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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

_Sect. III._ St. regularly pinnate, radiculose, tomentose; l. thickly
                   nerved, opaque; caps. sub-arcuate.

507. H. COMMUTATUM. Dill. St. 4in. or more, procumbent; br. about
½in.—both more or less uncinate; radicles brownish; l. circinnate,
secund, tapering to a slender long point from an ovate base, plicate,
twisted when dry, finely serrulate, nerved more than half way, areolæ
narrow; caps. large oblong, lid conical: dioicous.

Wet shady places. IV.


508. H. SULCATUM. Schpr. Loosely cæspitose; st. rigid, without radicles,
sub-pinnate; l. partly broadly elongate-lanceolate, partly sharply
lanceolate from broadly ovate base, all reflexed hamulose; nerve strong.
[Schp. Syn. 699.]

Mountainous places. Ben Lawers, July, 1865 (G. E. Hunt.)


509. H. FALCATUM. Brid. (_H. commutatum_ var. _condensatum_, Bry. Brit.)
St. 2–3in. cæspitose, erect, sparingly branched; l. as in _commutatum_,
but less circinnate and more rigid, undulate, nerved nearly to apex;
capsule small, curved cernuous. [Bry. Eur. VI., 607. Schp. Syn., 613.]

Sub-alpine places and bogs. V. VI.


510. H. FILICINUM. Dill. St. 2–4in. sub-erect, slender, pinnate, with
purplish radicles; l. spreading, falcato-secund, st. l. deltoid-ovate,
tapering; br. l. ovate-lanceolate—all serrulate, scarcely twisted when
dry, nerved to or beyond apex; areolæ oval, rather large, larger
rhomboid and pellucid at base; caps. oblong curved, cernuous, lid
conical acute: dioicous.

Marshes, wet rocks. IV.

 var. β. _vallisclausæ._ Brid. l. sub-secund, nerve very strong and
           excurrent. Ormeshead; Derbyshire.


   _Sect. IV._ St. robust, without radicles, irregularly pinnate; l.
 scariose, shining, strongly rugose; areolæ vermicular above, the rest
    small quadrate; caps. sub-arcuate, lid rostrate, annulus broad.

511. H. RUGOSUM. Dill. St. 2–3in. rigid, erect, densely tufted; br.
recurved; l. crowded, falcato-secund, serrulate and recurved at margin,
lanceolate acuminate from a broad base, rugose at back, nerved more than
half way; caps. sub-cylindrical curved, pale reddish brown; lid large
yellowish, with an oblique beak: dioicous.

Limestone and other rocks; barren in England. Spring (?)


 _Sect. V._ St. creeping, cæspitose, pinnate, l. curved secund, areolæ
 loosely rhomboid; caps. incurved cernuous, compressed below mouth when
                                  dry.

512. H. INCURVATUM. Brid. St. short slender, branches curved upwards; l.
ovate-lanceolate, tapering, all pointing upwards, entire, shortly
two-nerved; caps. small, ovate, horizontal; lid short, conical, acute:
monoicous.

Shady walls and stones. VI. VII.


 _Sect. VI._ St. more or less regularly pinnate; l. falcato-secund, two
  or singly nerved, or nerveless, areolæ narrowly linear, quadrate at
    basal angles; caps. sub-cylindrical incurved; lid large, shortly
                              rostellate.


                            _a._ Monoicous.

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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

_Sect. III._ St. regularly pinnate, radiculose, tomentose; l. thickly
                   nerved, opaque; caps. sub-arcuate.

507. H. COMMUTATUM. Dill. St. 4in. or more, procumbent; br. about
½in.—both more or less uncinate; radicles brownish; l. circinnate,
secund, tapering to a slender long point from an ovate base, plicate,
twisted when dry, finely serrulate, nerved more than half way, areolæ
narrow; caps. large oblong, lid conical: dioicous.

Wet shady places. IV.


508. H. SULCATUM. Schpr. Loosely cæspitose; st. rigid, without radicles,
sub-pinnate; l. partly broadly elongate-lanceolate, partly sharply
lanceolate from broadly ovate base, all reflexed hamulose; nerve strong.
[Schp. Syn. 699.]

Mountainous places. Ben Lawers, July, 1865 (G. E. Hunt.)


509. H. FALCATUM. Brid. (_H. commutatum_ var. _condensatum_, Bry. Brit.)
St. 2–3in. cæspitose, erect, sparingly branched; l. as in _commutatum_,
but less circinnate and more rigid, undulate, nerved nearly to apex;
capsule small, curved cernuous. [Bry. Eur. VI., 607. Schp. Syn., 613.]

Sub-alpine places and bogs. V. VI.


510. H. FILICINUM. Dill. St. 2–4in. sub-erect, slender, pinnate, with
purplish radicles; l. spreading, falcato-secund, st. l. deltoid-ovate,
tapering; br. l. ovate-lanceolate—all serrulate, scarcely twisted when
dry, nerved to or beyond apex; areolæ oval, rather large, larger
rhomboid and pellucid at base; caps. oblong curved, cernuous, lid
conical acute: dioicous.

Marshes, wet rocks. IV.

 var. β. _vallisclausæ._ Brid. l. sub-secund, nerve very strong and
           excurrent. Ormeshead; Derbyshire.


   _Sect. IV._ St. robust, without radicles, irregularly pinnate; l.
 scariose, shining, strongly rugose; areolæ vermicular above, the rest
    small quadrate; caps. sub-arcuate, lid rostrate, annulus broad.

511. H. RUGOSUM. Dill. St. 2–3in. rigid, erect, densely tufted; br.
recurved; l. crowded, falcato-secund, serrulate and recurved at margin,
lanceolate acuminate from a broad base, rugose at back, nerved more than
half way; caps. sub-cylindrical curved, pale reddish brown; lid large
yellowish, with an oblique beak: dioicous.

Limestone and other rocks; barren in England. Spring (?)


 _Sect. V._ St. creeping, cæspitose, pinnate, l. curved secund, areolæ
 loosely rhomboid; caps. incurved cernuous, compressed below mouth when
                                  dry.

512. H. INCURVATUM. Brid. St. short slender, branches curved upwards; l.
ovate-lanceolate, tapering, all pointing upwards, entire, shortly
two-nerved; caps. small, ovate, horizontal; lid short, conical, acute:
monoicous.

Shady walls and stones. VI. VII.


 _Sect. VI._ St. more or less regularly pinnate; l. falcato-secund, two
  or singly nerved, or nerveless, areolæ narrowly linear, quadrate at
    basal angles; caps. sub-cylindrical incurved; lid large, shortly
                              rostellate.


                            _a._ Monoicous.

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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