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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

355. A. DEALBATUS. P. B. St. ½–1in.; l. lanceolate broad, acute, margins
plane, slightly serrulate at apex, below which the strong nerve ceases;
caps. clavate or pyriform, incurved, inclined, mouth oblique, lid
conical, seta very long.

Wet mountainous places. S. I. VI. VII.


                          57. FUNARIA. SCHREB.


          1. Caps. cernuous on a straight seta, annulus none.

356. F. HIBERNICA. Hook. St. ¼–½in.; l. oblong-oval, gradually tapering
to an acutely serrate point, nerved nearly to apex; caps. pyriform,
longer than in next species, on a seta twisting to left its whole length
when dry; lid concave.

Chalky soil. Cork, Matlock, Conway. IV. V.


357. F. MUHLENBERGII. Schw. St. shorter than last; l. ovate-lanceolate,
suddenly tapering to a long bluntly serrate point, nerved nearly to
apex; caps. pyriform, on a seta when dry twisted at base to left, above
to right; lid convex obtuse with a reddish border.

Limestone walls, banks, &c. IV. V.


  2. Caps. furrowed when dry, on a long arcuate seta, annulus present.

358. F. HYGROMATRICA. Hedw. St. ¼–1in.; l. lower scattered, upper
ovate-lanceolate, concave, clustered into a bulb-like tuft, nerved to
apex, margins reflexed; caps. broadly pyriform, incurved, mouth oblique,
with a corrugate border; lid convex, with a red border.

Banks and walls, old cinder heaps, &c., common, V.—IX.

 var. β. _patula._ st. slender branched; l. undulate, spreading, twisted
           when dry.

      γ. _calvescens._ seta long and straight; caps. slender, almost
           erect.


359. F. MICROSTOMA. B. & S. Habit of last, but smaller; l. in a comal
bud; caps. pyriform, turgid, not much furrowed when dry; mouth very
small, with a smooth border; inner perist. very imperfect.

Damp stony places. VIII. IX.

Maresfield, Sussex, 1864 (Mr. Mitten).


                         58. ENTOSTHODON. SCHW.

360. E. TEMPLETONI. Schw. St. about ¼in.; l. lower distant
ovate-acuminate, upper in a rosaceous tuft, obovate, acuminate, not
nerved to apex, scarcely serrulate; caps. clavate-pyriform, upright,
neck tapering, lid plano-convex.

Crevices of rocks and shady places. E. S. I. W. VII.


361. E. MINIMUM. Hunt. (Mem. Lit. and Sci. Soc., Manchester, vol. V., p.
100, 1871–2.) St. ⅛–¼in. erect, gregarious; l. lower obovate, margin
reflexed, nerve thin, not reaching apex; upper oblong, sub-erect,
sub-canaliculate, margin recurved, crenulate above, nerve strong, nearly
reaching apex; areolæ large elongate hexagonal below, above shorter;
caps. obconical when dry, smooth, with a distinct neck and wide mouth;
seta erect, ⅛–¼in.; perist. half immersed, of 16 slender linear subulate
teeth; dioicous.

Sandstone walls. Glasnevin, Dublin (D. Orr.) VIII.


                        59. PHYSCOMITRIUM. BRID.

362. P. ERICETORUM. De Not. St. ¼in.; l. lower, distant, small, upper in
a tuft, larger, obovate-lanceolate, with a thickened distantly serrate
margin, not nerved to apex; caps. small, pyriform, erect, lid almost
flat.

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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

355. A. DEALBATUS. P. B. St. ½–1in.; l. lanceolate broad, acute, margins
plane, slightly serrulate at apex, below which the strong nerve ceases;
caps. clavate or pyriform, incurved, inclined, mouth oblique, lid
conical, seta very long.

Wet mountainous places. S. I. VI. VII.


                          57. FUNARIA. SCHREB.


          1. Caps. cernuous on a straight seta, annulus none.

356. F. HIBERNICA. Hook. St. ¼–½in.; l. oblong-oval, gradually tapering
to an acutely serrate point, nerved nearly to apex; caps. pyriform,
longer than in next species, on a seta twisting to left its whole length
when dry; lid concave.

Chalky soil. Cork, Matlock, Conway. IV. V.


357. F. MUHLENBERGII. Schw. St. shorter than last; l. ovate-lanceolate,
suddenly tapering to a long bluntly serrate point, nerved nearly to
apex; caps. pyriform, on a seta when dry twisted at base to left, above
to right; lid convex obtuse with a reddish border.

Limestone walls, banks, &c. IV. V.


  2. Caps. furrowed when dry, on a long arcuate seta, annulus present.

358. F. HYGROMATRICA. Hedw. St. ¼–1in.; l. lower scattered, upper
ovate-lanceolate, concave, clustered into a bulb-like tuft, nerved to
apex, margins reflexed; caps. broadly pyriform, incurved, mouth oblique,
with a corrugate border; lid convex, with a red border.

Banks and walls, old cinder heaps, &c., common, V.—IX.

 var. β. _patula._ st. slender branched; l. undulate, spreading, twisted
           when dry.

      γ. _calvescens._ seta long and straight; caps. slender, almost
           erect.


359. F. MICROSTOMA. B. & S. Habit of last, but smaller; l. in a comal
bud; caps. pyriform, turgid, not much furrowed when dry; mouth very
small, with a smooth border; inner perist. very imperfect.

Damp stony places. VIII. IX.

Maresfield, Sussex, 1864 (Mr. Mitten).


                         58. ENTOSTHODON. SCHW.

360. E. TEMPLETONI. Schw. St. about ¼in.; l. lower distant
ovate-acuminate, upper in a rosaceous tuft, obovate, acuminate, not
nerved to apex, scarcely serrulate; caps. clavate-pyriform, upright,
neck tapering, lid plano-convex.

Crevices of rocks and shady places. E. S. I. W. VII.


361. E. MINIMUM. Hunt. (Mem. Lit. and Sci. Soc., Manchester, vol. V., p.
100, 1871–2.) St. ⅛–¼in. erect, gregarious; l. lower obovate, margin
reflexed, nerve thin, not reaching apex; upper oblong, sub-erect,
sub-canaliculate, margin recurved, crenulate above, nerve strong, nearly
reaching apex; areolæ large elongate hexagonal below, above shorter;
caps. obconical when dry, smooth, with a distinct neck and wide mouth;
seta erect, ⅛–¼in.; perist. half immersed, of 16 slender linear subulate
teeth; dioicous.

Sandstone walls. Glasnevin, Dublin (D. Orr.) VIII.


                        59. PHYSCOMITRIUM. BRID.

362. P. ERICETORUM. De Not. St. ¼in.; l. lower, distant, small, upper in
a tuft, larger, obovate-lanceolate, with a thickened distantly serrate
margin, not nerved to apex; caps. small, pyriform, erect, lid almost
flat.

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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