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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

443. H. (BRACHYTHECIUM) CAMPESTRE. B. & S. St. loosely cæspitose,
prostrate or ascending, much branched; l. erecto-patent, longly
ovate-lanceolate, more or less subulato-acuminate, serrulate, thinly
nerved more than half way, plicate, shining; per. l. recurved squarrose
from the middle, piliferous; caps. oblong-cylindrical sub-arcuate, on a
slightly roughened seta. (Sch. Synopsis, 543.)

Grassy places, fields, &c. Winter and Spring.

Maresfield, Sussex (Mr. Mitten); Spec, in Herb. Kew. “Newchurch, Over,
Cheshire, W. W. Dec. 13, 1837.”


444. H. (BRACHYTHECIUM) RIVULARE. Bruch. St. arched, slender; branches
slender, incurved, sub-pinnate; l. deltoid-ovate, gradually tapering,
not suddenly acuminate, serrate, nerved above half way, decurrent: caps.
short roundish ovate arcuate, cernuous; lid large conical acute
rostellate: dioicous.

Stones, &c., by rivulets in shady woods; sometimes in water, when the
st. are often very elongate. IX.


445. H. (BRACHYTHECIUM) POPULEUM. Hedw. St. creeping, sub-pinnate; l.
narrowly ovate-lanceolate, tapering to a long serrulate point, margin
reflexed, nerved to apex; caps. small roundish ovate, slightly cernuous
or nearly erect; lid conical, very acute, sub-persistent on the ripe
fruit: monoicous.

Walls, rocks, trees, &c., frequent. IX.—II.

 var. β. _nutans._ Brid. branches longer, caps. distinctly cernuous.


446. H. (BRACHYTHECIUM) PLUMOSUM. Swartz. St. creeping; branches long,
frequently erect, sub-pinnate; l. ovate, concave, acuminate, sub-secund,
serrulate near apex, nerved above half way; caps. small roundish ovate,
cernuous, seta roughish at summit only; lid conical acute: monoicous.

Sub-alpine shady rocks, stones in rivulets, walls, &c. X.—III


_Sub-genus_ V. SCLEROPODIUM. Areolation vermicular, slightly dilated and
   excavate at angles; caps. on a rough seta, sub-erect or cernuous,
               turgid, ovate or oblong and sub-incurved.

447. H. (SCLEROPODIUM) CÆSPITOSUM. Wils. St. densely tufted, creeping;
branches slender, short, incurved; l. sub-secund, ovate, small, concave,
serrulate, nerved above half way; caps. sub-cylindrical, slightly
arcuate, sub-erect; lid long rostellate; dioicous.

Damp walls and roots of trees. XI.

Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Sussex.


448. H. (SCLEROPODIUM) ILLECEBRUM. L. St. procumbent, sometimes
sub-pinnate, branches incurved obtuse; l. roundish ovate, pointed, very
concave, imbricate, serrulate, tip slightly recurved; nerve reaching
above half way, its tip slightly projecting from back of leaf; caps.
ovate-oblong cernuous, somewhat ventricose; lid bluntly conical
apiculate: dioicous.

Banks and rocks near the sea. XI. XII.

Hampshire, Anglesea.


  _Sub-genus_ VI. EURYNCHIUM. More or less pinnately branched; areolæ
   narrowly rhomboid or sub-vermicular, dilated at the angles; caps.
  cernuous and horizontal, on a smooth or rough seta; lid with a long
                                 beak.

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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

443. H. (BRACHYTHECIUM) CAMPESTRE. B. & S. St. loosely cæspitose,
prostrate or ascending, much branched; l. erecto-patent, longly
ovate-lanceolate, more or less subulato-acuminate, serrulate, thinly
nerved more than half way, plicate, shining; per. l. recurved squarrose
from the middle, piliferous; caps. oblong-cylindrical sub-arcuate, on a
slightly roughened seta. (Sch. Synopsis, 543.)

Grassy places, fields, &c. Winter and Spring.

Maresfield, Sussex (Mr. Mitten); Spec, in Herb. Kew. “Newchurch, Over,
Cheshire, W. W. Dec. 13, 1837.”


444. H. (BRACHYTHECIUM) RIVULARE. Bruch. St. arched, slender; branches
slender, incurved, sub-pinnate; l. deltoid-ovate, gradually tapering,
not suddenly acuminate, serrate, nerved above half way, decurrent: caps.
short roundish ovate arcuate, cernuous; lid large conical acute
rostellate: dioicous.

Stones, &c., by rivulets in shady woods; sometimes in water, when the
st. are often very elongate. IX.


445. H. (BRACHYTHECIUM) POPULEUM. Hedw. St. creeping, sub-pinnate; l.
narrowly ovate-lanceolate, tapering to a long serrulate point, margin
reflexed, nerved to apex; caps. small roundish ovate, slightly cernuous
or nearly erect; lid conical, very acute, sub-persistent on the ripe
fruit: monoicous.

Walls, rocks, trees, &c., frequent. IX.—II.

 var. β. _nutans._ Brid. branches longer, caps. distinctly cernuous.


446. H. (BRACHYTHECIUM) PLUMOSUM. Swartz. St. creeping; branches long,
frequently erect, sub-pinnate; l. ovate, concave, acuminate, sub-secund,
serrulate near apex, nerved above half way; caps. small roundish ovate,
cernuous, seta roughish at summit only; lid conical acute: monoicous.

Sub-alpine shady rocks, stones in rivulets, walls, &c. X.—III


_Sub-genus_ V. SCLEROPODIUM. Areolation vermicular, slightly dilated and
   excavate at angles; caps. on a rough seta, sub-erect or cernuous,
               turgid, ovate or oblong and sub-incurved.

447. H. (SCLEROPODIUM) CÆSPITOSUM. Wils. St. densely tufted, creeping;
branches slender, short, incurved; l. sub-secund, ovate, small, concave,
serrulate, nerved above half way; caps. sub-cylindrical, slightly
arcuate, sub-erect; lid long rostellate; dioicous.

Damp walls and roots of trees. XI.

Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Sussex.


448. H. (SCLEROPODIUM) ILLECEBRUM. L. St. procumbent, sometimes
sub-pinnate, branches incurved obtuse; l. roundish ovate, pointed, very
concave, imbricate, serrulate, tip slightly recurved; nerve reaching
above half way, its tip slightly projecting from back of leaf; caps.
ovate-oblong cernuous, somewhat ventricose; lid bluntly conical
apiculate: dioicous.

Banks and rocks near the sea. XI. XII.

Hampshire, Anglesea.


  _Sub-genus_ VI. EURYNCHIUM. More or less pinnately branched; areolæ
   narrowly rhomboid or sub-vermicular, dilated at the angles; caps.
  cernuous and horizontal, on a smooth or rough seta; lid with a long
                                 beak.

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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