Ben Lawers; Cairngorm, &c.
280. P. GRACILE. Menzies. St. about ½in. densely tufted; l. lanceolate
from a broad sheathing base, serrate, with prominent lamellæ on upper
surface; caps. ovate, obscurely four, five, six-angled; lid
conico-rostrate; calyp. small.
Turbaries, &c., frequent. VI.
281. P. FORMOSUM. Hedw. St. 3–6in. loosely tufted; l. spreading
linear-lanceolate from a broad sheathing base, acute, serrate,
lamellate; caps. four, five, six-angled, fawn-coloured; lid long
conical; calyp. large.
Woods. VI.
var. β. _pallidisetum._ st. and l. shorter; caps. narrower, on a short
pale seta.
B. Caps. four-angled; apoph. very distinct.
282. P. COMMUNE. L. St. 6 or 8in. simple; l. spreading reflexed,
linear-lanceolate, sheathing, whitish and membranous at base, serrate on
margin and back; nerve broad; per. l. with long wavy hair points; caps.
short, upright, afterwards cernuous, on a very long seta; lid variable
in size; calyp. large reddish.
Tufty and marshy places. VI.
var. β. _perigoniale._ smaller; outer per. l. longer; dry heaths.
γ. _minus._ st. short; l. shorter, less spreading; per. l. less
striking; calyp., caps., and seta smaller: dry heaths.
γ. β. _fastigiatum._ st. branched fastigiate; l. as in var. γ. Very
dry heaths.
283. P. JUNIPERUM. Hedw. St. 1–6in.; l. reflexed, spreading,
linear-lanceolate, almost bristle-pointed, margin entire, except a few
teeth at apex, much inflexed from middle upwards, somewhat spinulose at
back; caps. roughish, horizontal when dry, on a seta 2in. or more long;
calyp. large.
Heaths. V. VI.
284. P. STRICTUM. Menzies. (_P. juniperum._ β. _strictum_, Bry. Brit.)
“St. more slender, densely matted, branched, closely interwoven with
whitish tomentum; l. straight, erecto-patent, imbricate when dry,
shorter and narrower, pale glaucous green; caps. shorter cuboid, acutely
angled, rufous orange; calyp. brownish or white.” [Dr. Braithwaite,
Jour. of Bot., VIII., 225.]
Mountain moors, common.
285. P. PILIFERUM. Schreb. St. about 1in. simple; l. lower short
appressed, upper much longer, lanceolate, prolonged into roughish hair
points, margins entire inflexed; caps. faintly angular, almost ovate, on
a short seta; calyp. long, reddish.
Dry heaths. V. VI.
46. TIMMIA. HEDW.
286. T. AUSTRIACA. Hedw. St. 2–3in.; l. linear-lanceolate from a reddish
brown sheathing dilated base, margins strongly serrate; caps. ovate
pyriform, inclined, striate when dry, on a seta 2in. long; lid rounded
mammillate; per. teeth inner smooth entire.
Rocks, very rare. Forfarshire. Summer.
287. T. MEGAPOLITANA. Hedw. St. loosely cæspitose, brownish below; l.
from a whitish sheathing base, spreading and recurved, linear-lanceolate
concave opaque serrate, cirrhate when dry; per. l. internal
ovate-lanceolate thinner; caps. oblong horizontal, somewhat striate when
dry; lid convex, not apiculate; per. teeth internal with numerous
appendiculate cilia. [Schp. Syn., 431.]
Ben Lawers, 1866 (Dr. Stirton). Summer.
47. AULACOMNION. SCHW.
288. A. PALUSTRE. Schw. St. 2–4in. branched, beset with reddish
radicles; l. oblong-lanceolate, denticulate at apex, flexuose undulate,
crisped when dry, papillose on both sides; caps. ovate-oblong, gibbous,
cernuous, curved; lid conical, with a blunt beak; barren fl. discoid:
dioicous.
Turfy bogs and marshes. V. VI.
var. β. _imbricatum._ “l. broader imbricate, entire, not twisted when
dry.”
γ. _fasciculare._ st. with many short innovations and fasciculate
leaves; ramuli flagelliform from axils of fl. leaves.
δ. _polycephalum._ “st. decumbent branched; pseudopodia elongated
numerous.”
