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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

332. (41) B. ARGENTEUM. L. St. ¼–½in. tufted; in silvery white patches;
l. lower ovate, upper ovate-lanceolate, all entire except at apex, nerve
not reaching pointed tapering apex; margins not recurved; areolæ very
lax; caps. oval-oblong, reddish purple, pendulous, neck not tapering;
lid faintly pointed.

Roofs, walls, ground, &c. X. VI.

 var. β. _majus._ st. longer, l. greenish, without points.

      γ. _lanatum._ smaller, l. with long points, without chlorophyll,
           silvery white. Largo, Scotland (C. Howie).

333. (42) B. FUNKII. Schw. Gregarious; st. branched, branches julaceous;
l. crowded at summit of branches; st. and br. leaves ovate,
cochleariform, nerve excurrent into a short point; comal leaves
ovate-oblong acuminate, shortly cuspidate: areolæ lax; caps. obovate or
globoso-pyriform, inclined on a flexuous seta.

Walls, &c. Sandy shore, Southport (Wilson). V. VI.


334. (43) B. ZIERII. Dicks. Silvery reddish tufts, st. ½–1in., branches
julaceous; l. roundish ovate-acuminate, entire, margins not recurved,
not nerved to apex; areolæ lax; caps. large clavate-pyriform, gibbous,
with a long slender tapering neck, incurved cernuous; lid small,
conical, acute; inner perist. longest, with imperfect cilia.

Crevices of mountainous rocks. E. S. I. X. XI.


335. (44) B. DEMISSUM. Hook. St. ¼in. tufted; l. ovate-acuminate, erect
when dry, margin recurved, nerve generally excurrent; per. l.
lanceolate, with longer points; areolæ lax; caps. clavate-pyriform, much
incurved, cernuous; seta “curved above like a swan’s neck”; inner
perist. longest.

Rocks. Breadalbane Mts.; rare. VIII. IX.


                               SECT. VI.

336. (45) B. TOZERI. Grev. St. ¼–½in. gregarious; l. lower obovate
narrow, upper crowded wider apiculate, all bordered, entire; nerved
(reddish) half way; caps. obovate or pyriform pendulous; lid conical.

Shady banks, rare in fr. III. IV.


                               SECT. VII.

337. (46) B. ROSEUM. Schreb. St. 1–3in., l. lower, small, scattered
lanceolate; upper in a large rosaceous tuft, spathulate, apiculate,
serrate above, margin recurved, nerved nearly to apex; caps.
clavate-oblong or obovate pendulous; lid mammillate.

Sandy shady banks. XI. XII.


                           51. MNIUM. B. & S.


                        A. L. sharply serrated.


                       _a._ Margin cartilaginous.

338. M. AFFINE. Bland. St. 1–3in. simple, erect, radiculose; barren
shoots procumbent; l. lower oval-lanceolate, decurrent, scattered, upper
much larger, crowded, oblong-elliptic pointed, border narrow, simply
spinuloso-serrate, nerved nearly or quite to apex; those of barren stems
roundish two-ranked; caps. ovate-oblong pendulous; lid convex, pointed:
dioicous.

Shady woods, banks, walls. IV. V.

 var. β. _elatum._ stem and seta longer; marshy places.

      γ. _rugicum._ sterile shoots, erect, shorter; l. shorter, concave,
           obtusely serrate.

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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

332. (41) B. ARGENTEUM. L. St. ¼–½in. tufted; in silvery white patches;
l. lower ovate, upper ovate-lanceolate, all entire except at apex, nerve
not reaching pointed tapering apex; margins not recurved; areolæ very
lax; caps. oval-oblong, reddish purple, pendulous, neck not tapering;
lid faintly pointed.

Roofs, walls, ground, &c. X. VI.

 var. β. _majus._ st. longer, l. greenish, without points.

      γ. _lanatum._ smaller, l. with long points, without chlorophyll,
           silvery white. Largo, Scotland (C. Howie).

333. (42) B. FUNKII. Schw. Gregarious; st. branched, branches julaceous;
l. crowded at summit of branches; st. and br. leaves ovate,
cochleariform, nerve excurrent into a short point; comal leaves
ovate-oblong acuminate, shortly cuspidate: areolæ lax; caps. obovate or
globoso-pyriform, inclined on a flexuous seta.

Walls, &c. Sandy shore, Southport (Wilson). V. VI.


334. (43) B. ZIERII. Dicks. Silvery reddish tufts, st. ½–1in., branches
julaceous; l. roundish ovate-acuminate, entire, margins not recurved,
not nerved to apex; areolæ lax; caps. large clavate-pyriform, gibbous,
with a long slender tapering neck, incurved cernuous; lid small,
conical, acute; inner perist. longest, with imperfect cilia.

Crevices of mountainous rocks. E. S. I. X. XI.


335. (44) B. DEMISSUM. Hook. St. ¼in. tufted; l. ovate-acuminate, erect
when dry, margin recurved, nerve generally excurrent; per. l.
lanceolate, with longer points; areolæ lax; caps. clavate-pyriform, much
incurved, cernuous; seta “curved above like a swan’s neck”; inner
perist. longest.

Rocks. Breadalbane Mts.; rare. VIII. IX.


                               SECT. VI.

336. (45) B. TOZERI. Grev. St. ¼–½in. gregarious; l. lower obovate
narrow, upper crowded wider apiculate, all bordered, entire; nerved
(reddish) half way; caps. obovate or pyriform pendulous; lid conical.

Shady banks, rare in fr. III. IV.


                               SECT. VII.

337. (46) B. ROSEUM. Schreb. St. 1–3in., l. lower, small, scattered
lanceolate; upper in a large rosaceous tuft, spathulate, apiculate,
serrate above, margin recurved, nerved nearly to apex; caps.
clavate-oblong or obovate pendulous; lid mammillate.

Sandy shady banks. XI. XII.


                           51. MNIUM. B. & S.


                        A. L. sharply serrated.


                       _a._ Margin cartilaginous.

338. M. AFFINE. Bland. St. 1–3in. simple, erect, radiculose; barren
shoots procumbent; l. lower oval-lanceolate, decurrent, scattered, upper
much larger, crowded, oblong-elliptic pointed, border narrow, simply
spinuloso-serrate, nerved nearly or quite to apex; those of barren stems
roundish two-ranked; caps. ovate-oblong pendulous; lid convex, pointed:
dioicous.

Shady woods, banks, walls. IV. V.

 var. β. _elatum._ stem and seta longer; marshy places.

      γ. _rugicum._ sterile shoots, erect, shorter; l. shorter, concave,
           obtusely serrate.

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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