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
232. O. SHAWII. Sch. Resembles the last, but differs by its leaves being
less solid and of looser texture at base; cells in one row always (not
in two); by the fewer hairs on its shorter glossy white calyptra; and by
its per. teeth densely papillose white and reflexed when dry. [Supp.
Bry. Eur., fasc, I. II.]
On an ash tree at Kilkerran Castle, Argyleshire, 1860 (J. Shaw). VI.
233. O. OBTUSIFOLIUM. Schrad. In loose yellowish green tufts, brownish
below; l. patulous oblong from an ovate base, apex obtuse hyaline and
minutely serrulate, concave, margin incurved, papillose at back, per. l.
broader and less obtuse: caps. oval immersed with eight orange striæ;
cal. long naked whitish, with a brown tip; lid convex acuminate; per.
teeth eight bi-geminate reflexed when dry, alternating with eight cilia:
dioicous. (Bry. Eur. III., t. 208.)
On trunks of trees. York, Bristol. V.
234. O. PUMILUM. Swartz. (_O. fallax_, Br. Wils. B. & S. but not Schp.
Syn.) Minute pulvinate; l. lanceolate acute, carinate, margin revolute;
per. l. longer erect; caps. oblong, with eight orange striæ, neck
gradually tapering into the seta; cal. long shining brown at apex; per.
teeth eight bi-geminate yellow, densely papillose, reflexed when dry.
Ash trees at Inverkip and Dailly, Ayrshire.
235. O. FALLAX. Schp. Syn. 264, _non_ Bruch. (_O. pumilum_, Dicks, Bry.
Brit. B. & S., Müller, &c.) Differs from the above in having a more
oblong thicker capsule, with deeper yellow striæ, with its neck shorter
abrupt, not gradually narrowed, and with a shorter more inflated
calyptra; l. elliptic-lanceolate and obtuse.
On trees, not common. E. I.
236. O. TENELLUM. Bruch. St. ½in. tufted; l. spreading,
lanceolate-oblong or ligulate, obtuse; caps. yellow-brown, exserted,
sub-cylindrical, not contracted at mouth when dry, broadly and
distinctly striate; calyp. with a few short hairs, conico-campanulate,
yellow; perist. yellow, eight teeth and eight cilia.
Trees, E. I. W. V. VI.
237. O. PALLENS. Bruch. St. erect short tufted; l. spreading, lanceolate
or ligulate obtuse, margins revolute; caps. elliptic-oblong with a large
apophysis, scarcely exserted, slightly contracted at mouth when dry;
striæ broad; calyp. large pale yellow hairless. Perist. of eight yellow
teeth and 16 cilia.
Trees. York. VI.
238. O. STRAMINEUM. Horns. St. short tufted; l. spreading, narrowly
lanceolate acuminate, keeled, margin reflexed; caps. ovate-pyriform
slightly exserted, striæ broad; calyp. large campanulate purple-tipped,
slightly hairy; perist. 8 teeth, and 16 (sometimes only eight) cilia;
vaginula hairy.
Trees and rocks. E. S. W. VI. VII.
239. O. FASTIGIATUM. Bruch. St. longer, tufted with fastigiate branches;
l. broader lanceolate, gradually tapering to a point, sub-erect; caps.
almost pyriform, scarcely exserted, with broad striæ; calyp. brownish
yellow hairy; per. teeth eight, and 16 broad short cilia.
Solitary trees, Yorkshire and Sussex. V. VI.
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