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M a tu r . J u n io e t Ju lio .
T ab . 1. Caulis fe rtilis 3—6 lin e a r is , ra riu s lo n g io r, simp licissím n s, ten e rrin n is , iiiferne midns,
su p e rn e vel rem o te foliosus (fig. 7 ) vel p a rtim piiniafus (8 ) , b an d r a ro so lis foliis floralibus praeditu.s
( 9 ) ; ste rilis lo n g io r, omnino frondiformis ( 1 0 ) , cum foliis su is conflnentibiis rbomboideo-Iaiieeolafis,
com p lan a tis circuniscriptioiiem s is te n s ovato -c lo n g atain vel o b lo n g o -elo n g a tam .
F los femine iis lax e gemmiformis (fig. .5, 6 ) , 9— 12 pbyllus ; folia ílo ra lla e x te rn a ovato-laiicco-
l a t a , in te rn a la n c e o la ta ( 1 6 ) , co iica v in sc u la, lax e rh om b o id eo -a re o la ta : a rch eg o n ia m a ju s e u la , p e r p
a u c a (1 7 ). F lo s m a scu lu s in c a u le femineo simili simplici v e l ap ic e ramoso (4 ) te rm in a ü s , forma
e t numero foliornm flovalium a femineo h au d d iv e rsu s ; a n th e rid ia 2—3 , m in u tu la , ra rissim e p ro \e -
n ien tia ( 1 4 , 15).
F ru c tu s ex eodem p e ric h a e tio , flo re omnino simili, s o lita riu s : C ap su la in p ed ic ello liyalino lo n g
itu d in e plaiitu lam a c q u a n te e r e c t a , o v a lis vel glo b o so -o v ata ( 2 2 , 2 3 ) , p e r p u s illa , te n e rrim a , laxe
h ex a g o n e a r e o la ta , fu sc a, s ic c a sn b u rc e o la ta (2 5 ). P ed ic e llu s qu asi ca u lis continuatio, basi v ag in u la e
c r a s s in sc u la e , flav e scen ti vel su b fiiscae infixus (1 8 ,1 9 , 2 0 ), s ic c ita te s in istró rsum a n t d ex tro rsum to rtu s
(2 5 ). C a ly p tra conica, s em p e r a rc lieg o n ü s ty lo te rm in a ta , basi su b in te g ra , fu sc a , solo o p erculo insi-
deiis e t fu g a c issim a (2 1 ). O pe rculum convexiusctilum e t r e v e r á c a p su la e ovalis segm en tum (2 3 ) ,
in t e g rum , ra d ia tiin aveolatum (2 6 , 2 7 ) , lu te sc e n s . Colume lla c a p su la e o rific ium , operculo dilapso,
liaud s u p e ra n s (2 4 ). S p o ra e m in u tu la e , g lo b o sa e , lu te s c e n te s (2 8 ).
A n m c r k . D ie s e P fla n z e is t d u r c h a u s k e in e n w e s e n tlic
h en A b än d c i'u n g c n u n te rw o r f e n ; h ö c h s te n s w e ich e n d ie
e in z e ln en I n d iv id u e u d u rch d ie G rö s s e v o n e in a n d e r ab .
E s i s t b e n ie rk e n sw e rth , d a s s d ie P f lä n z c h e n , w e n n sie
e inm a l tro ck e n s in d , n u r s e h r s c ln v e r w ie d e r F e u c h tig k e it
in sich a u fn c h in en , so d a s s s ic s tim d cn lan g a u f d em W a s s e r
lie g e n k ö n n e n , o h n e v o n die sem d u r c h d ru n g e n zu w e rd e n .
R em . Ce tte m o u s s e n ’e s t su je tte à a u cu n e v a r ia tio n ;
to u t au p lu s q u e le s d iffé re n ts in d iv id u s d iffè ren t le s uns
d e s a u tre s p a r la g r a n d e u r p in s on m o in s co n s id é ra b le .
