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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

483. H. (PLAGIOTHECIUM) UNDULATUM. Dill. St. and br. procumbent, 2in. or
more; l. complanate, ovate, acute, not acuminate, entire, undulate,
faintly two-nerved, whitish green; caps. cylindrical, tapering at base,
cernuous or horizontal, striate when dry, lid with a short beak.

Woods and moist places. IV.—VII.


    _Sub-genus_ XI. AMBLYSTEGIUM. Plants small prostrate, sparingly
 branched; l. soft, generally opaque, simply nerved, rarely nerveless;
 areolæ hexagono-rhomboidal parenchymatous, or tubular prosenchymatous;
 caps. sub-erect or incurvo-cernuous, oval and sub-arcuate cylindrical,
 opaque, on a smooth seta; lid large, tumidly conical, obtuse; internal
 perist. generally integrate, cilia more or less perfect, rarely none.


                1. L. opaque, areolæ all parenchymatous.


                             _a._ Dioicous.

484. H. (AMBLYSTEGIUM) SPRUCEI. Bruch. St. short, slender, with few
branches; l. distant narrowly ovate-lanceolate, long pointed, margin
almost entire, concave, nerveless; per. l. larger, with longer points,
distinctly serrulate at apex; caps. erect elliptical, turbinate when
dry, mouth wide; lid long conical pointed. [_Leskea._ Bry. Brit.]

Shady sub-alpine rocks, rare. Spring (?)

Teesdale, Todmorden.


485. H. (AMBLYSTEGIUM) ATROVIRENS. Dicks. St. prostrate, irregularly
branched, the latter slightly incurved, rigid, sub-erect; l. imbricate,
somewhat secund, ovate-lanceolate, with long tapering points, margin
recurved below, sub-serrulate above; thickly nerved almost to apex;
“caps. sub-cylindrical short curved and sub-cernuous, lid conical.”

Alpine rocks, &c., rare in fruit. Scotland. Spring.


                            _b._ Monoicous.

486. H. (AMBLYSTEGIUM) CONFERVOIDES. B. & S. St. creeping, very slender,
sub-pinnate, sparingly branched; br. capilliform; l. scattered
sub-secund, more or less spreading, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, entire,
nerveless; per. l. longer, erect; caps. cernuous, oval-oblong, slightly
incurved, pale brown, semi-pellucid; lid convex, obliquely apiculate;
annulus small deciduous.

Stones in shady places, limestone. Summer.

Dovedale (Dr. Fraser, 1866); Westmoreland.


487. H. (AMBLYSTEGIUM) SERPENS. Dill. St. creeping, sub-pinnate, with
slender sub-erect branches; l. spreading, ovate-lanceolate, tapering
into long points, entire, faintly nerved half way, or sometimes nearly
to apex: caps. oblong, cylindrical or obovate, curved, cernuous, reddish
at mouth; lid conical acute.

Walls, moist banks, trees, &c., common. IV. V.

488. H. (AMBLYSTEGIUM) RADICALE. P. Beauv. St. creeping, with sub-erect
rigid branches; l. spreading, ovate-lanceolate from a cordate or deltoid
base, twice as large as last, and strongly nerved almost to the long
tapering apex; per. l. larger serrate; seta long (sometimes 2in.); caps.
oblong, much curved, cernuous, not red at mouth; lid conical, with a
short sharp beak.

Moist ground amongst grass. Wales. IV. 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

483. H. (PLAGIOTHECIUM) UNDULATUM. Dill. St. and br. procumbent, 2in. or
more; l. complanate, ovate, acute, not acuminate, entire, undulate,
faintly two-nerved, whitish green; caps. cylindrical, tapering at base,
cernuous or horizontal, striate when dry, lid with a short beak.

Woods and moist places. IV.—VII.


    _Sub-genus_ XI. AMBLYSTEGIUM. Plants small prostrate, sparingly
 branched; l. soft, generally opaque, simply nerved, rarely nerveless;
 areolæ hexagono-rhomboidal parenchymatous, or tubular prosenchymatous;
 caps. sub-erect or incurvo-cernuous, oval and sub-arcuate cylindrical,
 opaque, on a smooth seta; lid large, tumidly conical, obtuse; internal
 perist. generally integrate, cilia more or less perfect, rarely none.


                1. L. opaque, areolæ all parenchymatous.


                             _a._ Dioicous.

484. H. (AMBLYSTEGIUM) SPRUCEI. Bruch. St. short, slender, with few
branches; l. distant narrowly ovate-lanceolate, long pointed, margin
almost entire, concave, nerveless; per. l. larger, with longer points,
distinctly serrulate at apex; caps. erect elliptical, turbinate when
dry, mouth wide; lid long conical pointed. [_Leskea._ Bry. Brit.]

Shady sub-alpine rocks, rare. Spring (?)

Teesdale, Todmorden.


485. H. (AMBLYSTEGIUM) ATROVIRENS. Dicks. St. prostrate, irregularly
branched, the latter slightly incurved, rigid, sub-erect; l. imbricate,
somewhat secund, ovate-lanceolate, with long tapering points, margin
recurved below, sub-serrulate above; thickly nerved almost to apex;
“caps. sub-cylindrical short curved and sub-cernuous, lid conical.”

Alpine rocks, &c., rare in fruit. Scotland. Spring.


                            _b._ Monoicous.

486. H. (AMBLYSTEGIUM) CONFERVOIDES. B. & S. St. creeping, very slender,
sub-pinnate, sparingly branched; br. capilliform; l. scattered
sub-secund, more or less spreading, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, entire,
nerveless; per. l. longer, erect; caps. cernuous, oval-oblong, slightly
incurved, pale brown, semi-pellucid; lid convex, obliquely apiculate;
annulus small deciduous.

Stones in shady places, limestone. Summer.

Dovedale (Dr. Fraser, 1866); Westmoreland.


487. H. (AMBLYSTEGIUM) SERPENS. Dill. St. creeping, sub-pinnate, with
slender sub-erect branches; l. spreading, ovate-lanceolate, tapering
into long points, entire, faintly nerved half way, or sometimes nearly
to apex: caps. oblong, cylindrical or obovate, curved, cernuous, reddish
at mouth; lid conical acute.

Walls, moist banks, trees, &c., common. IV. V.

488. H. (AMBLYSTEGIUM) RADICALE. P. Beauv. St. creeping, with sub-erect
rigid branches; l. spreading, ovate-lanceolate from a cordate or deltoid
base, twice as large as last, and strongly nerved almost to the long
tapering apex; per. l. larger serrate; seta long (sometimes 2in.); caps.
oblong, much curved, cernuous, not red at mouth; lid conical, with a
short sharp beak.

Moist ground amongst grass. Wales. IV. 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.

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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