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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

464. H. (EURYNCHIUM) STOKESII. Turn. St. densely cæspitose, branches
ascending, simple below, above densely pinnate and bipinnate; st. l.
distant, acutely cordate, shortly acuminate, and triquetrous, recurved;
br. l. ovate-lanceolate, erecto-patent, all thinly nerved, and serrate;
caps. oblong ventricose horizontal, olive-coloured; lid with a long
straight subulate beak from a conical base. (Syn. 562. Bry. Eur. V.
526.)

Stones and rocks in woods, &c.

                                                                 Autumn.


465. H. (EURYNCHIUM) SWARTZII. Turn. St. creeping, with short erect
branches; l. uniform, ovate not acuminate, serrate, nerved more than
half way; caps. roundish ovate, cernuous, reddish brown; lid with a long
oblique beak.

Moist banks and rocks; frequent. XI.


_Sub-genus_ VII. HYOCOMIUM. St. prostrate; l. broadly obcordate, with a
      long apiculus, decurrent, shortly two-nerved; areolæ, above
 flexuoso-linear, middle narrowly rectangular, angles broadly hexagonal
   or rectangular; caps. on a thick seta, oval, turgid, cernuous; lid
                              mammillate.

466. H. (HYOCOMIUM) FLAGELLARE. Dicks. St. 1in. or more, arched pinnate;
br. sub-fasciculate, recurved; st. l. squarrose, broadly cordate
acuminate, slightly striate; br. l. less spreading, sub-secund, roundish
ovate, less acuminate; all sharply serrate and mostly two-nerved at
base, or nerveless; per. l. almost erect, much narrower; caps.
ovate-oblong, curved, cernuous, on a rough seta: dioicous.

Moist shady rocks by cascades, &c. X. XI.


 _Sub-genus_ VIII. RHYNCHOSTEGIUM. Plants low cæspitose, with scattered
branches; l. soft, shining, nerveless or simply nerved; areolæ elongate,
   narrowly hexagono-rhomboid; caps. horizontal cernuous; lid with a
                             subulate beak.


    _a._ _Demissæ._ St. prostrate, l. complanate, oblong-lanceolate,
     nerveless, entire; caps. thin walled; seta smooth: monoicous.

467. H. (RHYNCHOSTEGIUM) DEMISSUM. Wils. St. filiform; br. short
slender: l. elliptic-lanceolate, acute, sub-secund above, margin
reflexed; caps. small, narrowly elliptical, horizontal cernuous; lid
obliquely rostrate.

Shady mountainous rocks. VII. VIII.


   _b._ _Tenellæ._ st. creeping; l. narrowly lanceolate, caps. solid
                walled, seta rough or smooth: monoicous.

468. H. (RHYNCHOSTEGIUM) TENELLUM. Dicks. St. and br. very short
creeping; l. erecto-patent, narrowly lanceolate acuminate, almost
setaceous, light green, entire, nerved more than half way; caps. ovate
cernuous, on a smooth seta; lid beaked.

Walls and rocks, principally limestone. X.

469. H. (RHYNCHOSTEGIUM) TEESDALII. Sm. St. slender, creeping; br.
erect; l. sub-complanate, narrowly lanceolate, rigid, slightly serrulate
near apex, broadly nerved nearly to apex; caps. ovate cernuous, on a
rough seta; lid almost as large as caps., beaked.

Moist shady rocks near waterfalls. III.—VI.

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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

464. H. (EURYNCHIUM) STOKESII. Turn. St. densely cæspitose, branches
ascending, simple below, above densely pinnate and bipinnate; st. l.
distant, acutely cordate, shortly acuminate, and triquetrous, recurved;
br. l. ovate-lanceolate, erecto-patent, all thinly nerved, and serrate;
caps. oblong ventricose horizontal, olive-coloured; lid with a long
straight subulate beak from a conical base. (Syn. 562. Bry. Eur. V.
526.)

Stones and rocks in woods, &c.

                                                                 Autumn.


465. H. (EURYNCHIUM) SWARTZII. Turn. St. creeping, with short erect
branches; l. uniform, ovate not acuminate, serrate, nerved more than
half way; caps. roundish ovate, cernuous, reddish brown; lid with a long
oblique beak.

Moist banks and rocks; frequent. XI.


_Sub-genus_ VII. HYOCOMIUM. St. prostrate; l. broadly obcordate, with a
      long apiculus, decurrent, shortly two-nerved; areolæ, above
 flexuoso-linear, middle narrowly rectangular, angles broadly hexagonal
   or rectangular; caps. on a thick seta, oval, turgid, cernuous; lid
                              mammillate.

466. H. (HYOCOMIUM) FLAGELLARE. Dicks. St. 1in. or more, arched pinnate;
br. sub-fasciculate, recurved; st. l. squarrose, broadly cordate
acuminate, slightly striate; br. l. less spreading, sub-secund, roundish
ovate, less acuminate; all sharply serrate and mostly two-nerved at
base, or nerveless; per. l. almost erect, much narrower; caps.
ovate-oblong, curved, cernuous, on a rough seta: dioicous.

Moist shady rocks by cascades, &c. X. XI.


 _Sub-genus_ VIII. RHYNCHOSTEGIUM. Plants low cæspitose, with scattered
branches; l. soft, shining, nerveless or simply nerved; areolæ elongate,
   narrowly hexagono-rhomboid; caps. horizontal cernuous; lid with a
                             subulate beak.


    _a._ _Demissæ._ St. prostrate, l. complanate, oblong-lanceolate,
     nerveless, entire; caps. thin walled; seta smooth: monoicous.

467. H. (RHYNCHOSTEGIUM) DEMISSUM. Wils. St. filiform; br. short
slender: l. elliptic-lanceolate, acute, sub-secund above, margin
reflexed; caps. small, narrowly elliptical, horizontal cernuous; lid
obliquely rostrate.

Shady mountainous rocks. VII. VIII.


   _b._ _Tenellæ._ st. creeping; l. narrowly lanceolate, caps. solid
                walled, seta rough or smooth: monoicous.

468. H. (RHYNCHOSTEGIUM) TENELLUM. Dicks. St. and br. very short
creeping; l. erecto-patent, narrowly lanceolate acuminate, almost
setaceous, light green, entire, nerved more than half way; caps. ovate
cernuous, on a smooth seta; lid beaked.

Walls and rocks, principally limestone. X.

469. H. (RHYNCHOSTEGIUM) TEESDALII. Sm. St. slender, creeping; br.
erect; l. sub-complanate, narrowly lanceolate, rigid, slightly serrulate
near apex, broadly nerved nearly to apex; caps. ovate cernuous, on a
rough seta; lid almost as large as caps., beaked.

Moist shady rocks near waterfalls. III.—VI.

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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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