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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

549. N. PUMILA. Huds. St. 1–2in. sub-pinnate, with slender flagellæ and
short complanate branches; l. complanate undulate, ovate-oblong,
tapering, apiculate or acuminate, somewhat concave, serrulate, margin
recurved, shortly two-nerved or nerveless; caps. elliptical, erect, on a
very short seta; lid with a short beak: dioicous.

Trunks of trees and rocks. X. XI.


550. N. PHILIPPEANA. Schp. Primary stem creeping densely pinnate,
secondary ascending remotely pinnate; l. densely imbricate, complanate,
strongly and elegantly undulate, ovate-lanceolate, sharply narrowed into
a longer or shorter flexuose apiculus, nerveless; areolæ small linear.
[Bry. Eur. V. 445. Schp. Syn. 471.] Possibly only a variety of _N.
pumila_.

Bark of a young ash tree, Valley of Hirnant, Bala, N. Wales (Rev. H. H.
Higgins), July, 1872, barren; Scotland.


551. N. PENNATA. Hall. St. 2in. pinnate, with complanate longer
branches; l. complanate undulate, ovate-lanceolate, tapering to a
slightly serrulate point, otherwise entire, nerveless, or sometimes
shortly and faintly two-nerved; caps. oblong or oval immersed, lid with
a short oblique beak: monoicous.

Trunks of trees, rare. Spring.


                          86. HOOKERIA. SMITH.

552. H. LUCENS. Dill. St. 1–3in. procumbent, with irregular complanate
branches; l. complanate, large roundish ovate, obtuse, entire,
nerveless; areolæ large, hexagonal, pellucid; caps. roundish elliptical,
almost pendulous; lid conical, suddenly tapering into a long straight
beak: monoicous.

Moist banks, stones in streams, &c. XI. XII.


553. H. LÆTEVIRENS. H. & T. St. shorter and more slender, procumbent,
sub-pinnate; l. complanate, loosely imbricate, smaller, ovate, suddenly
and shortly acuminate, with a thickened border; doubly nerved above half
way, serrulate at apex; areolæ smaller, hexagonal; caps. smaller,
drooping, roundish, elliptical; lid as above: monoicous.

Caves, wet rocks, and by rivulets. XI. XII.


                     87. DALTONIA. HOOKER & TAYLOR.

554. D. SPLACHNOIDES. H. & T. St. ¼in. tufted, erect, br. fastigiate; l.
crowded, sub-erect, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, slightly keeled,
entire, nerve vanishing below apex; per. l. small ovate; caps. small
oval-oblong, sub-erect, lid large, with a long straight beak.

Sub-alpine moist shady rocks and trees, rare. X. XI.


                           88. CRYPHÆA. MOHR.

555. C. HETEROMALLA. Dill. St. 1in. decumbent, sparingly branched,
sub-pinnate; l. spreading, imbricate, slightly recurved, broadly ovate,
pointed, concave, thickly nerved nearly to apex; per. l. elliptic, with
an excurrent nerve; caps. oblong immersed, appearing secund; lid
conical, pointed: synoicous.

Trunks of trees.

 var. β. _aquatilis._ st. elongate, l. roundish ovate obtuse; stones in
           running streams, or trees.


                         89. FONTINALIS. DILL.

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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

549. N. PUMILA. Huds. St. 1–2in. sub-pinnate, with slender flagellæ and
short complanate branches; l. complanate undulate, ovate-oblong,
tapering, apiculate or acuminate, somewhat concave, serrulate, margin
recurved, shortly two-nerved or nerveless; caps. elliptical, erect, on a
very short seta; lid with a short beak: dioicous.

Trunks of trees and rocks. X. XI.


550. N. PHILIPPEANA. Schp. Primary stem creeping densely pinnate,
secondary ascending remotely pinnate; l. densely imbricate, complanate,
strongly and elegantly undulate, ovate-lanceolate, sharply narrowed into
a longer or shorter flexuose apiculus, nerveless; areolæ small linear.
[Bry. Eur. V. 445. Schp. Syn. 471.] Possibly only a variety of _N.
pumila_.

Bark of a young ash tree, Valley of Hirnant, Bala, N. Wales (Rev. H. H.
Higgins), July, 1872, barren; Scotland.


551. N. PENNATA. Hall. St. 2in. pinnate, with complanate longer
branches; l. complanate undulate, ovate-lanceolate, tapering to a
slightly serrulate point, otherwise entire, nerveless, or sometimes
shortly and faintly two-nerved; caps. oblong or oval immersed, lid with
a short oblique beak: monoicous.

Trunks of trees, rare. Spring.


                          86. HOOKERIA. SMITH.

552. H. LUCENS. Dill. St. 1–3in. procumbent, with irregular complanate
branches; l. complanate, large roundish ovate, obtuse, entire,
nerveless; areolæ large, hexagonal, pellucid; caps. roundish elliptical,
almost pendulous; lid conical, suddenly tapering into a long straight
beak: monoicous.

Moist banks, stones in streams, &c. XI. XII.


553. H. LÆTEVIRENS. H. & T. St. shorter and more slender, procumbent,
sub-pinnate; l. complanate, loosely imbricate, smaller, ovate, suddenly
and shortly acuminate, with a thickened border; doubly nerved above half
way, serrulate at apex; areolæ smaller, hexagonal; caps. smaller,
drooping, roundish, elliptical; lid as above: monoicous.

Caves, wet rocks, and by rivulets. XI. XII.


                     87. DALTONIA. HOOKER & TAYLOR.

554. D. SPLACHNOIDES. H. & T. St. ¼in. tufted, erect, br. fastigiate; l.
crowded, sub-erect, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, slightly keeled,
entire, nerve vanishing below apex; per. l. small ovate; caps. small
oval-oblong, sub-erect, lid large, with a long straight beak.

Sub-alpine moist shady rocks and trees, rare. X. XI.


                           88. CRYPHÆA. MOHR.

555. C. HETEROMALLA. Dill. St. 1in. decumbent, sparingly branched,
sub-pinnate; l. spreading, imbricate, slightly recurved, broadly ovate,
pointed, concave, thickly nerved nearly to apex; per. l. elliptic, with
an excurrent nerve; caps. oblong immersed, appearing secund; lid
conical, pointed: synoicous.

Trunks of trees.

 var. β. _aquatilis._ st. elongate, l. roundish ovate obtuse; stones in
           running streams, or trees.


                         89. FONTINALIS. DILL.

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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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