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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

δ. _subrotundum._ stem and l. smaller; caps. almost globose; seta
           curved.


316. (25) B. SAUTERI. B. & S. St. cæspitose, much branched; l.
erecto-patent, ovate-acuminate or oblong-lanceolate, elongated, very
concave, margins plane, nerve thick excurrent into a mucro; wings at
base with hyaline cells; per. l. narrower; caps. slightly incurved,
pendulous solid sanguineous; lid shortly conical. [Müller, Syn. I.,
280.]

Teesdale (Spruce); Scotland (Mitten).

317. (26) B. CERNUUM. Hedw. St. ½–1½in; tufted, branched, very
radiculose; l. ovate-acuminate concave, nerve much excurrent, sometimes
serrulate at apex, margins recurved; caps. oblong-oval or pyriform,
mouth small, neck not tapering, pendulous; lid small conical; inner
perist. adherent to outer; annulus large.

Walls and rocks. V.


318. (27) B. INCLINATUM. B. & S. St. short, tufted branched; l.
ovate-lanceolate, entire, acuminate; caps. almost elliptical or
pyriform, with a small mouth; lid conical, sharply pointed; perist.
inner generally without cilia, and free.

Walls, banks, and decayed trees. V.


319. (28) B. INTERMEDIUM. Brid. St. about ½in. tufted, branched; l.
imbricate, somewhat spreading ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, point
sometimes toothed, margins recurved; caps. pyriform narrow
sub-pendulous, tapering into a longish neck; lid conical pointed; inner
perist. with cilia.

Walls and rocks, frequent. VI.—XII.


320. (29) B. BIMUM. Schreb. St. ½–1in. tufted, sometimes branched, with
purplish radicles; l. ovate-lanceolate, shortly apiculate, occasionally
serrate at apex, margins recurved; caps. oblong-pyriform, tapering at
neck, pendulous, constricted at mouth when dry; lid large convex
apiculate.

Wet and boggy places. VI. VII.

 var. β. _cuspidatum._ l. with long bushy points, margined. Walls, &c.


321. (30) B. TORQUESCENS. B. & S. St. ¼–1in. tufted, radiculose; l.
lower ovate-lanceolate, upper ovate, all shortly pointed, entire, margin
recurved, slightly twisted when dry; caps. large obconical or clavate,
sub-pendulous, neck tapering; lid pointed.

Rocks and walls; rare. VI. VII.


322. (31) B. OBCONICUM. Hornsch. St. short tufted, branched; l.
oblong-ovate pointed, concave, entire, margin recurved, not twisted when
dry; caps. obconical, pendulous; neck long tapering; lid convex
apiculate.

Walls. Barnard Castle, 1843 (Spruce). VI. VII.


323. (32) B. CAPILLARE. Hed. St. ¼–1in. tufted; l. lower ovate-oblong,
upper obovate-oblong, all with longish slender points, concave, much
contorted when dry, margin bordered with smaller cellules, reflexed,
sometimes serrulate at apex; caps. sub-clavate or obovate, tapering,
pendulous, only slightly constricted at mouth when dry; lid pointed.

Walls, rocks, trees, &c., frequent. VI.

 var. β. _majus._ st. longer, l. broader, and with a wider margin, caps.
           larger and thicker. (Wilson says this is the most frequent
           English form.) On walls.

      γ. _minus._ l. concave imbricate; caps. smaller.

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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

δ. _subrotundum._ stem and l. smaller; caps. almost globose; seta
           curved.


316. (25) B. SAUTERI. B. & S. St. cæspitose, much branched; l.
erecto-patent, ovate-acuminate or oblong-lanceolate, elongated, very
concave, margins plane, nerve thick excurrent into a mucro; wings at
base with hyaline cells; per. l. narrower; caps. slightly incurved,
pendulous solid sanguineous; lid shortly conical. [Müller, Syn. I.,
280.]

Teesdale (Spruce); Scotland (Mitten).

317. (26) B. CERNUUM. Hedw. St. ½–1½in; tufted, branched, very
radiculose; l. ovate-acuminate concave, nerve much excurrent, sometimes
serrulate at apex, margins recurved; caps. oblong-oval or pyriform,
mouth small, neck not tapering, pendulous; lid small conical; inner
perist. adherent to outer; annulus large.

Walls and rocks. V.


318. (27) B. INCLINATUM. B. & S. St. short, tufted branched; l.
ovate-lanceolate, entire, acuminate; caps. almost elliptical or
pyriform, with a small mouth; lid conical, sharply pointed; perist.
inner generally without cilia, and free.

Walls, banks, and decayed trees. V.


319. (28) B. INTERMEDIUM. Brid. St. about ½in. tufted, branched; l.
imbricate, somewhat spreading ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, point
sometimes toothed, margins recurved; caps. pyriform narrow
sub-pendulous, tapering into a longish neck; lid conical pointed; inner
perist. with cilia.

Walls and rocks, frequent. VI.—XII.


320. (29) B. BIMUM. Schreb. St. ½–1in. tufted, sometimes branched, with
purplish radicles; l. ovate-lanceolate, shortly apiculate, occasionally
serrate at apex, margins recurved; caps. oblong-pyriform, tapering at
neck, pendulous, constricted at mouth when dry; lid large convex
apiculate.

Wet and boggy places. VI. VII.

 var. β. _cuspidatum._ l. with long bushy points, margined. Walls, &c.


321. (30) B. TORQUESCENS. B. & S. St. ¼–1in. tufted, radiculose; l.
lower ovate-lanceolate, upper ovate, all shortly pointed, entire, margin
recurved, slightly twisted when dry; caps. large obconical or clavate,
sub-pendulous, neck tapering; lid pointed.

Rocks and walls; rare. VI. VII.


322. (31) B. OBCONICUM. Hornsch. St. short tufted, branched; l.
oblong-ovate pointed, concave, entire, margin recurved, not twisted when
dry; caps. obconical, pendulous; neck long tapering; lid convex
apiculate.

Walls. Barnard Castle, 1843 (Spruce). VI. VII.


323. (32) B. CAPILLARE. Hed. St. ¼–1in. tufted; l. lower ovate-oblong,
upper obovate-oblong, all with longish slender points, concave, much
contorted when dry, margin bordered with smaller cellules, reflexed,
sometimes serrulate at apex; caps. sub-clavate or obovate, tapering,
pendulous, only slightly constricted at mouth when dry; lid pointed.

Walls, rocks, trees, &c., frequent. VI.

 var. β. _majus._ st. longer, l. broader, and with a wider margin, caps.
           larger and thicker. (Wilson says this is the most frequent
           English form.) On walls.

      γ. _minus._ l. concave imbricate; caps. smaller.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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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