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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

γ. β. _fastigiatum._ st. branched fastigiate; l. as in var. γ. Very
           dry heaths.


283. P. JUNIPERUM. Hedw. St. 1–6in.; l. reflexed, spreading,
linear-lanceolate, almost bristle-pointed, margin entire, except a few
teeth at apex, much inflexed from middle upwards, somewhat spinulose at
back; caps. roughish, horizontal when dry, on a seta 2in. or more long;
calyp. large.

Heaths. V. VI.


284. P. STRICTUM. Menzies. (_P. juniperum._ β. _strictum_, Bry. Brit.)
“St. more slender, densely matted, branched, closely interwoven with
whitish tomentum; l. straight, erecto-patent, imbricate when dry,
shorter and narrower, pale glaucous green; caps. shorter cuboid, acutely
angled, rufous orange; calyp. brownish or white.” [Dr. Braithwaite,
Jour. of Bot., VIII., 225.]

Mountain moors, common.


285. P. PILIFERUM. Schreb. St. about 1in. simple; l. lower short
appressed, upper much longer, lanceolate, prolonged into roughish hair
points, margins entire inflexed; caps. faintly angular, almost ovate, on
a short seta; calyp. long, reddish.

Dry heaths. V. VI.


                           46. TIMMIA. HEDW.

286. T. AUSTRIACA. Hedw. St. 2–3in.; l. linear-lanceolate from a reddish
brown sheathing dilated base, margins strongly serrate; caps. ovate
pyriform, inclined, striate when dry, on a seta 2in. long; lid rounded
mammillate; per. teeth inner smooth entire.

Rocks, very rare. Forfarshire. Summer.


287. T. MEGAPOLITANA. Hedw. St. loosely cæspitose, brownish below; l.
from a whitish sheathing base, spreading and recurved, linear-lanceolate
concave opaque serrate, cirrhate when dry; per. l. internal
ovate-lanceolate thinner; caps. oblong horizontal, somewhat striate when
dry; lid convex, not apiculate; per. teeth internal with numerous
appendiculate cilia. [Schp. Syn., 431.]

Ben Lawers, 1866 (Dr. Stirton). Summer.


                         47. AULACOMNION. SCHW.

288. A. PALUSTRE. Schw. St. 2–4in. branched, beset with reddish
radicles; l. oblong-lanceolate, denticulate at apex, flexuose undulate,
crisped when dry, papillose on both sides; caps. ovate-oblong, gibbous,
cernuous, curved; lid conical, with a blunt beak; barren fl. discoid:
dioicous.

Turfy bogs and marshes. V. VI.

 var. β. _imbricatum._ “l. broader imbricate, entire, not twisted when
           dry.”

      γ. _fasciculare._ st. with many short innovations and fasciculate
           leaves; ramuli flagelliform from axils of fl. leaves.

      δ. _polycephalum._ “st. decumbent branched; pseudopodia elongated
           numerous.”


289. A. ANDROGYNUM. Schw. St. less than 1in., nearly simple; l. lower
lanceolate, upper longer, all denticulate at apex, not flexuose nor
crisped when dry, papillose, margin recurved; caps. almost cylindrical,
gibbous, inclined, furrowed; lid short, conical; pseudopodia numerous;
barren fl. gemmiform.

Dry shady woods and banks. V. VI.


                        48. ORTHODONTIUM. SCHW.

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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

γ. β. _fastigiatum._ st. branched fastigiate; l. as in var. γ. Very
           dry heaths.


283. P. JUNIPERUM. Hedw. St. 1–6in.; l. reflexed, spreading,
linear-lanceolate, almost bristle-pointed, margin entire, except a few
teeth at apex, much inflexed from middle upwards, somewhat spinulose at
back; caps. roughish, horizontal when dry, on a seta 2in. or more long;
calyp. large.

Heaths. V. VI.


284. P. STRICTUM. Menzies. (_P. juniperum._ β. _strictum_, Bry. Brit.)
“St. more slender, densely matted, branched, closely interwoven with
whitish tomentum; l. straight, erecto-patent, imbricate when dry,
shorter and narrower, pale glaucous green; caps. shorter cuboid, acutely
angled, rufous orange; calyp. brownish or white.” [Dr. Braithwaite,
Jour. of Bot., VIII., 225.]

Mountain moors, common.


285. P. PILIFERUM. Schreb. St. about 1in. simple; l. lower short
appressed, upper much longer, lanceolate, prolonged into roughish hair
points, margins entire inflexed; caps. faintly angular, almost ovate, on
a short seta; calyp. long, reddish.

Dry heaths. V. VI.


                           46. TIMMIA. HEDW.

286. T. AUSTRIACA. Hedw. St. 2–3in.; l. linear-lanceolate from a reddish
brown sheathing dilated base, margins strongly serrate; caps. ovate
pyriform, inclined, striate when dry, on a seta 2in. long; lid rounded
mammillate; per. teeth inner smooth entire.

Rocks, very rare. Forfarshire. Summer.


287. T. MEGAPOLITANA. Hedw. St. loosely cæspitose, brownish below; l.
from a whitish sheathing base, spreading and recurved, linear-lanceolate
concave opaque serrate, cirrhate when dry; per. l. internal
ovate-lanceolate thinner; caps. oblong horizontal, somewhat striate when
dry; lid convex, not apiculate; per. teeth internal with numerous
appendiculate cilia. [Schp. Syn., 431.]

Ben Lawers, 1866 (Dr. Stirton). Summer.


                         47. AULACOMNION. SCHW.

288. A. PALUSTRE. Schw. St. 2–4in. branched, beset with reddish
radicles; l. oblong-lanceolate, denticulate at apex, flexuose undulate,
crisped when dry, papillose on both sides; caps. ovate-oblong, gibbous,
cernuous, curved; lid conical, with a blunt beak; barren fl. discoid:
dioicous.

Turfy bogs and marshes. V. VI.

 var. β. _imbricatum._ “l. broader imbricate, entire, not twisted when
           dry.”

      γ. _fasciculare._ st. with many short innovations and fasciculate
           leaves; ramuli flagelliform from axils of fl. leaves.

      δ. _polycephalum._ “st. decumbent branched; pseudopodia elongated
           numerous.”


289. A. ANDROGYNUM. Schw. St. less than 1in., nearly simple; l. lower
lanceolate, upper longer, all denticulate at apex, not flexuose nor
crisped when dry, papillose, margin recurved; caps. almost cylindrical,
gibbous, inclined, furrowed; lid short, conical; pseudopodia numerous;
barren fl. gemmiform.

Dry shady woods and banks. V. VI.


                        48. ORTHODONTIUM. SCHW.

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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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