fringe eight pair of teeth, 
broad, united. Veil slender. Hedw. In the star-bearing shoots the 
edges of the leaves are sometimes set with hairs. Griff. The capsule is 
larger than the inversely conical receptacle, but in S . Breweri the recep¬ 
tacle is egg-shaped and larger than the cylindrical capsule. In both, the 
leaves are with or without hair-like points, but in S. Breweri the leaves 
are narrower and the points longer. 
(Green Tapering Gland-moss. E.) Mountainous places. Dicks. I. 2. 
Near Llyn Idwell, Carnarvonshire. It frequently occurs upon the ejesta 
of foxes and badgers, which are very numerous about Snowdon. Mr. 
Griffith. * P. 
(Drs. Hooker and Taylor comprehend under the present species, 
a. Minus, of a deeper colour and with shorter stems. S. Mnioides, Linn. 
Hedw. E. Bot. 1539. S. urceolalum. Dicks. E. Bot. 2417. 
/3. Majus, of a paler colour, and with elongated stems. S.fastigiatum . 
Dicks. E. Bot. 786. S. purpureum. With. S. Brewerianum. Hedw. ii 
38. Dill. 44. 5. E.) 
S. ten'ue. Capsules inversely conical: leaves egg-oblong, serrulated, 
upwards, awn-pointed. 
PLATE XVIII./. 3 —Dicks. 4. 2-—{E. Bot. 1133 —Muse. Brit. ix. E.) 
Fertile shoots half an inch high. Leaves concave, inversely egg-shaped, 
entire, bordered, reticulated, the meshes confluent, keel curved, serru¬ 
lated, ending abruptly in a serrulated awn-like point. Fruit-stalks one 
to one and a half inch high, the lower half bright pink, the upper half 
and the capsule dark purple. Capsule a continuation of the fruit-stalk, 
inversely conical, a little leaning to one side; teeth sixteen, in pairs. 
Veil extinguisher-shaped, but blunt, as if lopped. Barren shoots ter¬ 
minated by rosaceous cups; all the leaves spear-shaped, serrulated, 
ending in fine points; the sides approaching. Griff. (Approaches very 
