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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

500. H. SENDTNERI. Schpr. (_H. aduncum_, ε _hamatum_ and ζ _giganteum_,
Bry. Eur.) St. 3–6in. simple, pinnate; l. falcato-secund, broadly
oblong-lanceolate, hooked above, distinctly auricled at sub-decurrent
angles, glossy, lightly sulcate only when dry, nerve vanishing below
apex; basal cells rectangular, hyaline, yellowish, at angles
brownish-yellow lax; caps. ovate-oblong, erect at base, arcuate.

Bogs. Scotland, and near Birmingham.

 var. β. _Wilsoni._ St. very tall, sometimes 1ft., yellow green, with
           slender, nearly simple branches; l. larger, with a filiform
           acumen, auricles very small.


501. H. VERNICOSUM. Lindb. 1861. (_H. pellucidum_, Wils. MS.; _H.
aduncum_, var. _tenue_, Bry. Brit.) St. erect, rather rigid, pinnate; l.
shorter falcato-secund, the apical ones involute, ovate,
oblong-lanceolate, distinctly sulcate, neither auricled nor decurrent,
very glossy, yellow green, nerve vanishing far below apex; cells very
narrow, vermicular, purplish at base; caps. oblong cernuous, arcuate.

Wybunbury Bog, Cheshire.


502. H. INTERMEDIUM. Lindb. (_H. Cossoni_, Schpr.) In habit like _H.
Sendtneri_, var. β. St. elongate, flexuoso-erect, interruptedly pinnate;
branches very unequal; l. falcato-secund, ovate-oblong, becoming
lanceolate, not furrowed, with minute decurrent auricles, nerve
vanishing far below apex; cells very narrow vermicular opaque; outer
per. l. squarrose; fr. as in _Sendtneri_.

Bogs, frequent.


                † † Brandies and stems scarcely hooked.

503. H. LYCOPODIOIDES. Neck. St. about 2in. erect, sub-pinnate, rather
rigid; l. falcato-secund, ovate-acuminute, tapering to an acute point,
but not apiculate, concave, entire, nerved nearly to apex, not striate;
caps. oblong cernuous, lid conical.

Bogs and marshes: fr. rare. V.

 var. β. _falcatum._ l. more crowded, more falcate, nerve stronger. Near
           Copgrove, Yorkshire.


                            _b._ Monoicous.

504. H. FLUITANS. Dill. St. 6–12in. erect or floating, pinnate, slender;
branches short deflexed; l. falcato-secund, lanceolate, tapering from an
ovate base, acuminate, slightly serrulate near apex, thinly nerved more
than half way, areolæ enlarged at base; caps. small oblong curved
sub-cernuous, on a very long seta; lid conical, acute.

Marshes, bogs, &c. IV. V.


505. H. REVOLVENS. Swartz. St. 2–4in. erect or procumbent, sub-pinnate;
l. crowded circinnate falcate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, concave,
serrulate near apex, deep red or purplish; nerve stronger, more than
half way; areolæ not enlarged at base; caps. oblong cernuous, on a
shorter seta; lid conical acute.

Bogs and marshes. IV. V.


506. H. UNCINATUM. Hall. St. about 2in. slender, erect or procumbent,
sub-pinnate; l. circinnate secund, very narrow, lanceolate, setaceous
from a broader base, plicate, serrulate, nerved nearly to apex; caps.
cylindrical, curved, cernuous, lid conical.

Sub-alpine walls and rocks. V. 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

500. H. SENDTNERI. Schpr. (_H. aduncum_, ε _hamatum_ and ζ _giganteum_,
Bry. Eur.) St. 3–6in. simple, pinnate; l. falcato-secund, broadly
oblong-lanceolate, hooked above, distinctly auricled at sub-decurrent
angles, glossy, lightly sulcate only when dry, nerve vanishing below
apex; basal cells rectangular, hyaline, yellowish, at angles
brownish-yellow lax; caps. ovate-oblong, erect at base, arcuate.

Bogs. Scotland, and near Birmingham.

 var. β. _Wilsoni._ St. very tall, sometimes 1ft., yellow green, with
           slender, nearly simple branches; l. larger, with a filiform
           acumen, auricles very small.


501. H. VERNICOSUM. Lindb. 1861. (_H. pellucidum_, Wils. MS.; _H.
aduncum_, var. _tenue_, Bry. Brit.) St. erect, rather rigid, pinnate; l.
shorter falcato-secund, the apical ones involute, ovate,
oblong-lanceolate, distinctly sulcate, neither auricled nor decurrent,
very glossy, yellow green, nerve vanishing far below apex; cells very
narrow, vermicular, purplish at base; caps. oblong cernuous, arcuate.

Wybunbury Bog, Cheshire.


502. H. INTERMEDIUM. Lindb. (_H. Cossoni_, Schpr.) In habit like _H.
Sendtneri_, var. β. St. elongate, flexuoso-erect, interruptedly pinnate;
branches very unequal; l. falcato-secund, ovate-oblong, becoming
lanceolate, not furrowed, with minute decurrent auricles, nerve
vanishing far below apex; cells very narrow vermicular opaque; outer
per. l. squarrose; fr. as in _Sendtneri_.

Bogs, frequent.


                † † Brandies and stems scarcely hooked.

503. H. LYCOPODIOIDES. Neck. St. about 2in. erect, sub-pinnate, rather
rigid; l. falcato-secund, ovate-acuminute, tapering to an acute point,
but not apiculate, concave, entire, nerved nearly to apex, not striate;
caps. oblong cernuous, lid conical.

Bogs and marshes: fr. rare. V.

 var. β. _falcatum._ l. more crowded, more falcate, nerve stronger. Near
           Copgrove, Yorkshire.


                            _b._ Monoicous.

504. H. FLUITANS. Dill. St. 6–12in. erect or floating, pinnate, slender;
branches short deflexed; l. falcato-secund, lanceolate, tapering from an
ovate base, acuminate, slightly serrulate near apex, thinly nerved more
than half way, areolæ enlarged at base; caps. small oblong curved
sub-cernuous, on a very long seta; lid conical, acute.

Marshes, bogs, &c. IV. V.


505. H. REVOLVENS. Swartz. St. 2–4in. erect or procumbent, sub-pinnate;
l. crowded circinnate falcate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, concave,
serrulate near apex, deep red or purplish; nerve stronger, more than
half way; areolæ not enlarged at base; caps. oblong cernuous, on a
shorter seta; lid conical acute.

Bogs and marshes. IV. V.


506. H. UNCINATUM. Hall. St. about 2in. slender, erect or procumbent,
sub-pinnate; l. circinnate secund, very narrow, lanceolate, setaceous
from a broader base, plicate, serrulate, nerved nearly to apex; caps.
cylindrical, curved, cernuous, lid conical.

Sub-alpine walls and rocks. V. VI.

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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