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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

269. D. FOLIOSUM. W. & M. St. almost none; l. long narrow linear,
flexuose, with an obscure nerve, margin plane, sometimes toothed near
apex; per. l. with a pale thin blade, nerve excurrent into a long rough
bristle, and the innermost divided at apex into long jointed cilia;
caps. immersed, ovate, oblique, gibbous; lid conical pointed; per. teeth
white.

Shady mountainous rocks. VIII.


                        42. ATRICHUM. P. BEAUV.


                            _a._ Monoicous.

270. A. UNDULATUM. P. Beauv. St. 1–2in. l. ligulate, margin undulate,
thickened, with bi cuspid spinulose teeth, which also occur on back near
apex, where lamellate nerve ceases; caps. cylindrical curved; lid with a
long curved beak.

Grassy places, common. X. XI.

 var. β. _attenuatum._ l. narrow, more crisped when dry; caps. smaller.


                             _b._ Dioicous.

271. A. ANGUSTATUM. Brid. St. shorter, l. narrower, densely reticulate,
serrate at apex _only_, less hispid beneath, with numerous lamellæ on
nerve; caps. sub-erect cylindrical straight or curved, lid dark purple,
shortly rostrate. [Schp. Syn. p. 434.]

Bare sandy ground, heaths, &c. Winter.

Braes of Doune, fr. (McKinlay); Sussex—male (Mitten).

272. A. TENELLUM. Roth. St. short; l. elongate, oblong-lanceolate, upper
ones narrowly lingulate, scarcely undulate, smooth beneath, margins
dentate below the middle, subcirrhate when dry, nerve thinly lamellate;
caps. obovate-oblong, sub-cernuous, lid with a long beak; per. teeth
large. [Bry. Eur. IV., 412. Syn. 435.]

Bare moist sandy places, and dried-up pools. Autumn.

Loch Goil Head; Killin, Perthshire.


273. A. CRISPUM. James. (_laxifolium_, Wils. MS.) St. simple, slender;
l. lower small somewhat spathulate; upper much larger oblong-lanceolate,
slightly undulate, border thickened, toothed; nerve reaching apex,
scarcely lamellate; areolæ larger, hexagonal or rounded; caps.
obovate-oblong, sub-erect or inclined, wide-mouthed, teeth very short
irregular, seta red. [Dr. Braithwaite, Jour. Bot., VIII., 225.]

Lancashire; Oakmere, Cheshire; Saddleworth, Yorkshire; Dartmoor. Male
plant only found in Britain.


                        43. OLIGOTRICHUM. DE C.

274. O. HERCYNICUM. De C. St. ½–1in; l. rigid erecto-patent, lanceolate,
sheathing, margins indexed, lamellæ of nerve undulate, and spinulose at
back; caps. erect cylindrical, plicate and oblique when dry; lid conical
pointed.

Alpine and sub-alpine barren soil. VI. VII.

Scotland; Todmorden (Nowell).


                        44. POGONATUM. P. Beauv.

275. P. NANUM. Brid. St. short, not branched at apex; l. rigid
spreading, lanceolate obtuse, sheathing, serrulate above; caps. almost
globose, erect or inclined, lid with a curved or oblique beak; columella
not winged.

Moist shady sandy banks. X. XI.

 var. β. _longisetum._ l. long, linear-lanceolate, seta very long; caps.
           oval-oblong.

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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

269. D. FOLIOSUM. W. & M. St. almost none; l. long narrow linear,
flexuose, with an obscure nerve, margin plane, sometimes toothed near
apex; per. l. with a pale thin blade, nerve excurrent into a long rough
bristle, and the innermost divided at apex into long jointed cilia;
caps. immersed, ovate, oblique, gibbous; lid conical pointed; per. teeth
white.

Shady mountainous rocks. VIII.


                        42. ATRICHUM. P. BEAUV.


                            _a._ Monoicous.

270. A. UNDULATUM. P. Beauv. St. 1–2in. l. ligulate, margin undulate,
thickened, with bi cuspid spinulose teeth, which also occur on back near
apex, where lamellate nerve ceases; caps. cylindrical curved; lid with a
long curved beak.

Grassy places, common. X. XI.

 var. β. _attenuatum._ l. narrow, more crisped when dry; caps. smaller.


                             _b._ Dioicous.

271. A. ANGUSTATUM. Brid. St. shorter, l. narrower, densely reticulate,
serrate at apex _only_, less hispid beneath, with numerous lamellæ on
nerve; caps. sub-erect cylindrical straight or curved, lid dark purple,
shortly rostrate. [Schp. Syn. p. 434.]

Bare sandy ground, heaths, &c. Winter.

Braes of Doune, fr. (McKinlay); Sussex—male (Mitten).

272. A. TENELLUM. Roth. St. short; l. elongate, oblong-lanceolate, upper
ones narrowly lingulate, scarcely undulate, smooth beneath, margins
dentate below the middle, subcirrhate when dry, nerve thinly lamellate;
caps. obovate-oblong, sub-cernuous, lid with a long beak; per. teeth
large. [Bry. Eur. IV., 412. Syn. 435.]

Bare moist sandy places, and dried-up pools. Autumn.

Loch Goil Head; Killin, Perthshire.


273. A. CRISPUM. James. (_laxifolium_, Wils. MS.) St. simple, slender;
l. lower small somewhat spathulate; upper much larger oblong-lanceolate,
slightly undulate, border thickened, toothed; nerve reaching apex,
scarcely lamellate; areolæ larger, hexagonal or rounded; caps.
obovate-oblong, sub-erect or inclined, wide-mouthed, teeth very short
irregular, seta red. [Dr. Braithwaite, Jour. Bot., VIII., 225.]

Lancashire; Oakmere, Cheshire; Saddleworth, Yorkshire; Dartmoor. Male
plant only found in Britain.


                        43. OLIGOTRICHUM. DE C.

274. O. HERCYNICUM. De C. St. ½–1in; l. rigid erecto-patent, lanceolate,
sheathing, margins indexed, lamellæ of nerve undulate, and spinulose at
back; caps. erect cylindrical, plicate and oblique when dry; lid conical
pointed.

Alpine and sub-alpine barren soil. VI. VII.

Scotland; Todmorden (Nowell).


                        44. POGONATUM. P. Beauv.

275. P. NANUM. Brid. St. short, not branched at apex; l. rigid
spreading, lanceolate obtuse, sheathing, serrulate above; caps. almost
globose, erect or inclined, lid with a curved or oblique beak; columella
not winged.

Moist shady sandy banks. X. XI.

 var. β. _longisetum._ l. long, linear-lanceolate, seta very long; caps.
           oval-oblong.

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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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