289. A. ANDROGYNUM. Schw. St. less than 1in., nearly simple; l. lower
lanceolate, upper longer, all denticulate at apex, not flexuose nor
crisped when dry, papillose, margin recurved; caps. almost cylindrical,
gibbous, inclined, furrowed; lid short, conical; pseudopodia numerous;
barren fl. gemmiform.
Dry shady woods and banks. V. VI.
48. ORTHODONTIUM. SCHW.
290. O. GRACILE. Schw. St. ½in. slender, tufted; l. long linear
setaceous, carinate, flexuose, entire, faintly nerved nearly to apex;
caps. obovate-clavate, gradually tapering at base into the seta,
inclined; lid long, beaked; calyp. very small.
Sandstone rocks. Yorkshire and Cheshire. III.
49. LEPTOBRYUM. WILS.
291. L. PYRIFORME. Wils. St. scarcely ½in.; l. lower lanceolate entire,
upper linear-setaceous, flexuose, serrate at summit, nerve sometimes
reaching apex; caps. pyriform pendulous, on a slender flexuose seta; lid
convex mammillate.
Rocks. Cheshire. V. VI.
50. BRYUM. H. & T.
Synopsis specierum.
I. L. erect narrow; not nerved to apex (except No. 1).
A. Caps. narrow, inclined.
_a._ monoicous.
1. acuminatum.
2. polymorphum.
3. elongatum.
_b._ synoicous or dioicous.
4. crudum.
B. Caps, pyriform pendulous.
_a._ monoicous or synoicous.
5. nutans.
_b._ dioicous.
6. annotinum.
7. carneum.
II. L. ovate, not nerved to apex.
_a._ dioicous.
8. Wahlenbergii.
9. Ludwigii.
_b._ monoicous.
10. Marrattii.
11. calophyllum.
III. L. mostly ovate, nerved to apex.
A. synoicous or monoicous.
12. lacustre.
13. Warneum.
B. dioicous.
14. pseudotriquetrum.
15. neodamense.
16. alpinum.
17. Muhlenbeckii.
18. turbinatum.
19. latifolium.
20. Duvalii.
21. pallens.
22. barbatum.
IV. L. ovate, nerve excurrent.
A. monoicous.
23. uliginosum.
24. pallescens.
25. Sauteri.
B. synoicous.
_a._ inner perist. imperfect.
26. cernuum.
27. inclinatum.
_b._ inner perist. perfect.
28. intermedium.
29. bimum.
30. torquescens.
C. dioicous.
31. obconicum.
32. capillare.
33. Donianum.
34. Billarderii.
35. cæspiticium.
36. murale.
37. sanguineum.
38. atropurpureum.
39. apiculatum.
V. L. very concave, imbricate, nerve mostly ceasing below apex,
dioicous.
A. caps. symmetrical.
40. julaceum.
41. argenteum.
42. Funkii.
B. mouth of caps. oblique.
43. Zierii.
44. demissum.
VI. L. broad roundish bordered.
45. Tozeri.
VII. L. very large, in a terminal rosaceous tuft.
46. roseum.
SECT. I.
292. (1) B. ACUMINATUM. B. & S. St. ½–1in., simple or branched; l.
rigid, lower ovate-lanceolate, upper linear-lanceolate larger, margins
recurved, nerved to serrulate apex, sometimes secund; caps. almost
horizontal, narrowly clavate, tapering at base; lid sharply conical.
(There are many varieties.)
Crevices of rocks and mountainous districts. VIII.
293. (2) B. POLYMORPHUM. B. & S. St. ¼–½in., seldom branched; l. lower
ovate-lanceolate, small, scattered, upper oblong-lanceolate longer,
crowded, apex in all serrate; caps. oblong-pyriform horizontal or
drooping, with a short neck; lid mammillate. (Many varieties.)
Scotch and Welsh mountains. Summer.
294. (3) B. ELONGATUM. Dicks. St. ¼–1in., one innovation from floral
apex; l. lower ovate-lanceolate scattered, upper longer
linear-lanceolate, all serrate at apex; caps. very long and slender,
clavate, with a long distinct neck, inclined, upright when dry; lid
convex beaked; inner perist. with cilia.
Rocks and walls in mountainous districts. VIII.
