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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

276. P. ALOIDES. Brid. St. less than 1–in., branched at apex; l. rigid
spreading, lanceolate, sheathing, serrate on margin and back; caps.
erect, somewhat ovate-urceolate or cylindrical; lid conical beaked;
columella with four wings; hairs of calyp. whitish.

Moist banks. X. XI.

 var. β. _minus._ smaller generally; “hairs of calyp. confluent below
           capsule.”


277. P. URNIGERUM. Brid. St. 1–4in. branched above, reddish below; l.
spreading linear-lanceolate from a short broader sheathing base, acute
serrate; caps. narrowly cylindrical regular papillose, lid convex with a
short beak.

Mountainous banks and sides of streams. X. XI.

 var. β. _crassum._ l. broader, caps, oval-oblong, lid with a longer
           beak.


278. P. ALPINUM. Brid. St. much longer, branched above, decumbent below;
l. linear-lanceolate from a sheathing base, gradually tapering, serrate,
back spinulose, margin inflexed; caps. generally inclined, ovoid, tumid,
smooth, lid small, with a long curved beak.

Sub-alpine localities. E. S. I. VI.

 var. β. _arcticum._ caps. oblong sub-cylindrical.

      δ. _campanulatum._ st. short, l. narrower and shorter; caps.
           apophysate; calyp. campanulate.


                         45. POLYTRICHUM. BRID.


               A. Caps. six-angled; apophysis indistinct.

279. P. SEXANGULARE. Hoppe. Barren st. 2–6in., fertile shorter; l. short
incurved rigid, linear-lanceolate from a broader base, margins plane,
incurved, almost cucullate at serrulate apex; caps. short, at first
upright, afterwards cernuous, sometimes six, sometimes only four or
five-angled; lid rostrate; calyp. short, and shortly villous.

Summits of Scotch mountains. VIII. IX.

Ben Lawers; Cairngorm, &c.


280. P. GRACILE. Menzies. St. about ½in. densely tufted; l. lanceolate
from a broad sheathing base, serrate, with prominent lamellæ on upper
surface; caps. ovate, obscurely four, five, six-angled; lid
conico-rostrate; calyp. small.

Turbaries, &c., frequent. VI.


281. P. FORMOSUM. Hedw. St. 3–6in. loosely tufted; l. spreading
linear-lanceolate from a broad sheathing base, acute, serrate,
lamellate; caps. four, five, six-angled, fawn-coloured; lid long
conical; calyp. large.

Woods. VI.

 var. β. _pallidisetum._ st. and l. shorter; caps. narrower, on a short
           pale seta.


              B. Caps. four-angled; apoph. very distinct.

282. P. COMMUNE. L. St. 6 or 8in. simple; l. spreading reflexed,
linear-lanceolate, sheathing, whitish and membranous at base, serrate on
margin and back; nerve broad; per. l. with long wavy hair points; caps.
short, upright, afterwards cernuous, on a very long seta; lid variable
in size; calyp. large reddish.

Tufty and marshy places. VI.

 var. β. _perigoniale._ smaller; outer per. l. longer; dry heaths.

      γ. _minus._ st. short; l. shorter, less spreading; per. l. less
           striking; calyp., caps., and seta smaller: dry heaths.

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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

276. P. ALOIDES. Brid. St. less than 1–in., branched at apex; l. rigid
spreading, lanceolate, sheathing, serrate on margin and back; caps.
erect, somewhat ovate-urceolate or cylindrical; lid conical beaked;
columella with four wings; hairs of calyp. whitish.

Moist banks. X. XI.

 var. β. _minus._ smaller generally; “hairs of calyp. confluent below
           capsule.”


277. P. URNIGERUM. Brid. St. 1–4in. branched above, reddish below; l.
spreading linear-lanceolate from a short broader sheathing base, acute
serrate; caps. narrowly cylindrical regular papillose, lid convex with a
short beak.

Mountainous banks and sides of streams. X. XI.

 var. β. _crassum._ l. broader, caps, oval-oblong, lid with a longer
           beak.


278. P. ALPINUM. Brid. St. much longer, branched above, decumbent below;
l. linear-lanceolate from a sheathing base, gradually tapering, serrate,
back spinulose, margin inflexed; caps. generally inclined, ovoid, tumid,
smooth, lid small, with a long curved beak.

Sub-alpine localities. E. S. I. VI.

 var. β. _arcticum._ caps. oblong sub-cylindrical.

      δ. _campanulatum._ st. short, l. narrower and shorter; caps.
           apophysate; calyp. campanulate.


                         45. POLYTRICHUM. BRID.


               A. Caps. six-angled; apophysis indistinct.

279. P. SEXANGULARE. Hoppe. Barren st. 2–6in., fertile shorter; l. short
incurved rigid, linear-lanceolate from a broader base, margins plane,
incurved, almost cucullate at serrulate apex; caps. short, at first
upright, afterwards cernuous, sometimes six, sometimes only four or
five-angled; lid rostrate; calyp. short, and shortly villous.

Summits of Scotch mountains. VIII. IX.

Ben Lawers; Cairngorm, &c.


280. P. GRACILE. Menzies. St. about ½in. densely tufted; l. lanceolate
from a broad sheathing base, serrate, with prominent lamellæ on upper
surface; caps. ovate, obscurely four, five, six-angled; lid
conico-rostrate; calyp. small.

Turbaries, &c., frequent. VI.


281. P. FORMOSUM. Hedw. St. 3–6in. loosely tufted; l. spreading
linear-lanceolate from a broad sheathing base, acute, serrate,
lamellate; caps. four, five, six-angled, fawn-coloured; lid long
conical; calyp. large.

Woods. VI.

 var. β. _pallidisetum._ st. and l. shorter; caps. narrower, on a short
           pale seta.


              B. Caps. four-angled; apoph. very distinct.

282. P. COMMUNE. L. St. 6 or 8in. simple; l. spreading reflexed,
linear-lanceolate, sheathing, whitish and membranous at base, serrate on
margin and back; nerve broad; per. l. with long wavy hair points; caps.
short, upright, afterwards cernuous, on a very long seta; lid variable
in size; calyp. large reddish.

Tufty and marshy places. VI.

 var. β. _perigoniale._ smaller; outer per. l. longer; dry heaths.

      γ. _minus._ st. short; l. shorter, less spreading; per. l. less
           striking; calyp., caps., and seta smaller: dry heaths.

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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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