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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. _flaccidum._ l. lower, purplish, flaccid, not contorted when
           dry, distinctly serrate at apex.


324. (33) B. DONIANUM. Grev. St. shorter than last, branched; l.
ovate-oblong, slightly pointed, not contorted, but slightly twisted when
dry, margin thickened, serrulate at apex; caps. long clavate,
constricted at mouth when dry, sub-pendulous, lid pointed.

Sandy banks and rocks, rare. Warrington (Wilson); Hurst-pier-point
(Mitten); Winchelsea (Jenner).

325. (34) B. BILLARDERII. Schw. St. ½–1in. branched, radiculose; l.
crowded in tufts at top of branches and stems, ovate-oblong, serrate and
recurved at apex, apiculate, margins recurved below; caps. pyriform,
broadest below the middle, tapering at neck, pendulous; lid conical
pointed.

Hurst-pier-point, on old ant-hills; barren. Summer.


326. (35) B. CÆSPITICIUM. L. St. ¼–1in. tufted, branched; l.
ovate-lanceolate, pointed, generally serrulate at apex, margin recurved
but not thickened, erect when dry, upper ones largest; caps.
oblong-obovate, pendulous, slightly constricted when dry; lid large
mammillate.

Walls, rocks, roofs, &c.


327. (36) B. MURALE. Wils. St. ¼in. tufted, branched; l.
ovate-lanceolate, concave, shortly pointed, margins plane; loosely
imbricate; caps. oblong-pyriform pendulous, deep purple or almost black
when ripe; neck tapering; lid large mammillate.

Mortar of old walls. V. VI.

Marple, Killarney, N. Wales, Oxford, 1863 (H. Boswell).


328. (37) B. SANGUINEUM. Ludwig. St. ¼in.; l. distant, ovate-lanceolate
pointed, generally serrulate at apex, margins scarcely recurved; caps.
oblong or pyriform pendulous, blood-red when ripe; lid pointed.

Heathy ground and walls., VI. VII.

 var. β. _radiculosum._ caps. obconical, seta geniculate at base.


329. (38) B. ERYTHROCARPON. Brid. _non_ Schw. (_B. atropurpureum._ W. &
M.) St. ¼–½in. branched; l. erecto-patent, ovate concave, pointed,
margin reflexed, entire, lower often reddish; caps. oval or oblong, neck
not tapering, pendulous, dark red or purplish when ripe; lid conical
pointed.

Banks and walls. V.


330. (39) B. APICULATUM (?) Schw. (There seems some doubt as to what the
barren form found on the Slemish mountains is; I give Wilson’s
description from Bry. Brit., p. 245.) “L. erecto-patent when dry,
elliptic-lanceolate, concave, nerved to apex.”


                                SECT. V.

331. (40) B. JULACEUM. Sm. St. 1–3in. tufted, with long filiform
branches; l. ovate or ovate-elliptical, larger above, concave entire,
margin not recurved, not nerved to apex; caps. oblong-obovate or
pyriform, pendulous; lid small, convex, pointed.

Alpine and sub-alpine wet rocks. VIII. IX.

 var. β. _concinnatum._ st. shorter, nerve excurrent into a recurved
           point. Near Kennare (Dr. Taylor); Teesdale (Spruce); Ochills
           (Lyle).

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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. _flaccidum._ l. lower, purplish, flaccid, not contorted when
           dry, distinctly serrate at apex.


324. (33) B. DONIANUM. Grev. St. shorter than last, branched; l.
ovate-oblong, slightly pointed, not contorted, but slightly twisted when
dry, margin thickened, serrulate at apex; caps. long clavate,
constricted at mouth when dry, sub-pendulous, lid pointed.

Sandy banks and rocks, rare. Warrington (Wilson); Hurst-pier-point
(Mitten); Winchelsea (Jenner).

325. (34) B. BILLARDERII. Schw. St. ½–1in. branched, radiculose; l.
crowded in tufts at top of branches and stems, ovate-oblong, serrate and
recurved at apex, apiculate, margins recurved below; caps. pyriform,
broadest below the middle, tapering at neck, pendulous; lid conical
pointed.

Hurst-pier-point, on old ant-hills; barren. Summer.


326. (35) B. CÆSPITICIUM. L. St. ¼–1in. tufted, branched; l.
ovate-lanceolate, pointed, generally serrulate at apex, margin recurved
but not thickened, erect when dry, upper ones largest; caps.
oblong-obovate, pendulous, slightly constricted when dry; lid large
mammillate.

Walls, rocks, roofs, &c.


327. (36) B. MURALE. Wils. St. ¼in. tufted, branched; l.
ovate-lanceolate, concave, shortly pointed, margins plane; loosely
imbricate; caps. oblong-pyriform pendulous, deep purple or almost black
when ripe; neck tapering; lid large mammillate.

Mortar of old walls. V. VI.

Marple, Killarney, N. Wales, Oxford, 1863 (H. Boswell).


328. (37) B. SANGUINEUM. Ludwig. St. ¼in.; l. distant, ovate-lanceolate
pointed, generally serrulate at apex, margins scarcely recurved; caps.
oblong or pyriform pendulous, blood-red when ripe; lid pointed.

Heathy ground and walls., VI. VII.

 var. β. _radiculosum._ caps. obconical, seta geniculate at base.


329. (38) B. ERYTHROCARPON. Brid. _non_ Schw. (_B. atropurpureum._ W. &
M.) St. ¼–½in. branched; l. erecto-patent, ovate concave, pointed,
margin reflexed, entire, lower often reddish; caps. oval or oblong, neck
not tapering, pendulous, dark red or purplish when ripe; lid conical
pointed.

Banks and walls. V.


330. (39) B. APICULATUM (?) Schw. (There seems some doubt as to what the
barren form found on the Slemish mountains is; I give Wilson’s
description from Bry. Brit., p. 245.) “L. erecto-patent when dry,
elliptic-lanceolate, concave, nerved to apex.”


                                SECT. V.

331. (40) B. JULACEUM. Sm. St. 1–3in. tufted, with long filiform
branches; l. ovate or ovate-elliptical, larger above, concave entire,
margin not recurved, not nerved to apex; caps. oblong-obovate or
pyriform, pendulous; lid small, convex, pointed.

Alpine and sub-alpine wet rocks. VIII. IX.

 var. β. _concinnatum._ st. shorter, nerve excurrent into a recurved
           point. Near Kennare (Dr. Taylor); Teesdale (Spruce); Ochills
           (Lyle).

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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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