295. (4) B. CRUDUM. Schreb. St. 1–2in. cæspitose, radiculose below; l.
lower ovate-lanceolate, with plane margins and reddish nerve, upper
gradually passing upwards into linear-lanceolate, with serrate apex;
caps. oval-pyriform, from sub-erect to horizontal or even pendulous; lid
convex apiculate; inner perist. with cilia. The leaves are generally
shining and transparent.
Mountainous banks and rocks. VII.
296. (5) B. NUTANS. Schr. St. ¼–2in. with innovations; l. spreading,
with margins reflexed below, lower ovate-lanceolate entire, upper
linear-lanceolate serrulate at apex; caps. pyriform or elliptical, with
a short neck; lid small mammillate; inner perist. with cilia: synoicous.
Sandy heaths, &c.
(Four var. are given in Bry. Europ.)
297. (6) B. ANNOTINUM. Hed. St. ½–1in. cæspitose; l. lower lanceolate
erecto-patent entire, upper longer, serrulate at apex, margins reflexed
below; caps. narrow pyriform, with a long tapering neck; lid conical
pointed; barren fl. terminal; inner perist. with cilia; annulus distinct
compound.
Sandy banks and quarries. V. VI.
298. (7) B. CARNEUM. L. St. ¼in. cæspitose, reddish; l. lower
ovate-lanceolate, upper narrower, all serrate at apex, and loosely
reticulate, margin not reflexed; nerve reddish; caps. ovate-oblong or
shortly pyriform on a thick succulent reddish seta, sharply curved at
summit; lid convex, shortly pointed; annulus none; perist. large,
dark-coloured when dry.
Moist clay banks. IV.
SECT. II.
299. (8) B. WAHLENBERGII. Schw. St. ½–1in. reddish cæspitose; l. lower
ovate-acuminate, upper lanceolate, all serrate at apex, margins scarcely
reflexed, areolæ loose; caps. broadly pyriform, with a short neck, and
wide-mouthed when dry, sub-pendulous; annulus none or imperfect; per.
teeth large, inner with cilia; lid small conical.
Wet banks and rocks. V.
300. (9) B. LUDWIGII. Spreng. St. about 1in. decumbent and blackish
below; l. lower ovate, passing upwards into ovate-lanceolate and
lanceolate, serrulate at apex, margins reflexed below; caps. obovate
pyriform, sub-pendulous on a reddish slender seta 1in. long; lid
conical, somewhat obtuse; inner perist. with cilia.
Scotch and Welsh mountains. IX.
var. β. _gracilis._ Goat Fell; Ben Lawers, Ben Lomond; Snowdon.
301. (10) B. MARRATTII. St. about ¼in. gregarious; l. broadly
elliptical, blunt-pointed entire; per. l. narrower and longer; caps.
small turbinate almost globose, tapering at neck into the slender seta,
from which it is pendulous; lid bluntly beaked; perist. outer red, inner
imperfect, adhering to outer.
Southport, 1854. IX.
302. (11) E. CALOPHYLLUM. R. Br. St. about ¼in. reddish gregarious; l.
broadly elliptical or ovate, sharply pointed, concave, entire, almost
nerved to apex; caps. oval-oblong, neck not tapering, pendulous; lid
small conical, slightly pointed; per. teeth outer brownish, inner free,
mostly without cilia.
Southport, with the last. IX.
SECT. III.
303. (12) B. LACUSTRE. Brid. St. ¼in. cæspitose; l. lower
ovate-apiculate, upper ovate-lanceolate, all entire, very concave,
margins recurved; per. l. narrower; caps. roundish pyriform, with a
tapering neck, slightly pendulous; lid small pointed; annulus present;
inner perist. partially adherent, sometimes with cilia; synoicous.
Moist sandy places. Yarmouth; Suffolk. V. VI.
304. (13) B. WARNEUM. Bland. St. about ¼in. tufted; branched; l.
ovate-acuminate, scarcely concave, serrate at apex, margins recurved;
caps. obovate pyriform pendulous, bordered at mouth when dry; lid small
convex pointed; inner perist. with cilia: monoicous or synoicous.
Muddy places. Scotland, Southport. VIII. IX.
305. (14) B. PSEUDOTRIQUETRUM. Schw. St. 1–3in, branched, erect; l.
lower ovate-lanceolate, upper narrower and longer concave, all bordered,
margins recurved, occasionally serrulate at apex, and slightly
decurrent; nerve sometimes excurrent; caps. sub-cylindrical, pendulous;
lid small mammillate.
