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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

293. (2) B. POLYMORPHUM. B. & S. St. ¼–½in., seldom branched; l. lower
ovate-lanceolate, small, scattered, upper oblong-lanceolate longer,
crowded, apex in all serrate; caps. oblong-pyriform horizontal or
drooping, with a short neck; lid mammillate. (Many varieties.)

Scotch and Welsh mountains. Summer.


294. (3) B. ELONGATUM. Dicks. St. ¼–1in., one innovation from floral
apex; l. lower ovate-lanceolate scattered, upper longer
linear-lanceolate, all serrate at apex; caps. very long and slender,
clavate, with a long distinct neck, inclined, upright when dry; lid
convex beaked; inner perist. with cilia.

Rocks and walls in mountainous districts. VIII.

295. (4) B. CRUDUM. Schreb. St. 1–2in. cæspitose, radiculose below; l.
lower ovate-lanceolate, with plane margins and reddish nerve, upper
gradually passing upwards into linear-lanceolate, with serrate apex;
caps. oval-pyriform, from sub-erect to horizontal or even pendulous; lid
convex apiculate; inner perist. with cilia. The leaves are generally
shining and transparent.

Mountainous banks and rocks. VII.


296. (5) B. NUTANS. Schr. St. ¼–2in. with innovations; l. spreading,
with margins reflexed below, lower ovate-lanceolate entire, upper
linear-lanceolate serrulate at apex; caps. pyriform or elliptical, with
a short neck; lid small mammillate; inner perist. with cilia: synoicous.

Sandy heaths, &c.

(Four var. are given in Bry. Europ.)


297. (6) B. ANNOTINUM. Hed. St. ½–1in. cæspitose; l. lower lanceolate
erecto-patent entire, upper longer, serrulate at apex, margins reflexed
below; caps. narrow pyriform, with a long tapering neck; lid conical
pointed; barren fl. terminal; inner perist. with cilia; annulus distinct
compound.

Sandy banks and quarries. V. VI.


298. (7) B. CARNEUM. L. St. ¼in. cæspitose, reddish; l. lower
ovate-lanceolate, upper narrower, all serrate at apex, and loosely
reticulate, margin not reflexed; nerve reddish; caps. ovate-oblong or
shortly pyriform on a thick succulent reddish seta, sharply curved at
summit; lid convex, shortly pointed; annulus none; perist. large,
dark-coloured when dry.

Moist clay banks. IV.


                               SECT. II.

299. (8) B. WAHLENBERGII. Schw. St. ½–1in. reddish cæspitose; l. lower
ovate-acuminate, upper lanceolate, all serrate at apex, margins scarcely
reflexed, areolæ loose; caps. broadly pyriform, with a short neck, and
wide-mouthed when dry, sub-pendulous; annulus none or imperfect; per.
teeth large, inner with cilia; lid small conical.

Wet banks and rocks. V.


300. (9) B. LUDWIGII. Spreng. St. about 1in. decumbent and blackish
below; l. lower ovate, passing upwards into ovate-lanceolate and
lanceolate, serrulate at apex, margins reflexed below; caps. obovate
pyriform, sub-pendulous on a reddish slender seta 1in. long; lid
conical, somewhat obtuse; inner perist. with cilia.

Scotch and Welsh mountains. IX.

 var. β. _gracilis._ Goat Fell; Ben Lawers, Ben Lomond; Snowdon.

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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

293. (2) B. POLYMORPHUM. B. & S. St. ¼–½in., seldom branched; l. lower
ovate-lanceolate, small, scattered, upper oblong-lanceolate longer,
crowded, apex in all serrate; caps. oblong-pyriform horizontal or
drooping, with a short neck; lid mammillate. (Many varieties.)

Scotch and Welsh mountains. Summer.


294. (3) B. ELONGATUM. Dicks. St. ¼–1in., one innovation from floral
apex; l. lower ovate-lanceolate scattered, upper longer
linear-lanceolate, all serrate at apex; caps. very long and slender,
clavate, with a long distinct neck, inclined, upright when dry; lid
convex beaked; inner perist. with cilia.

Rocks and walls in mountainous districts. VIII.

295. (4) B. CRUDUM. Schreb. St. 1–2in. cæspitose, radiculose below; l.
lower ovate-lanceolate, with plane margins and reddish nerve, upper
gradually passing upwards into linear-lanceolate, with serrate apex;
caps. oval-pyriform, from sub-erect to horizontal or even pendulous; lid
convex apiculate; inner perist. with cilia. The leaves are generally
shining and transparent.

Mountainous banks and rocks. VII.


296. (5) B. NUTANS. Schr. St. ¼–2in. with innovations; l. spreading,
with margins reflexed below, lower ovate-lanceolate entire, upper
linear-lanceolate serrulate at apex; caps. pyriform or elliptical, with
a short neck; lid small mammillate; inner perist. with cilia: synoicous.

Sandy heaths, &c.

(Four var. are given in Bry. Europ.)


297. (6) B. ANNOTINUM. Hed. St. ½–1in. cæspitose; l. lower lanceolate
erecto-patent entire, upper longer, serrulate at apex, margins reflexed
below; caps. narrow pyriform, with a long tapering neck; lid conical
pointed; barren fl. terminal; inner perist. with cilia; annulus distinct
compound.

Sandy banks and quarries. V. VI.


298. (7) B. CARNEUM. L. St. ¼in. cæspitose, reddish; l. lower
ovate-lanceolate, upper narrower, all serrate at apex, and loosely
reticulate, margin not reflexed; nerve reddish; caps. ovate-oblong or
shortly pyriform on a thick succulent reddish seta, sharply curved at
summit; lid convex, shortly pointed; annulus none; perist. large,
dark-coloured when dry.

Moist clay banks. IV.


                               SECT. II.

299. (8) B. WAHLENBERGII. Schw. St. ½–1in. reddish cæspitose; l. lower
ovate-acuminate, upper lanceolate, all serrate at apex, margins scarcely
reflexed, areolæ loose; caps. broadly pyriform, with a short neck, and
wide-mouthed when dry, sub-pendulous; annulus none or imperfect; per.
teeth large, inner with cilia; lid small conical.

Wet banks and rocks. V.


300. (9) B. LUDWIGII. Spreng. St. about 1in. decumbent and blackish
below; l. lower ovate, passing upwards into ovate-lanceolate and
lanceolate, serrulate at apex, margins reflexed below; caps. obovate
pyriform, sub-pendulous on a reddish slender seta 1in. long; lid
conical, somewhat obtuse; inner perist. with cilia.

Scotch and Welsh mountains. IX.

 var. β. _gracilis._ Goat Fell; Ben Lawers, Ben Lomond; Snowdon.

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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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