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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

513. H. BREADALBANENSE. Buchanan White. “St. procumbent or sub-erect,
covered with villi; vaguely pinnate; l. secund ovate-lanceolate concave,
nerve strong single, reaching about half way, margin of base slightly
recurved; sub-denticulate.”

Breadalbane Mts. and Ben Lawers 1865 (Dr. F. B. White). Fruit not known.


514. H. HAMULOSUM. Frölich (?) St. 1in. or more, procumbent pinnate; br.
hooked at apex; l. circinnate-secund, much curved, tapering into a long
slender sub-serrulate point from an ovate-lanceolate base, nerveless;
caps. sub-cylindrical curved, tapering at base, lid conical pointed:

Alpine grassy declivities. Summer.

 var. β. _micranthum._ smaller, l. shorter pointed, and faintly
           two-nerved; caps. more oval, with an obtuse lid. Ben Lawers,
           &c.


                             _b._ Dioicous.

515. H. RUPESTRE. Buchanan White. St. procumbent, covered with very
short villi, irregularly pinnate; l. strongly falcato-secund, lanceolate
acuminate from a wide base, much curved; obscurely two-nerved, margin
plane, scarcely denticulate.

Ben Lawers, August, 1865.

                                                            Fr. unknown.

516. H. BAMBERGERI. B. & S. Rather small dense tufts, yellowish green
above, passing to yellow-fuscous at base; st. without radicles or villi,
sub-pinnate, br. few fastigiate; l. densely crowded secund, strongly
circinnate, ovate-lanceolate elongate, entire, with a long point,
faintly two-nerved, one usually larger than the other; alar cells few,
rather obscure, yellow, upper linear elongate; fr. not known.

Near summit of Ben Lawers, July, 1867 (Dr. Fraser).


517. H. IMPONENS. Hedw. Cæspitose, sub-pinnate, l. imbricate, circinnate
secund, filiform from a broad ovate-oblong base, margin reflexed below,
and minutely serrate, obsoletely two-nerved; br. l. much narrower, and
at apex of br. convolute, and hamato-incurved; per. l. nerveless
filiform flexuose apiculate; caps. sub-erect cylindrical incurved; lid
convexo-conical, acutely pointed yellowish, annulus broad. [Bry. Eur.
VI., 597. Schp. Syn. 625.]

Woods and stony ground. Autumn.

Reigate Heath (Mr. Mitten), 1864.


518. H. CUPRESSIFORME. Dill. St. about 1in. procumbent; l.
falcato-secund, pointing downwards, sharply acuminate from an
ovate-lanceolate base, slightly serrulate, nerveless or faintly
two-nerved; per. l. erect, almost piliferous; caps. sub-cylindrical
cernuous, curved, lid conical, cuspidate.

Walls, rocks, trunks of trees, &c. XI. XII.

 var. β. _compressum._ st. slender pinnate, reddish, with compressed
           foliage; l. pale green, serrulate at apex; seta long slender;
           caps. short, elliptic oblong.

      γ. _minus._ pinnate; br. slender: l. narrow, falcate serrulate,
           margin recurved, caps. small erect. Trunks of trees.

      δ. _filiforme._ br. prostrate, filiform, slender; l. falcate,
           serrulate; caps. short; lid with a shorter point. Rocks.
           Killarney, &c.

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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

513. H. BREADALBANENSE. Buchanan White. “St. procumbent or sub-erect,
covered with villi; vaguely pinnate; l. secund ovate-lanceolate concave,
nerve strong single, reaching about half way, margin of base slightly
recurved; sub-denticulate.”

Breadalbane Mts. and Ben Lawers 1865 (Dr. F. B. White). Fruit not known.


514. H. HAMULOSUM. Frölich (?) St. 1in. or more, procumbent pinnate; br.
hooked at apex; l. circinnate-secund, much curved, tapering into a long
slender sub-serrulate point from an ovate-lanceolate base, nerveless;
caps. sub-cylindrical curved, tapering at base, lid conical pointed:

Alpine grassy declivities. Summer.

 var. β. _micranthum._ smaller, l. shorter pointed, and faintly
           two-nerved; caps. more oval, with an obtuse lid. Ben Lawers,
           &c.


                             _b._ Dioicous.

515. H. RUPESTRE. Buchanan White. St. procumbent, covered with very
short villi, irregularly pinnate; l. strongly falcato-secund, lanceolate
acuminate from a wide base, much curved; obscurely two-nerved, margin
plane, scarcely denticulate.

Ben Lawers, August, 1865.

                                                            Fr. unknown.

516. H. BAMBERGERI. B. & S. Rather small dense tufts, yellowish green
above, passing to yellow-fuscous at base; st. without radicles or villi,
sub-pinnate, br. few fastigiate; l. densely crowded secund, strongly
circinnate, ovate-lanceolate elongate, entire, with a long point,
faintly two-nerved, one usually larger than the other; alar cells few,
rather obscure, yellow, upper linear elongate; fr. not known.

Near summit of Ben Lawers, July, 1867 (Dr. Fraser).


517. H. IMPONENS. Hedw. Cæspitose, sub-pinnate, l. imbricate, circinnate
secund, filiform from a broad ovate-oblong base, margin reflexed below,
and minutely serrate, obsoletely two-nerved; br. l. much narrower, and
at apex of br. convolute, and hamato-incurved; per. l. nerveless
filiform flexuose apiculate; caps. sub-erect cylindrical incurved; lid
convexo-conical, acutely pointed yellowish, annulus broad. [Bry. Eur.
VI., 597. Schp. Syn. 625.]

Woods and stony ground. Autumn.

Reigate Heath (Mr. Mitten), 1864.


518. H. CUPRESSIFORME. Dill. St. about 1in. procumbent; l.
falcato-secund, pointing downwards, sharply acuminate from an
ovate-lanceolate base, slightly serrulate, nerveless or faintly
two-nerved; per. l. erect, almost piliferous; caps. sub-cylindrical
cernuous, curved, lid conical, cuspidate.

Walls, rocks, trunks of trees, &c. XI. XII.

 var. β. _compressum._ st. slender pinnate, reddish, with compressed
           foliage; l. pale green, serrulate at apex; seta long slender;
           caps. short, elliptic oblong.

      γ. _minus._ pinnate; br. slender: l. narrow, falcate serrulate,
           margin recurved, caps. small erect. Trunks of trees.

      δ. _filiforme._ br. prostrate, filiform, slender; l. falcate,
           serrulate; caps. short; lid with a shorter point. Rocks.
           Killarney, &c.

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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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