Wet mountainous rocks. S. W. VII.
306. (15) B. NEODAMENSE. Itzig. Regensb. Fl. 1841, I. (p. 360.) St.
slender, cæspitose and tomentose elongate, reddish and almost naked
below, leafy above; l. lower roundish oblong obtuse, apex and margins
involute; upper crowded, shortly oblong, inflated at base, margins
revolute below, all cucullate; caps. oblong-pyriform pendulous, on a
long seta.
Southport Sands, where liable to inundation.
307. (16) B. ALPINUM. L. St. ½–2in. cæspitose simple; l. imbricate
lanceolate, margins recurved, serrulate at apex; caps. oblong-pyriform
pendulous, deep red, on a bent and arcuate seta, lid mammillate; whole
plant reddish and shining.
Sub-alpine moist rocks, fr. rare. VI.
308. (17) B. MUHLENBECKII. B. & S. St. ½in. or more; tufted, branched,
radiculose; l. almost elliptical, blunt-pointed, conical, almost
cucullate at apex, margin reflexed; nerved almost to apex; caps. oblong
tapering, pendulous, reddish brown; lid convex pointed.
Scotch mountains (Dr. C. Smith and Dr. Stirton).
309. (18) B. TURBINATUM. Hedw. St. ½–3in. sometimes branched; l. lower
ovate-lanceolate, upper longer and narrower, concave, margins not
recurved; nerve not always reaching apex; caps. globoso-pyriform
pendulous, when dry contracted at mouth, reddish brown; lid convex
pointed.
Manchester; Fakenham; Norfolk. VI. VII.
var. β. _prælongum._ st. elongate, l. pale green, caps. ventricose
larger.
310. (19) B. LATIFOLIUM. Schl. (_B. turbinatum_, var. γ, Bry. Brit.) St.
elongate, decumbent at base; l. imbricate, broadly oblong acuminate,
very concave, shining, serrulate at apex, margined, nerve excurrent;
caps. longer than the last, on a long seta, geniculate at base. [Schp.
Syn., 380. Bry. Eur., IV., t. 372.]
Boggy places. VI.—VIII.
Ben More; Shetland (McKinlay).
311. (20) B. DUVALII. Voigt. St. tufted, decumbent when old, elongate,
branched; l. patulous, remote, broadly ovate-lanceolate, decurrent,
cirrhate when dry, scarcely nerved to apex; per. l. inner lanceolate
erect; caps. obovate-oblong regular pendulous from a long slender seta,
contracted at mouth when dry; lid mammillate. [Bry. Eur., IV., t. 371.]
Boggy places. VIII. IX.
Glen Lyon, Ben Lawers, Hartfell, Helvellyn.
312. (21) B. PALLENS. Swartz. St. ¼–1in. branched; l. reddish, remote
patulous ovate-lanceolate, slightly decurrent, keeled, serrulate at
apex, margins thickened and recurved, nerve almost excurrent; caps.
oblong pyriform, with a long tapering neck, pendulous, mouth small, but
not contracted; lid small convex, pointed.
Near springs and ditches. VI.
var. β. _microstomum._ “caps, regular, sub-clavate, mouth smaller.”
313. (22) B. BARBATUM. Wils. MS. St. about 1in. branched, slender, red,
and copiously beset with reddish brown radicles from base to summit; l.
sub-erect, ovate, rather suddenly tapering into a longish sparsely
toothed subula, uppermost broader, more shortly pointed, spreading, all
concave, strongly nerved, margins plane, not recurved; areolæ very lax
and transparent. The only specimen I have bears no fruit.
Ben Ledi (Dr. Stirton).
SECT. IV.
314. (23) B. ULIGINOSUM. B. & S., St. ½–1in. cæspitose, branched; l.
green oval-lanceolate, tapering at both ends, margin reflexed below,
excurrent nerve toothed; caps. clavate unequal pendulous, tapering into
the long curved seta; mouth oblique; lid convex pointed.
Wet places near streams. VIII.
315. (24) B. PALLESCENS. Schw. St. 1–2in. branched, cæspitose, with
purplish radicles below; l. ovate-lanceolate, margin reflexed, generally
serrate at apex; upper with nerve scarcely excurrent, lower reddish;
caps. pyriform, pendulous, tapering, contracted at mouth when dry; lid
conical pointed; inner perist. with cilia.
