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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

208. G. ELATIOR. B. & S. Robust, loosely cæspitose; fuscous green, hoary
at top; st. sparingly branched elongate, from decumbent naked base
ascending; l. very long curved patent, from oblong carinato-concave base
longly lanceolate, margin revolute, ending in a long smoothish hair
point; basal cells linear-rectangular, wider towards margin, above
rounded opaque; caps. ovate ten-ribbed, when dry oblong deeply furrowed;
lid conical muticous or sub-aciculate: dioicous. [Bry. Eur. III. Dr.
Braithwaite, l. c. 197.]

Granite rocks. Clova, 1868 (Fergusson).


SECT. IV. GUEMBELLIA. L. not curling, generally piliferous; caps. smooth
        on a straight seta; cal. multifid at base or cucullate.

209. G. DONNIANA. Sm. Stems ¼–½in. tufted, l. erecto-patent, lanceolate
elongate narrow, tapering into a roughened hair point, margin plane;
per. l. longer; caps. erect oval-oblong, slightly exserted, pale
yellowish brown, lid obtuse conical; annulus small; per. teeth broad,
sometimes perforate: monoicous.

Mountain rocks and walls. E. S. W. III. IV. X.

 var. β. _sudetica._ l. with longer hair points; caps. immersed; lid
           conico-acuminate.

      γ. _elongata._ l. scarcely hair-pointed, caps. on a longish seta.


210. G. UNGERI. Juratzka. Compact irregular blackish green, hoary tufts;
st. short simple or dichotomous; l. erecto-patulous, lower smaller
muticous, upper larger lanceolate from an obovate base, ending in a long
smooth hair point, margin plane; basal cells quadrate hyaline, above
quadrate, then opaque and indistinct; caps. small oval smooth, without
annulus, exserted on an erect pale brown seta; lid conical obtuse,
calyp. cucullate: monoicous. [Dr. Braithwaite, l. c., 198.]

On earth in crevices of rocks at 1600 feet at Ballater (Rev. J.
Fergusson).


211. G. OVATA. W. & M. St. ½in. or more, branched fastigiate; l.
spreading, erect when dry, lanceolate tapering into a roughish
hair-point, nerve broad indistinct, margin recurved below; caps. ovoid
erect exserted reddish brown, annulus large, lid rostellate, with a
groove round its base; per. teeth narrow, cleft and perforate:
monoicous.

Alpine rocks. Breadalbane and Clova; Snowdon; Charnwood Forest. X.—III.


212. G. LEUCOPHEA. Grey. Dark green hoary tufts; st. ½in.; l. erect,
spreading, when dry closely imbricate, upper ovate or elliptical
concave, with very long hair points and plane margins, lower ones
muticous; caps. smooth elliptical or oblong erect, exserted, with a
short conico-rostellate lid, and large dehiscent annulus: dioicous.

Scotland, Devon. IV.

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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

208. G. ELATIOR. B. & S. Robust, loosely cæspitose; fuscous green, hoary
at top; st. sparingly branched elongate, from decumbent naked base
ascending; l. very long curved patent, from oblong carinato-concave base
longly lanceolate, margin revolute, ending in a long smoothish hair
point; basal cells linear-rectangular, wider towards margin, above
rounded opaque; caps. ovate ten-ribbed, when dry oblong deeply furrowed;
lid conical muticous or sub-aciculate: dioicous. [Bry. Eur. III. Dr.
Braithwaite, l. c. 197.]

Granite rocks. Clova, 1868 (Fergusson).


SECT. IV. GUEMBELLIA. L. not curling, generally piliferous; caps. smooth
        on a straight seta; cal. multifid at base or cucullate.

209. G. DONNIANA. Sm. Stems ¼–½in. tufted, l. erecto-patent, lanceolate
elongate narrow, tapering into a roughened hair point, margin plane;
per. l. longer; caps. erect oval-oblong, slightly exserted, pale
yellowish brown, lid obtuse conical; annulus small; per. teeth broad,
sometimes perforate: monoicous.

Mountain rocks and walls. E. S. W. III. IV. X.

 var. β. _sudetica._ l. with longer hair points; caps. immersed; lid
           conico-acuminate.

      γ. _elongata._ l. scarcely hair-pointed, caps. on a longish seta.


210. G. UNGERI. Juratzka. Compact irregular blackish green, hoary tufts;
st. short simple or dichotomous; l. erecto-patulous, lower smaller
muticous, upper larger lanceolate from an obovate base, ending in a long
smooth hair point, margin plane; basal cells quadrate hyaline, above
quadrate, then opaque and indistinct; caps. small oval smooth, without
annulus, exserted on an erect pale brown seta; lid conical obtuse,
calyp. cucullate: monoicous. [Dr. Braithwaite, l. c., 198.]

On earth in crevices of rocks at 1600 feet at Ballater (Rev. J.
Fergusson).


211. G. OVATA. W. & M. St. ½in. or more, branched fastigiate; l.
spreading, erect when dry, lanceolate tapering into a roughish
hair-point, nerve broad indistinct, margin recurved below; caps. ovoid
erect exserted reddish brown, annulus large, lid rostellate, with a
groove round its base; per. teeth narrow, cleft and perforate:
monoicous.

Alpine rocks. Breadalbane and Clova; Snowdon; Charnwood Forest. X.—III.


212. G. LEUCOPHEA. Grey. Dark green hoary tufts; st. ½in.; l. erect,
spreading, when dry closely imbricate, upper ovate or elliptical
concave, with very long hair points and plane margins, lower ones
muticous; caps. smooth elliptical or oblong erect, exserted, with a
short conico-rostellate lid, and large dehiscent annulus: dioicous.

Scotland, Devon. IV.

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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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