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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

377. B. GRACILIS. Floerke, 1799. (_B. Oederi_, Swartz, 1800). St.
1–3in.; l. linear-lanceolate, recurved from an erect, not sheathing
base, crisped when dry, margins recurved, serrate above, keeled, smooth;
caps. small globose, oblique, lid convex.

Moist shady rocks. V.


378. B. ITHYPHYLLA. Brid. St. ½–2in.; l. from an erect broad base
sharply bent back and lanceolate-subulate, rigid, serrulate, not crisped
when dry, broadly nerved to apex; caps. globose, almost erect or
cernuous.

Alpine and sub-alpine rocks. VI.


                        62. CONOSTOMUM. SWARTZ.

379. C. BOREALE. Swartz. St. ½–2in. tufted, radiculose; l. imbricate
lanceolate acuminate, keeled, serrate, nerve excurrent into a mucro;
caps. globose, gibbous, cernuous; lid large beaked.

Summits of Scotch mountains. VIII. IX.


                         63. CATASCOPIUM. BRID.

380. C. NIGRITUM. Brid. St. 1in. or more (Wilson says 2–6in. or more),
radiculose; l. lanceolate acute, margin reflexed entire, nerved nearly
to apex; upper ones largest; caps. small globose, dark-coloured or
black, cernuous; lid small conical.

Moist alpine rocks, &c.

Wilson says “fruits March (?)” My specimen from Fife is August.


                          64. DISCELIUM. BRID.

381. D. NUDUM. Brid. Stemless; l. few, ovate-lanceolate, entire,
concave, round the base of the seta, generally buried; seta ½–1in.;
caps. sub-globose reddish, cernuous, small; lid conical acute.

Clay banks and beds. II.–IV.

Near Manchester (Cayley); Todmorden (Hobkirk).


                         65. SPLACHNUM. B. & S.

382. S. VASCULOSUM. L. Stem ¼–1in. radiculose; l. roundish ovate,
obtuse, or ovate-acuminate, entire, narrow at base, not nerved to apex,
areolæ lax; caps. small cylindrical on a large globular apophysis; lid
convex: dioicous.

Elevated wet places. VII.


383. S. AMPULLACEUM. L. St. about 1in.; l. lower lanceolate, upper
larger obovate or oblong-lanceolate, all serrate or sometimes entire,
acuminate, nerved nearly to apex; areolæ lax; seta dilated above into a
turbinate apophysis, bearing the small cylindrical caps.; the whole
shaped like the ancient _ampulla_; lid conical; mono- or dioicous.

On dung in peaty places. V. VI.


384. S. SPHŒRICUM. Hedw. St. ½–1in.; l. roundish obovate, acuminate,
scarcely serrate, lower smaller, nerved nearly to apex; apophysis not
tapering, roundish ovate, about same width as cylindrical capsule; lid
mammillate: dioicous.

Dung in moist peaty places. V. VI.


                        66. TETRAPLODON. B. & S.

385. T. MNIOIDES. B. & S. St. ½–3in. tufted; l. sub-erect obovate or
nearly elliptical, suddenly narrowed into a long piliferous point,
concave, entire, nerved to apex; caps. elliptical on a large obovate
apophysis of about same width; lid conical obtuse.

Moist mountainous situations, on dung, &c. V.

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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

377. B. GRACILIS. Floerke, 1799. (_B. Oederi_, Swartz, 1800). St.
1–3in.; l. linear-lanceolate, recurved from an erect, not sheathing
base, crisped when dry, margins recurved, serrate above, keeled, smooth;
caps. small globose, oblique, lid convex.

Moist shady rocks. V.


378. B. ITHYPHYLLA. Brid. St. ½–2in.; l. from an erect broad base
sharply bent back and lanceolate-subulate, rigid, serrulate, not crisped
when dry, broadly nerved to apex; caps. globose, almost erect or
cernuous.

Alpine and sub-alpine rocks. VI.


                        62. CONOSTOMUM. SWARTZ.

379. C. BOREALE. Swartz. St. ½–2in. tufted, radiculose; l. imbricate
lanceolate acuminate, keeled, serrate, nerve excurrent into a mucro;
caps. globose, gibbous, cernuous; lid large beaked.

Summits of Scotch mountains. VIII. IX.


                         63. CATASCOPIUM. BRID.

380. C. NIGRITUM. Brid. St. 1in. or more (Wilson says 2–6in. or more),
radiculose; l. lanceolate acute, margin reflexed entire, nerved nearly
to apex; upper ones largest; caps. small globose, dark-coloured or
black, cernuous; lid small conical.

Moist alpine rocks, &c.

Wilson says “fruits March (?)” My specimen from Fife is August.


                          64. DISCELIUM. BRID.

381. D. NUDUM. Brid. Stemless; l. few, ovate-lanceolate, entire,
concave, round the base of the seta, generally buried; seta ½–1in.;
caps. sub-globose reddish, cernuous, small; lid conical acute.

Clay banks and beds. II.–IV.

Near Manchester (Cayley); Todmorden (Hobkirk).


                         65. SPLACHNUM. B. & S.

382. S. VASCULOSUM. L. Stem ¼–1in. radiculose; l. roundish ovate,
obtuse, or ovate-acuminate, entire, narrow at base, not nerved to apex,
areolæ lax; caps. small cylindrical on a large globular apophysis; lid
convex: dioicous.

Elevated wet places. VII.


383. S. AMPULLACEUM. L. St. about 1in.; l. lower lanceolate, upper
larger obovate or oblong-lanceolate, all serrate or sometimes entire,
acuminate, nerved nearly to apex; areolæ lax; seta dilated above into a
turbinate apophysis, bearing the small cylindrical caps.; the whole
shaped like the ancient _ampulla_; lid conical; mono- or dioicous.

On dung in peaty places. V. VI.


384. S. SPHŒRICUM. Hedw. St. ½–1in.; l. roundish obovate, acuminate,
scarcely serrate, lower smaller, nerved nearly to apex; apophysis not
tapering, roundish ovate, about same width as cylindrical capsule; lid
mammillate: dioicous.

Dung in moist peaty places. V. VI.


                        66. TETRAPLODON. B. & S.

385. T. MNIOIDES. B. & S. St. ½–3in. tufted; l. sub-erect obovate or
nearly elliptical, suddenly narrowed into a long piliferous point,
concave, entire, nerved to apex; caps. elliptical on a large obovate
apophysis of about same width; lid conical obtuse.

Moist mountainous situations, on dung, &c. V.

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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