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Pl.cell.fol 14. MUSCI. 351. Splachnum, 719
b. Leaves Hunt.
6. Splachnum vasculosian. Vasciilose glandmoss.
Leaves rhomboid, rounded, blunt; main rib not reaching
the point; apophysis globular, much wider than the capsule.
- Splachnum vasculosiim, Hedioig Crypt. 2, 15.
Splaclimim rugosiim, Engl. Dot. 2094, not of Dicksmi.
On alpine bogs.
7. Splachnum Frcellchii. Froelich's glandmoss.
Leaves ovate, rounded at the points ; main rib disappearing
; apophysis reverse ovate, much narrower than the
capsule.
Splaclinum Frcelichianum, Hedw. Crypt. 3,40.
Bryum reticnlatum, Dicks, Crypt. 2, 4.
Splachnum reticulatum, Engl. Bot. 250T.
On alpine mountains.
X. 352. CONOSTOMUM. Swartz. Cone-mouth.
Capsule valveless, pedicelled ; pedicells terminal ; peristojne
single, toothed; teeth 16, equally distant, all united
at the top ; calyptra halved.
Conostomum loreale. Northern cone-mouth.
Stem rather short ; leaves lanceolate, pointed, keeled,
slightly toothed.
Conostomum boreale, Swartz in Schrad. Journ. 1,24.
Grimmia Conostoma, Engl. Bot. 1135.
Bryum tetragonum, Dicks. Crypt. 2, 8.
On very high mountains.
XI. 353. POLYTRICHUM. Pliny. A '20 Hairy-cap.
Capsule valveless, pedicelled ; pedicells terminal ; pmsto7ne
single, toothed; teeth 32 or 64, equally distant, bent;
tips united by a horizontal membrane ; calyptra small,
halved. Leaves generally thick, opake, winged.
a. Calyptra naked.
1 . Polytrichum undulatum. JVavy hairy-cap.
Leaves lanceolate, wavy ; edge flat, fine-toothed; main
rib winged ; capsule cylindrical, bent ; lid awlshape.
Brymn capitulis oblongis rubentibus, foliis oblongis angustis pellucidis
iiigosis, Rail Syn, 95, 15.
Biyiiin undulatum, Lin. S. P. 1582.
Polytrichum undulatum, Hedw. Crypt. 1, 16; Engl. Bot. 1220,
Catharinea Callibryon, Ehrh. Crypt. S3.
Catliarinea undulata, Wehr ct Mohr Reise,
Oligotrichum undulatum, De Cand, Ft. Gall. 1201.
In shady places.