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SPLACHNUM reticulatum,
Reticulated Gland-moss.
CRYPTOGAMJA Musci.
Gen. Char. Caps, cylindrical, placed on a fleshy
receptacle. Cringe simple, pf lb' teeth, standing,
in pairs.
Spec. Char. Receptacle inversely conical, brown, nar-
rower than the capsule. Leaves ovate, acute,
beardless, serrated towards the point.
Syn. Splachnum reticulatum. Sm. F t . B rit, l ] ’Jp
Bryum reticulatum. D icks . Crypt, fa s c . 2. 4. t. 4.
ƒ . 6 . With. 821. H u ll. 255.
M r . DICKSON found this Splachnum on the Scottish mountain
of Ben High. No other person has met with the same, and
his original specimens were in an advanced and damaged condi,
tion. One of these only, from Mr. Turner’s herbarium, could we
procure ; to which we annex a magnified capsule from Mr. Dickson’s
plate.
The broad ovate leaves, which are strongly reticulated, distinguish
this species from lingulatum, t. 2095, with which the
smallness of the receptacle nearly agrees. The latter, with the
swelling capsule, both together form a pear-like figure. The
fringe is inflexed. Fruitstalk from the bottom of the stem or
branch.
/S. Frcelichianum, Hedw. ■ Crypt, v. 3. 99. t. 40, differs in
having more spatulate and blunt leaves, with a terminal fruitstalk,
and we can scarcely suppose it the same with our plant, though
Dr. Swartz unites them. His synonym therefore, cited with
doubt in the FI. Brit., should be excluded from thence, as belonging
to the plant of Hedwig.