I l e s t d ig n e d e r em a r q u e q u e les p la n te s u n e fo is s è ch e s
n e s ’h um e cte n t qu e tr è s -d iffic ilem en t, d e so r te q u ’e lle s peuv
e n t r e s t e r d e s h e u re s e n tiè r e s p lo n g é e s d a u s l ’e au , san s
en ê tre im b ib é e s .
S u u in c u iq u e l
G e g e n w ä r tig e M o n o g rap h ie w a r b e r e its schon zum D ru c k e
f e r t ig al.s w i r d ie n e u e s te E d itio n v o n S mith's E n g lis h B o ta
n y {C r y p to g am ia by W . F . H ooker) e rh ie lte n u n d b e i
S c h is to s te g a fo lg e n d e , g a n z m it u n s e rn B e o b a c h tu n g e n ü b e r-
ein.siimmendc B em e rk u n g f a n d e n :
C e tte m o n o g rap h ic é ta it p r ê te à ê tre liv ré e à l’im p re s s io n
q u a n d n o u s re ç ûm e s la d e rn iè r e é d itio n de V E n g lish botany
d e S mith (.Ci-yptogamia by W . T . H ooker). N ous n o u s
fa is o n s u n d e v o ir d ’en tr a n s c r ir e le p a s s a g e su iv a n t qui
c o n tie n t d e s o b s e rv a tio n s to u t à fa it a n a lo g u e s a u x n ô tr e s ;
„ S in c e th e p u b lic a tio n o f th e rem a rk s on th e lid o f th is p l a n t , in th e 2‘* ed itio n o f M u sc o lo g ia B r ita n n ic a , M r. Bowman
a n d M r. W . W ilson ex amin ed liv in g sp e cim en s to g e th e r , b u t w e r e q u ite u n a b le to find a n y tr a c e o f r a d ia tin g f is su re s
in th e - lid ( a s d e s c rib e d b y Hedwig) , e ith e r b e fo re o r a f te r id had b e en d rie d . Th e la tte r g e n tlem a n h a s su b s e q u e n tly
rem a rk e d to m e ; “ th e o p e rcu lum is th e v e ry th ic k e s t a n d th e m o s t s tu rd y th a t I e v e r me t w ith in a n y M o s s , fillin g up
th e m o u th e x a c tly lik e a b u n g , composed s tr ic tly o f c e lls o f a n h e x ag o n a l fo rm p e rv a d in g the th ic k n e s s o f th e lid , nn d
n o t (in fre q u en tly di.sposed so a s to s ta n d in row s from th e c e n tr e th o th e c irc um fe re n c e , so th a t w h e n a n y p a rt o f th e lid
i s ob liq u e ly p la ced , w ith r e s p e c t to th e e y e , th e p a rtitio n s o f th e c ells , in p e rsp e c tiv e , r e p r e s e n t d a rk lin e s r e s em b lin g r a d ii ;
a n d th is a p p e a ra n c e i.s so c o n s tan t w h e n th e law e r o r con ca v e .side o f th e lid is u p p e rm o s t, in e v e ry p a r t b u t th a t wh ich
m a y h a p p en to b e tu rn e d a t r ig b l- a iig le s to th e lin e o f s ig h t , th a t i t is n o w o n d e r th a t H edw ig a n d o th e rs b e lie v e d in a
fi.=.«ile lid . T h e to p of th e c o lum e lla a lw a y s a d h e re s to th e lid , a n d it is n o t e a sy to rem o v e if. I mad e s e v e r a l lo n g itu d
in a l s e c tio n s in o r d e r to a s c e rta in th e te x tu re o f th e lid , a n d a lw a y s fo u n d it to c o n s is t o f th e s p o n g y b o d y lin in g the
c o n c a v ity , a n d , on i t s rem o v a l, ah a rc h o f p y r am id a l c e lls e x ten d in g q u ite th ro u g h th e lid , w ith o u t iiitci-ru p tio ii, th u s p ro v
