A Synopsis of the British Mosses: Containing Descriptions of All the Genera and Species, (With Localities of the Rarer Ones) Found in Great Britain and Ireland, Based Upon Wilson's "Bryologia Britannica," Schimper's "Synopsis," Etc.Hobkirk, Charles C. P. (Charles Codrington Pressick)
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A Synopsis of the British Mosses: Containing Descriptions of All the Genera and Species, (With Localities of the Rarer Ones) Found in Great Britain and Ireland, Based Upon Wilson's "Bryologia Britannica," Schimper's "Synopsis," Etc.
Hobkirk, Charles C. P. (Charles Codrington Pressick)
Mosses -- Great Britain
166. T. SPADICEA. Mitt. (_Trichostomum rigidulum._ Bryol. Brit., p.
114.) St. robust 1–2in.; l. patent from the base, lanceolate-subulate,
canaliculate, margin recurved below; incurved and closely imbricate when
dry; nerve percurrent and distinct to apex; per. l. lower half erect
broadly ovate, upper narrow, recurved; caps. erect cylindrical on a red
seta; lid shortly subulate, twisted; teeth narrow, on a short membrane:
dioicous. (loc. cit., p. 326.)
Rocks and stones near water. Scotland, Ireland, Bolton Abbey. Autumn,
Winter.
167. T. FALLAX. Hedw. St. ½–1in. cæspitose; l. lanceolate from a
broadish base, keeled, margin recurved, somewhat squarrose, gradually
tapering and nerved to apex; per. l. sheathing; caps. variable both in
size and shape, usually sub-cylindrical, with an obtuse rostrate lid
often as long as itself: dioicous.
Clay and limestone banks. XI. XII.
168. T. REFLEXA. Brid. [_T. fallax._ δ. Bry. Brit.] St. loosely
cæspitose; l. tristichous, recurved and falcate, slightly twisted, from
an oblong base lanceolate, keeled, strongly papillose on both sides,
margin reflexed below, nerve vanishing below apex; caps. erect
cylindrical regular; lid subulate beaked: dioicous.
Calcareous rocks and walls, rare in fr.
Scotland, Yorkshire, Derbyshire; Rydal Water (Baker). [Dr. Braithwaite,
Jour. of Bot. IX., 293.]
169. T. RUFA. (Lorenz). Braithwaite. “St. 2–5in. often prostrate at
base, sparingly dichotomous, dense leaved. L. recurved when moist, solid
from an ovate base lanceolate, gradually apiculate, margin strongly
recurved, nerve vanishing just below apex; cells at base rhomboid
pellucid, at apex minute quadrate papillose. Reported from Ben Lawers by
Dr. Stirton, but I have not seen British specimens.”—[Dr. Braithwaite,
l. c. 293.]
170. T. RECURVIFOLIA. Mitt. (_T. gigantea_, Lindb.). “In large fuscous
green tufts, blackish brown at base. St. 3–8in. simple or bi-tripartite,
robust dense leaved, with a few radicles. L. trifarious
squarroso-recurved, when dry twisted and crisped, elongate lanceolate
concave, margin strongly revolute, nerve strong, reaching apex; basal
cells elongate with sinuous walls, above irregularly stellate.” (l. c.
293.)
Dripping alpine rocks. Ben Bulben, Sligo (Moore).
Buxton in fruit, June, 1865. G. E. Hunt.
SECT. IV. SYNTRICHIA. Lower portion of peristome forming a long tube.
171. T. PRINCEPS. De Not. (_T. Mulleri._ B. & S.) St. 1–2in., cæspitose,
with brownish radicles; l. erecto-patent, oblong broad, concave,
fawn-coloured, margin reflexed; nerve excurrent into a short scabrous
hair point from a rounded obtuse apex; caps. cylindrical, straight or
curved on a purplish seta; one-half perist. tubular: synoicous.
Rocks, Scotland. Spring.
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