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SPLACHNUM urceolatum.
Elliptical Gland-moss.
CRYPTOGAM!A Musci.
Gen. Char. Caps, cylindrical, placed on a flesliy
receptacle. Fringe simple, o f 16 teeth, standing
in pairs.
Spec. Char. Receptacle obovate, greenish-brown.
Leaves elliptical, concave, entire, taper-pointed.
Syn. Splachnum urceolatum. Hedw. Sp. Muse. 52.
Crypt, v. 2 . 39. t. 13. Sm. FI. Brit. 1170. Dicks.
Crypt, fasc. 2. 2. With. 793. Hull. 246.
S. ampullaceum. FI. Dan, t. 192; bad.
S. bryoides. Zoeg. FI. Island, 12, Von Troil Isl.
H 9 . '
F o u n d on th e Scottish m o u n ta in o f Ben H ig h , by Mr.
Dickson, to whom we a re indebted for a specimen, which we
h a v e comp a red with o rig in a l ones in th e Linnaean herbarium,
g a th e red b y Z o eg a in Ic e lan d .
T h e stems compose dense tu fts , a b o u t a n in ch h ig h , and aie
e ith e r simple or d iv id e d . Leaves numerous, imbricated,
d a rk ish g re en, e llip tic a l, obtuse, concave, en tire, with one rib,
a n d a lo n g , tap e r, v e ry slender green p o in t, alo n g which the
rib is co n tin u ed , b u t th e re is no positive h a ir-lik e appendage.
F ru its ta lk va rio u s in le n g th , sto u t, re d or taw n y , quite straight.
R e c ep ta c le obovate, to le rab ly smooth, a t first green, then
b row n . C apsule b row n , na rrower th a n th e receptacle, and
b u t ab o u t h a lf as lo n g , finally c o n tra c te d in th e middle. L«1
h emisp h e rica l. F rin g e yellowish, tu rn in g b row n in decay.