in g th e n o n -ex is ten c e o f a p e ris tom e . — Thc.se s e c tio n s w'crc a llow e d to d ry u n le r th e mic ro sco p e , a n d in a in s ta n t the
.«poiisy p o rtio n o f th e c o lum e lla sh ru n k up a n d d isappoarr-d, the d iam e te r ,o f th e lid b e cam e v e ry m u rii le s s : th o c o n cav e
side b e c am e p la n e , a n d th e u p p e r o r co n v ex on e w a s in c re a s e d in co n v ex ity : th e th ic k n e s s n o t v is ib ly a lte r e d , ex cep t so
f a r a s th e s p o n g y l in in g w a s in q u e s tio n . On th e a p p lic a tio n o f w a t e r th e o r ig in a l .«liupe wa.s re s to re d . I may ad d th a t
w het) th e S c h is to s h g a is in its in f a n c y , it re s em b le s a c o n fe r v a w ith g lo b u la r a rtic u la tio n s : — in th is sta te it c o n s titu te s
th e ,,.ihinh-gnioss-'. o r ,.g o lJ en -g re en lig h t“, d e s c rib e d b y M r, Bowman in tlie M a g a z in e o f Nut. H is t. (V. 3, p. 4G2), o f tbi.s
(,„1 I a», w e ll n se iite d , l ie . ii i s , c a ie le l ly exim.iiied y o u n s Im l id e v e to fe d p la n is p o sse ssin g '
willi Ihe b a s e o f th e sfcm.“
W ir m ü s s e n b e i d ie s e r G e le g c n iic it b em e rk e n , d a s s es
d u r c h a u s n icht u n s e re S c h u ld i.st, w e n n w i r v ie le d e r in
E n g la n d iu d e r Moo sk u n d e g em a c h ten E n td e c k u n g e n od e r
sp e zie llen A rb e ite n n ic h t b e rü c k s ic h tig e n ; d ie g ro s so S c hw ie r
ig k e it. ja m e is te n s v ö llig e U nm ö g lic h k e it, m it d e n c n g lis c h c a
B o tan ik e rn in 'V erkehr zu tr e te n , o d e r au ch n u r K u n d e von
ih r e n F o r s c h u n g e n zu e rh a lte n , ma ch te c s u n s b is je z t iin-
mü g lich , d ie L e is tu n g e n d e r B ry o lo g e n En gland.« in ih rem
g a n z e n U m fan g e zu w ü rd ig e n ; u n d o h n e d ie zu v o rk om m en d
e n H ittl ic ilu n g c n u n s e re s tre fflic h en F r e u n d e s S iiü t t l e -
wouTii in B e rn w ä r e u n s d a s L a n d d e r ä lte s te n mul reich-
.«Icn b ry o lo g is c lie n L ite r a tu r u n d d e r h e rr lic h s te n Mo o sflo ra
b e in ah e e in e te r r a in c ó g n ita g e b lieb e n .
mfei'void b ra n c h e s , c o n nec ted
N o u s dev o n s fa ire o b s e rv e r à c ette o c ca sio n q u e c e n ’e s t
p a s d e n o tre f a u t e , q u a n d n o u s n é g lig e o n s le s d é co u v e rte s
e t le s p u b lic a tio n s sp é c ia le s d e s B ry o lo g is te s a n g la is : L a
g r a n d e difficulté, p o u r n e p a s d ir e r im p o s s ib ilif é , d a n s la
p lu p a rt de.s ca.s, d’e n t r e r en r e la tio n av e c le s b o ta n is te s
d’A n g le te r r e , ou d 'a v o ir c o n n a is s an c e de le u r s tr a v a u x , n o u s
a r e n d u im p o s s ib le ju s q u ’à p r é s e n t d’a p p ré c ie r to u t ce q u ’il s
o n t pu b lié d 'im p o r ta n t d a n s la B r y o lo g ie ; e t s a n s le s comm
u n ic a tio n s o b lig e a n te s de n o tr e e x c e llen t ami S hcttlb-
woRTiJ à B e r n e , le p a y s q u i p o ssè d e la lit e r a tu r e la p lu s
r ic h e e t la p lu s b e lle v é g é ta tio n c ry p to g am iq iie s non« s e ra it
e n co re u n e te r r e inco n n u e.