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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)

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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.

Name: 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.
Author: Hobkirk, Charles C. P. (Charles Codrington Pressick)

Hobkirk, Charles C. P. (Charles Codrington Pressick)

Mosses -- Great Britain

185. E. COMMUTATA. N. & H. Stems about 1in. branched radiculose; l.
squarrose, from an erect ovate base lanceolate, concave, acute, nerve
excurrent; caps. smooth cylindrical, with a long beaked lid; calyp.
jagged but not fringed at base.

Alpine summits. Scotland. VII. VIII.


                          2. Peristome single.

186. E. VULGARIS. Hedw. St. about ½in. branched, radiculose; l.
spreading, elliptic-lanceolate, oblong, acute or obtuse, nerve sometimes
excurrent; margin plane; caps. smooth cylindrical; base of calyptra
entire; perist. very fugacious.

Limestone walls, rocks, &c. III. IV.

 var. β. perist. none, leaves apiculate (common).

      γ. perist. none, l. obtuse and concave at apex.

      δ. perist. none, l. obtuse; caps. oblique.

      ε. perist. none, l. piliferous.


187. E. CILIATA. Hedw. St. about ½in. radiculose; l. oblong-ovate,
margin recurved below, and toothed near apex; gradually tapering to a
point formed by the excurrent nerve, undulate; caps. cylindrical,
smooth; perist. persistent; calyptra fringed at base.

Sub-alpine rocks. VI. VII.


188. E. RHABDOCARPA. Schw. St. ½–1in. radiculose; l. spreading, erect
and crisped when dry, oblong-lanceolate, nerve generally more or less
excurrent into a mucro, margins plane; caps. oblong-cylindrical,
striate, ribbed when dry; perist. persistent; calyp. slightly toothed at
base, and roughish at apex.

Mountains in Scotland and Ireland. VII. VIII.


                     _b._ Dioicous: perist. double.

189. E. STREPTOCARPA. Hedw. St. 1–2in. radiculose; l. sub-erect,
ligulate, obtuse and cucullate at apex, nerve not excurrent; per. l.
lanceolate-subulate from an ovate base; caps. oblong narrowed above,
spirally striate, and twisted when dry; perist. outer teeth filiform,
inner cilia; calyp. toothed or fringed at base, and roughened at apex.

Limestone and mortared walls; rare in fr. VIII.


                           30. HEDWIGIA. Ehr.

190. H. CILIATA. Hedw. Monoicous; dichotomously branched, rooting at
base only; l. crowded, spreading, sometimes secund, ovate-lanceolate,
concave, margin recurved below, apex diaphanous, prolonged to a blunt
point and strongly toothed on each side; per. l. with apex laciniate;
caps. immersed globose; lid convex with a short beak; calyp. conical,
sometimes hairy.

Rocks in mountainous districts. N. Wales, Arthur’s Seat, &c. III.


Bry. Brit, gives as varieties—

      β. _leucophæa._ l. more crowded and spreading, wider and with
           longer diaphanous points.

      γ. _secunda._ procumbent slender; l. more distant, secund,
           sub-muticous.

      δ. _viridis._ l. scarcely secund; spreading, deep green, scarcely
           diaphanous at apex.

      ε. _striata._ l. plicate much recurved; lid conical.


                        31. HEDWIGIDIUM. B. & S.

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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

185. E. COMMUTATA. N. & H. Stems about 1in. branched radiculose; l.
squarrose, from an erect ovate base lanceolate, concave, acute, nerve
excurrent; caps. smooth cylindrical, with a long beaked lid; calyp.
jagged but not fringed at base.

Alpine summits. Scotland. VII. VIII.


                          2. Peristome single.

186. E. VULGARIS. Hedw. St. about ½in. branched, radiculose; l.
spreading, elliptic-lanceolate, oblong, acute or obtuse, nerve sometimes
excurrent; margin plane; caps. smooth cylindrical; base of calyptra
entire; perist. very fugacious.

Limestone walls, rocks, &c. III. IV.

 var. β. perist. none, leaves apiculate (common).

      γ. perist. none, l. obtuse and concave at apex.

      δ. perist. none, l. obtuse; caps. oblique.

      ε. perist. none, l. piliferous.


187. E. CILIATA. Hedw. St. about ½in. radiculose; l. oblong-ovate,
margin recurved below, and toothed near apex; gradually tapering to a
point formed by the excurrent nerve, undulate; caps. cylindrical,
smooth; perist. persistent; calyptra fringed at base.

Sub-alpine rocks. VI. VII.


188. E. RHABDOCARPA. Schw. St. ½–1in. radiculose; l. spreading, erect
and crisped when dry, oblong-lanceolate, nerve generally more or less
excurrent into a mucro, margins plane; caps. oblong-cylindrical,
striate, ribbed when dry; perist. persistent; calyp. slightly toothed at
base, and roughish at apex.

Mountains in Scotland and Ireland. VII. VIII.


                     _b._ Dioicous: perist. double.

189. E. STREPTOCARPA. Hedw. St. 1–2in. radiculose; l. sub-erect,
ligulate, obtuse and cucullate at apex, nerve not excurrent; per. l.
lanceolate-subulate from an ovate base; caps. oblong narrowed above,
spirally striate, and twisted when dry; perist. outer teeth filiform,
inner cilia; calyp. toothed or fringed at base, and roughened at apex.

Limestone and mortared walls; rare in fr. VIII.


                           30. HEDWIGIA. Ehr.

190. H. CILIATA. Hedw. Monoicous; dichotomously branched, rooting at
base only; l. crowded, spreading, sometimes secund, ovate-lanceolate,
concave, margin recurved below, apex diaphanous, prolonged to a blunt
point and strongly toothed on each side; per. l. with apex laciniate;
caps. immersed globose; lid convex with a short beak; calyp. conical,
sometimes hairy.

Rocks in mountainous districts. N. Wales, Arthur’s Seat, &c. III.


Bry. Brit, gives as varieties—

      β. _leucophæa._ l. more crowded and spreading, wider and with
           longer diaphanous points.

      γ. _secunda._ procumbent slender; l. more distant, secund,
           sub-muticous.

      δ. _viridis._ l. scarcely secund; spreading, deep green, scarcely
           diaphanous at apex.

      ε. _striata._ l. plicate much recurved; lid conical.


                        31. HEDWIGIDIUM. B. & S.

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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.

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.

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