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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

386. T. ANGUSTATUS. B. & S. St. ½–2in. tufted; l. sub-erect,
ovate-lanceolate concave, narrowed into long tapering points, serrate;
caps. ovate on an obconical apophysis; lid conical obtuse.

Dung on mountains, rare. VII. VIII.


                         67. TAYLORIA. HOOKER.

387. T. SERRATA. B. & S. St. scarcely 1in.; l. erecto-patent, recurved
above, oblong-obovate, lower ovate-lanceolate acuminate, serrate above,
not nerved to apex; caps. oval on a long tapering apophysis; lid convex
obtuse.

 var. γ. _tenuis._ “l. broader and shorter, caps. smaller on a more
           slender stalk, much contracted when dry, columella exserted.”
           Wils.

Normal form not found in Britain—only var. γ on turfy soil on Scotch
mountains. VII. VIII.


                          68. DISSODON. GREV.

388. D. FROELICHIANUS. Grev. “St. cæspitose or scattered; l.
ovate-oblong obtuse, nerve ceasing below apex; caps. (with apophysis)
clavato-pyriform; lid conical; teeth of perist. in pairs.” [Wils. Bry.
Brit., 296.]

Doubtful native; said to have been found on Ben High, Aberdeen, by Mr.
Dickson, but the specimen in Herb. Turner is not certain.

389. D. SPLACHNOIDES. Grev. St. 1–4in. radiculose; l. erecto-patent,
oval-oblong or lingulate obtuse, margin plane, not nerved to apex; caps.
obovate with a short tapering neck; lid conical pointed; columella
exserted when dry.

Wet mountainous bogs. Scotland. VIII.


                          69. ŒDIPODIUM. SCHW.

390. Œ. GRIFFITHIANUM. Schw. St. ¼–½in, tufted; barren often much
longer; l. obovate-roundish, obtuse, fringed below, not nerved to apex;
caps. obovate or pyriform, neck tapering into a thick succulent seta;
lid convex obtuse.

Crevices of mountainous rocks. VII. VIII.


                        70. SCHISTOSTEGA. MOHR.

391. S. OSMUNDACEA. W. & M. St. ¼–½in.; l. bifarious, insertion
vertical, lanceolate, pale green; caps. small, sub-globose, mouth large;
lid convex; young plant, when growing in caves, emitting a beautiful
golden green light.

Sandstone caves and banks, not rare. III.


                          71. FISSIDENS. HEDW.


                         I. Fructif. terminal.


                            _a._ Monoicous.

392. F. EXILIS. Hedw. St. ⅛in. simple; l. few, lower small ovate, upper
lanceolate-oblong oblique, acute, margin not bordered, serrulate, nerved
to apex, dorsal wing not reaching to base of leaf; caps.
elliptic-oblong, erect, lid conical obliquely rostrate.

Shady banks and woods, not frequent. E. S. I. I.—III.


393. F. VIRIDULUS. L. St. ¼in. about; l. lanceolate acute, entire,
bordered, crisped when dry, dorsal wing not reaching to base, nerved
nearly to apex; caps. oval-oblong erect; lid conical with a blunt point;
perist. immersed; barren fl. on a short branch.

Shady banks, rivulets on stones, &c. VIII. IX.

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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

386. T. ANGUSTATUS. B. & S. St. ½–2in. tufted; l. sub-erect,
ovate-lanceolate concave, narrowed into long tapering points, serrate;
caps. ovate on an obconical apophysis; lid conical obtuse.

Dung on mountains, rare. VII. VIII.


                         67. TAYLORIA. HOOKER.

387. T. SERRATA. B. & S. St. scarcely 1in.; l. erecto-patent, recurved
above, oblong-obovate, lower ovate-lanceolate acuminate, serrate above,
not nerved to apex; caps. oval on a long tapering apophysis; lid convex
obtuse.

 var. γ. _tenuis._ “l. broader and shorter, caps. smaller on a more
           slender stalk, much contracted when dry, columella exserted.”
           Wils.

Normal form not found in Britain—only var. γ on turfy soil on Scotch
mountains. VII. VIII.


                          68. DISSODON. GREV.

388. D. FROELICHIANUS. Grev. “St. cæspitose or scattered; l.
ovate-oblong obtuse, nerve ceasing below apex; caps. (with apophysis)
clavato-pyriform; lid conical; teeth of perist. in pairs.” [Wils. Bry.
Brit., 296.]

Doubtful native; said to have been found on Ben High, Aberdeen, by Mr.
Dickson, but the specimen in Herb. Turner is not certain.

389. D. SPLACHNOIDES. Grev. St. 1–4in. radiculose; l. erecto-patent,
oval-oblong or lingulate obtuse, margin plane, not nerved to apex; caps.
obovate with a short tapering neck; lid conical pointed; columella
exserted when dry.

Wet mountainous bogs. Scotland. VIII.


                          69. ŒDIPODIUM. SCHW.

390. Œ. GRIFFITHIANUM. Schw. St. ¼–½in, tufted; barren often much
longer; l. obovate-roundish, obtuse, fringed below, not nerved to apex;
caps. obovate or pyriform, neck tapering into a thick succulent seta;
lid convex obtuse.

Crevices of mountainous rocks. VII. VIII.


                        70. SCHISTOSTEGA. MOHR.

391. S. OSMUNDACEA. W. & M. St. ¼–½in.; l. bifarious, insertion
vertical, lanceolate, pale green; caps. small, sub-globose, mouth large;
lid convex; young plant, when growing in caves, emitting a beautiful
golden green light.

Sandstone caves and banks, not rare. III.


                          71. FISSIDENS. HEDW.


                         I. Fructif. terminal.


                            _a._ Monoicous.

392. F. EXILIS. Hedw. St. ⅛in. simple; l. few, lower small ovate, upper
lanceolate-oblong oblique, acute, margin not bordered, serrulate, nerved
to apex, dorsal wing not reaching to base of leaf; caps.
elliptic-oblong, erect, lid conical obliquely rostrate.

Shady banks and woods, not frequent. E. S. I. I.—III.


393. F. VIRIDULUS. L. St. ¼in. about; l. lanceolate acute, entire,
bordered, crisped when dry, dorsal wing not reaching to base, nerved
nearly to apex; caps. oval-oblong erect; lid conical with a blunt point;
perist. immersed; barren fl. on a short branch.

Shady banks, rivulets on stones, &c. VIII. IX.

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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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