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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

Alpine rocks. Clova (Fergusson); Fairhead, Ireland, (Dr. Moore);
Cardross and Bowling (Dr. Stirton); Ross-shire (Hunt).

202. G. CONTORTA. Wahl. In small deep green soft tufts, black below and
radiculose; l. patent incurved, curled when dry, lineal subulate from a
lanceolate base, with short diaphanous hair points, keeled, margin
recurved below: basal cells diaphanous elongate hexagono-rectangular,
above sinuous and quadrate; per. l. erect sheathing; caps. small oval
smooth yellowish, cernuous on a sub-arcuate seta, erect when dry, lid
convex conical obtuse orange-red: dioicous. [Dr. Braithwaite, l. c. p.
197; Schp. Syn. 210.]

Quartz rocks. Cheviots (Hardy); Cloch-na-ben (Sim); Glen Callater, &c.
(Fergusson).


203. G. TORQUATA. Grev. (_G. torta._ N. & H. Bry. Brit.) Loosely tufted
elongate; st. 1–2in. dichotomous; l. lanceolate acuminate, spirally
twisted when dry, channelled, occasionally hair-pointed; fruct. not
known.

Alpine rocks. E. I. S.


204. G. FUNALIS. Schwgn. (_G. spiralis._ H. & T. Bry. Brit.) Densely
pulvinate; st. ½–1in. slender; l. oblong or ovate-lanceolate,
erecto-patent, upper ones tapering into a long hair point, nerve not
excurrent; caps. ovoid, smooth, eight-furrowed when dry; lid short
apiculate; annulus large compound; calyp. five-lobed at base; per. teeth
closely bifid: dioicous.

Dry alpine rocks. E. S. I. X. XI.


205. G. MUHLENBECKII. Schpr. Loosely pulvinate and cæspitose; st. tall
erect or procumbent dichotomous and rooting at base; l. densely crowded,
patulous, erect when dry, elongate-lanceolate, keeled with the strong
nerve, margin plane, lower with a short, upper with a long, rough hair
point with recurved teeth; basal cells elongate, upper rounded quadrate;
caps. small oval glossy, rugulose when dry yellowish brown, lid convex
with a short beak, red. [Dr. Braithwaite, l. c., p. 197. Schp. Syn. p.
212.] VII.


206. G. TRICHOPHYLLA. Grev. Loose yellowish green tufts, ¼–1in. l.
linear-lanceolate from an erect base, flexuose, tapering into a long
diaphanous point, margin recurved at base, nerve not excurrent; caps.
ovate-oblong, furrowed when dry, lid with a long straight beak; annulus
larger; per. teeth bifid; calyp. lobed: dioicous.

Walls. E. S. I. IV. V.


207. G. HARTMANNII. Schp. Loosely cæspitose, green above, black below;
st. elongate procumbent rigid, arcuate ascending, dichotomous; l.
elongate-lanceolate; upper ones secund, prolonged into a short smooth
hair point, somewhat concave, margin more or less recurved; basal cells
sinuouso-rectangular hyaline, above quadrate opaque; fruit not known.
[Dr. Braithwaite, l. c. p. 197. Sch. Syn. 214.]

Shaded quartzose rocks. Wales and Scotland.

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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

Alpine rocks. Clova (Fergusson); Fairhead, Ireland, (Dr. Moore);
Cardross and Bowling (Dr. Stirton); Ross-shire (Hunt).

202. G. CONTORTA. Wahl. In small deep green soft tufts, black below and
radiculose; l. patent incurved, curled when dry, lineal subulate from a
lanceolate base, with short diaphanous hair points, keeled, margin
recurved below: basal cells diaphanous elongate hexagono-rectangular,
above sinuous and quadrate; per. l. erect sheathing; caps. small oval
smooth yellowish, cernuous on a sub-arcuate seta, erect when dry, lid
convex conical obtuse orange-red: dioicous. [Dr. Braithwaite, l. c. p.
197; Schp. Syn. 210.]

Quartz rocks. Cheviots (Hardy); Cloch-na-ben (Sim); Glen Callater, &c.
(Fergusson).


203. G. TORQUATA. Grev. (_G. torta._ N. & H. Bry. Brit.) Loosely tufted
elongate; st. 1–2in. dichotomous; l. lanceolate acuminate, spirally
twisted when dry, channelled, occasionally hair-pointed; fruct. not
known.

Alpine rocks. E. I. S.


204. G. FUNALIS. Schwgn. (_G. spiralis._ H. & T. Bry. Brit.) Densely
pulvinate; st. ½–1in. slender; l. oblong or ovate-lanceolate,
erecto-patent, upper ones tapering into a long hair point, nerve not
excurrent; caps. ovoid, smooth, eight-furrowed when dry; lid short
apiculate; annulus large compound; calyp. five-lobed at base; per. teeth
closely bifid: dioicous.

Dry alpine rocks. E. S. I. X. XI.


205. G. MUHLENBECKII. Schpr. Loosely pulvinate and cæspitose; st. tall
erect or procumbent dichotomous and rooting at base; l. densely crowded,
patulous, erect when dry, elongate-lanceolate, keeled with the strong
nerve, margin plane, lower with a short, upper with a long, rough hair
point with recurved teeth; basal cells elongate, upper rounded quadrate;
caps. small oval glossy, rugulose when dry yellowish brown, lid convex
with a short beak, red. [Dr. Braithwaite, l. c., p. 197. Schp. Syn. p.
212.] VII.


206. G. TRICHOPHYLLA. Grev. Loose yellowish green tufts, ¼–1in. l.
linear-lanceolate from an erect base, flexuose, tapering into a long
diaphanous point, margin recurved at base, nerve not excurrent; caps.
ovate-oblong, furrowed when dry, lid with a long straight beak; annulus
larger; per. teeth bifid; calyp. lobed: dioicous.

Walls. E. S. I. IV. V.


207. G. HARTMANNII. Schp. Loosely cæspitose, green above, black below;
st. elongate procumbent rigid, arcuate ascending, dichotomous; l.
elongate-lanceolate; upper ones secund, prolonged into a short smooth
hair point, somewhat concave, margin more or less recurved; basal cells
sinuouso-rectangular hyaline, above quadrate opaque; fruit not known.
[Dr. Braithwaite, l. c. p. 197. Sch. Syn. 214.]

Shaded quartzose rocks. Wales and Scotland.

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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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