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Lidén Number 27
Respondent: Lars Jonasson Montin (1723-1785)
Title: ... sistens Splachnum, ...
Date of Defense: {28} March 1750
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-15, [1], 1 plate
Lidén Title: Splachnum.
Soulsby Title: Splachnum
Drake Title: Splachnum.
Note: Day supplied in manuscript on two copies; third copy lacks day.
Abstract: Splachnum L. is a moss genus (Splachnaceae), with a capsule that bears spores only in the upper portion, and whose swollen lower half is chlorophyll-bearing. The note on p. 3 provides a description of Juncus biglumis L. (see also fig. 3).