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SPLACHNUM Turnerianum.
Turnertan Sjilachnum.
CRYPTOGAMIA Mufci.
G en . Ch a r . Capfule cylindrical, placed on a flefhy
receptacle. Fringe o f a Ample row o f teeth, approaching
each other in pairs.
S pec. Char. Receptacle obovate, green. Capfule
rounded at the bafe, Handing on a thort ftalk.
Leaves lanceolate, taper-pointed, tbmewhat ler-
rated.
Syn. Splachnum Turnerianum. Dickf. Crypt, fafc.
4• 3- *• io . ƒ . n .
S. tagittifolium. With. 791. | 18. ƒ . 2, left hand
figure.
NATIVE of mountainous heaths and moors, found by
Mr. Griffith in North Wales, and by Mr. Turner and Mr.
Sowerby in a bog on a high hill 3 miles from Exeter towards
Sydmouth.
This is one o f the fmaller kinds of Splachnum, being only
an inch high. It is in perfe&ion about the end of May or
middle of June. The ftem is very fhort and limple. Leaves
lanceolate, broad iji the middle, pale green, reticulated, terminating
in a taper point; the upper ones ferrated, efpecially
in their upper part. Fruit-ftalk purpliffi, changing abruptly
into a pale green at the top. Receptacle of a pale pellucid
green, obovate. Capfule light reddifh brown, cylindrical,
rounded off at the bafe, and contra&ed into a ffiort foot-ftalk
which joins it to the receptacle; Lid red, convex. Fringe of
8 pairs o f yellowifh, at length reflexed, teeth. Veil Ihort,
oblique.