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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

191. H. IMBERBE. B. & S. St. 1–3in. irregularly, not dichotomously
branched, flagelliferous; l. ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, imbricate when
dry, margin recurved, apex not diaphanous, but slightly crenate; caps.
exserted on a short seta, spherical or obovate; lid with a blunt
slightly oblique beak; calyptra cucullate, reddish.

Rocks. Wales and Ireland. X. XI.


                       32. GRIMMIA. EHR. B. & S.


 SECT. I. SCHISTIDIUM. Caps. smooth, immersed on a very short straight
        seta, calyptra small, cleft at base into several lobes.

192. G. CONFERTUM. B. & S. Cæspitose; intense green above, blackish
below; l. ovate-lanceolate, tapering in the upper ones to a short hair
point; margins slightly recurved and thickened, nerve strong, deeply
channelled on its upper side; caps. small ovate, with a rostellate lid,
almost pellucid; per. teeth much perforated, pale or orange-red.

Rocks, Scotland. II. III.

      β. _urceolare._ caps. urceolate; leaves with white points.

      γ. _obtusifolium._ l. all obtuse, shorter and broader.

      δ. _incana._ (_G. pruinosa._ Wils. MS.) more robust, per. l.
           broader with long hair points; caps. more elongate, per.
           teeth stronger, nearly entire red. [Dr. Braithwaite, Jour.
           Bot., N. S., vol. I., 195.] Trap rocks. King’s Park
           (Greville); Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh (Bell); Fife (Howie).

193. G. APOCARPUM. B. & S. Loosely cæspitose; l. spreading lanceolate
acuminate from an ovate erect base, upper ones with white points,
margins much recurved; nerve ceasing below apex; per. l. larger with a
thinner nerve; caps. elliptical, not pellucid, with an oblique beaked
lid; per. teeth dark red; calyptra divided at base.

Rocks and walls, sometimes on trees. XI.–III.

 var. β. _gracile._ per. l. secund, others sub-secund or spreading, stem
           decumbent elongated.

      γ. _rivulare._ st. fasciculate, l. ovate-lanceolate dark green
           obtuse; caps. turbinate. (By streams.)

      δ. _strictum._ l. reddish brown, rigid.


194. G. MARITIMUM. B. & S. Cæspitose, dull green or brownish; l. rigid,
not hair-pointed, straight lanceolate acuminate, keeled; nerve strong,
reddish brown, excurrent, margin plane; caps. obovate with a rostellate
lid; per. teeth large and perforate.

Rocks near the sea. Scotland. XI. XII.


 SECT. II. GASTERO-GRIMMIA. Plants very short pulvinate; caps. slightly
   emerging, ventricose on one side, on a short curved seta; calyptra
                        five-lobed or cucullate.

195. G. ANODON. B. & S. In small hoary cushions; l. lower minute loosely
imbricate, ovate-lanceolate muticous, upper larger, broadly
oblong-lanceolate concave, nerve excurrent into long serrated hair;
basal cells elongate pellucid, above quadrate opaque; caps. immersed,
oval gymnostomous, strongly ventricose; lid plano-convex: monoicous.

Walls and dry limestone rocks. Arthur’s Seat (Bell).

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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

191. H. IMBERBE. B. & S. St. 1–3in. irregularly, not dichotomously
branched, flagelliferous; l. ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, imbricate when
dry, margin recurved, apex not diaphanous, but slightly crenate; caps.
exserted on a short seta, spherical or obovate; lid with a blunt
slightly oblique beak; calyptra cucullate, reddish.

Rocks. Wales and Ireland. X. XI.


                       32. GRIMMIA. EHR. B. & S.


 SECT. I. SCHISTIDIUM. Caps. smooth, immersed on a very short straight
        seta, calyptra small, cleft at base into several lobes.

192. G. CONFERTUM. B. & S. Cæspitose; intense green above, blackish
below; l. ovate-lanceolate, tapering in the upper ones to a short hair
point; margins slightly recurved and thickened, nerve strong, deeply
channelled on its upper side; caps. small ovate, with a rostellate lid,
almost pellucid; per. teeth much perforated, pale or orange-red.

Rocks, Scotland. II. III.

      β. _urceolare._ caps. urceolate; leaves with white points.

      γ. _obtusifolium._ l. all obtuse, shorter and broader.

      δ. _incana._ (_G. pruinosa._ Wils. MS.) more robust, per. l.
           broader with long hair points; caps. more elongate, per.
           teeth stronger, nearly entire red. [Dr. Braithwaite, Jour.
           Bot., N. S., vol. I., 195.] Trap rocks. King’s Park
           (Greville); Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh (Bell); Fife (Howie).

193. G. APOCARPUM. B. & S. Loosely cæspitose; l. spreading lanceolate
acuminate from an ovate erect base, upper ones with white points,
margins much recurved; nerve ceasing below apex; per. l. larger with a
thinner nerve; caps. elliptical, not pellucid, with an oblique beaked
lid; per. teeth dark red; calyptra divided at base.

Rocks and walls, sometimes on trees. XI.–III.

 var. β. _gracile._ per. l. secund, others sub-secund or spreading, stem
           decumbent elongated.

      γ. _rivulare._ st. fasciculate, l. ovate-lanceolate dark green
           obtuse; caps. turbinate. (By streams.)

      δ. _strictum._ l. reddish brown, rigid.


194. G. MARITIMUM. B. & S. Cæspitose, dull green or brownish; l. rigid,
not hair-pointed, straight lanceolate acuminate, keeled; nerve strong,
reddish brown, excurrent, margin plane; caps. obovate with a rostellate
lid; per. teeth large and perforate.

Rocks near the sea. Scotland. XI. XII.


 SECT. II. GASTERO-GRIMMIA. Plants very short pulvinate; caps. slightly
   emerging, ventricose on one side, on a short curved seta; calyptra
                        five-lobed or cucullate.

195. G. ANODON. B. & S. In small hoary cushions; l. lower minute loosely
imbricate, ovate-lanceolate muticous, upper larger, broadly
oblong-lanceolate concave, nerve excurrent into long serrated hair;
basal cells elongate pellucid, above quadrate opaque; caps. immersed,
oval gymnostomous, strongly ventricose; lid plano-convex: monoicous.

Walls and dry limestone rocks. Arthur’s Seat (Bell).

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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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