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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

Heaths, banks, stream sides, &c. III. IV.

363. P. FASCICULARE. B. & S. St. about ½in. tufted; l. ovate-oblong or
lanceolate, pointed serrate, not bordered; caps. obovate or pyriform,
tapering at base; lid convex.

Fallow fields. IV.

364. P. PYRIFORME. B. & S. St. about ¼in., tufted; l. lower distant
ovate-lanceolate, above spathulate, pointed, serrate, uppermost longer
erect, not nerved to apex; caps. globose-pyriform erect, mouth small,
lid conical, calyptra sub-persistent, toothed at base.

Moist banks and ditches. IV.

365. P. SPHŒRICUM. B. & S. St. scarcely ¼in.; l. oval-oblong or slightly
spathulate, acute, concave, entire; upper ones largest, nerved nearly to
apex; caps. sub-globose, mouth large; lid large conical; calyp. lobed
below.

Dried-up mud. IX.–XI.

Mere, Cheshire, 1834 (Wils.), J. Whitehead, Oct., 1870.

                       60. BARTRAMIDULA. B. & S.

366. B. WILSONI. B. & S. St. about ¼in. branched; l. ovate-lanceolate,
acuminate, somewhat secund, nerved nearly to or beyond apex, serrulate
above; caps. globoso-pyriform, generally pendulous, not striate; lid
convex or conical.

Turfy soil on mountains. S. W. I. X.

                          61. BARTRAMIA. HEDW.

                    1. Caps. erect, perist. single.

367. B. STRICTA. Brid. St. loosely tufted, glaucous green; l.
erecto-patent, rigid when dry, lanceolate-subulate, nerve excurrent into
a serrate arista; caps. ovate-globose furrowed when dry, seta four-sided
at summit, twisted to right when dry; lid convex or mammillate. [Bry.
Eur., IV., t. 316. Schp. Syn., 417.]

On the ground and stones. Early summer.

Maresfield, Sussex (Mitten), 1862.

                   2. Caps. cernuous, perist. double.

                  _a._ Branches fastigiate. Monoicous.

368. B. RIGIDA. Bals. & Not. St. ¼–½in.; br. erect or recurved; l.
erecto-patent, straight, rigid, lanceolate, finely serrulate, nerve
excurrent, cap., large, sub-spherical, furrowed when dry, and cernuous;
lid conical pointed; seta erect; inner perist. sometimes imperfect.

Shady banks, mountains. IX. X.

                    _b._ Br. fasciculate: dioicous.

                  * L. plicate and sheathing at base.

369. B. ARCUATA. Brid. St. 1–4in., with reddish brown radicles; l.
ovate-lanceolate from a broad erect sheathing base, scabrous, serrulate,
spreading; caps. sub-globose, almost pendulous, on an arcuate seta,
furrowed when dry.

Waterfalls and wet rocks. IX. X.

            * * L. not sheathing or plicate. (_Philonotis._)

370. B. (PHILONOTIS) FONTANA. Brid. Stem 1–6in., with reddish black
radicles; l. ovate-acuminate, short and appressed or lanceolate secund,
or spreading and longer (generally plicate at base), nerve almost
excurrent; perig. l. obtuse, nerveless; caps. sub-globose large,
furrowed when dry.

Springs and wet places. VI.

 var. β. _alpina._ st. short, l. ovate-lanceolate, mucronate.

      γ. _falcata._ l. falcato-secund, nerve thick.

      δ. _pumila._ plant smaller in all its parts.

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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

Heaths, banks, stream sides, &c. III. IV.

363. P. FASCICULARE. B. & S. St. about ½in. tufted; l. ovate-oblong or
lanceolate, pointed serrate, not bordered; caps. obovate or pyriform,
tapering at base; lid convex.

Fallow fields. IV.

364. P. PYRIFORME. B. & S. St. about ¼in., tufted; l. lower distant
ovate-lanceolate, above spathulate, pointed, serrate, uppermost longer
erect, not nerved to apex; caps. globose-pyriform erect, mouth small,
lid conical, calyptra sub-persistent, toothed at base.

Moist banks and ditches. IV.

365. P. SPHŒRICUM. B. & S. St. scarcely ¼in.; l. oval-oblong or slightly
spathulate, acute, concave, entire; upper ones largest, nerved nearly to
apex; caps. sub-globose, mouth large; lid large conical; calyp. lobed
below.

Dried-up mud. IX.–XI.

Mere, Cheshire, 1834 (Wils.), J. Whitehead, Oct., 1870.

                       60. BARTRAMIDULA. B. & S.

366. B. WILSONI. B. & S. St. about ¼in. branched; l. ovate-lanceolate,
acuminate, somewhat secund, nerved nearly to or beyond apex, serrulate
above; caps. globoso-pyriform, generally pendulous, not striate; lid
convex or conical.

Turfy soil on mountains. S. W. I. X.

                          61. BARTRAMIA. HEDW.

                    1. Caps. erect, perist. single.

367. B. STRICTA. Brid. St. loosely tufted, glaucous green; l.
erecto-patent, rigid when dry, lanceolate-subulate, nerve excurrent into
a serrate arista; caps. ovate-globose furrowed when dry, seta four-sided
at summit, twisted to right when dry; lid convex or mammillate. [Bry.
Eur., IV., t. 316. Schp. Syn., 417.]

On the ground and stones. Early summer.

Maresfield, Sussex (Mitten), 1862.

                   2. Caps. cernuous, perist. double.

                  _a._ Branches fastigiate. Monoicous.

368. B. RIGIDA. Bals. & Not. St. ¼–½in.; br. erect or recurved; l.
erecto-patent, straight, rigid, lanceolate, finely serrulate, nerve
excurrent, cap., large, sub-spherical, furrowed when dry, and cernuous;
lid conical pointed; seta erect; inner perist. sometimes imperfect.

Shady banks, mountains. IX. X.

                    _b._ Br. fasciculate: dioicous.

                  * L. plicate and sheathing at base.

369. B. ARCUATA. Brid. St. 1–4in., with reddish brown radicles; l.
ovate-lanceolate from a broad erect sheathing base, scabrous, serrulate,
spreading; caps. sub-globose, almost pendulous, on an arcuate seta,
furrowed when dry.

Waterfalls and wet rocks. IX. X.

            * * L. not sheathing or plicate. (_Philonotis._)

370. B. (PHILONOTIS) FONTANA. Brid. Stem 1–6in., with reddish black
radicles; l. ovate-acuminate, short and appressed or lanceolate secund,
or spreading and longer (generally plicate at base), nerve almost
excurrent; perig. l. obtuse, nerveless; caps. sub-globose large,
furrowed when dry.

Springs and wet places. VI.

 var. β. _alpina._ st. short, l. ovate-lanceolate, mucronate.

      γ. _falcata._ l. falcato-secund, nerve thick.

      δ. _pumila._ plant smaller in all its parts.

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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