Rocks and walls. VII. VIII.
var. β. _boreale._ caps. smaller, sub-erect.
γ. _contextum._ st. long, much branched; caps. ventricose,
shorter, sub-pendulous.
δ. _subrotundum._ stem and l. smaller; caps. almost globose; seta
curved.
316. (25) B. SAUTERI. B. & S. St. cæspitose, much branched; l.
erecto-patent, ovate-acuminate or oblong-lanceolate, elongated, very
concave, margins plane, nerve thick excurrent into a mucro; wings at
base with hyaline cells; per. l. narrower; caps. slightly incurved,
pendulous solid sanguineous; lid shortly conical. [Müller, Syn. I.,
280.]
Teesdale (Spruce); Scotland (Mitten).
317. (26) B. CERNUUM. Hedw. St. ½–1½in; tufted, branched, very
radiculose; l. ovate-acuminate concave, nerve much excurrent, sometimes
serrulate at apex, margins recurved; caps. oblong-oval or pyriform,
mouth small, neck not tapering, pendulous; lid small conical; inner
perist. adherent to outer; annulus large.
Walls and rocks. V.
318. (27) B. INCLINATUM. B. & S. St. short, tufted branched; l.
ovate-lanceolate, entire, acuminate; caps. almost elliptical or
pyriform, with a small mouth; lid conical, sharply pointed; perist.
inner generally without cilia, and free.
Walls, banks, and decayed trees. V.
319. (28) B. INTERMEDIUM. Brid. St. about ½in. tufted, branched; l.
imbricate, somewhat spreading ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, point
sometimes toothed, margins recurved; caps. pyriform narrow
sub-pendulous, tapering into a longish neck; lid conical pointed; inner
perist. with cilia.
Walls and rocks, frequent. VI.—XII.
320. (29) B. BIMUM. Schreb. St. ½–1in. tufted, sometimes branched, with
purplish radicles; l. ovate-lanceolate, shortly apiculate, occasionally
serrate at apex, margins recurved; caps. oblong-pyriform, tapering at
neck, pendulous, constricted at mouth when dry; lid large convex
apiculate.
Wet and boggy places. VI. VII.
var. β. _cuspidatum._ l. with long bushy points, margined. Walls, &c.
321. (30) B. TORQUESCENS. B. & S. St. ¼–1in. tufted, radiculose; l.
lower ovate-lanceolate, upper ovate, all shortly pointed, entire, margin
recurved, slightly twisted when dry; caps. large obconical or clavate,
sub-pendulous, neck tapering; lid pointed.
Rocks and walls; rare. VI. VII.
322. (31) B. OBCONICUM. Hornsch. St. short tufted, branched; l.
oblong-ovate pointed, concave, entire, margin recurved, not twisted when
dry; caps. obconical, pendulous; neck long tapering; lid convex
apiculate.
Walls. Barnard Castle, 1843 (Spruce). VI. VII.
323. (32) B. CAPILLARE. Hed. St. ¼–1in. tufted; l. lower ovate-oblong,
upper obovate-oblong, all with longish slender points, concave, much
contorted when dry, margin bordered with smaller cellules, reflexed,
sometimes serrulate at apex; caps. sub-clavate or obovate, tapering,
pendulous, only slightly constricted at mouth when dry; lid pointed.
Walls, rocks, trees, &c., frequent. VI.
var. β. _majus._ st. longer, l. broader, and with a wider margin, caps.
larger and thicker. (Wilson says this is the most frequent
English form.) On walls.
γ. _minus._ l. concave imbricate; caps. smaller.
δ. _flaccidum._ l. lower, purplish, flaccid, not contorted when
dry, distinctly serrate at apex.
324. (33) B. DONIANUM. Grev. St. shorter than last, branched; l.
ovate-oblong, slightly pointed, not contorted, but slightly twisted when
dry, margin thickened, serrulate at apex; caps. long clavate,
constricted at mouth when dry, sub-pendulous, lid pointed.
Sandy banks and rocks, rare. Warrington (Wilson); Hurst-pier-point
(Mitten); Winchelsea (Jenner).
325. (34) B. BILLARDERII. Schw. St. ½–1in. branched, radiculose; l.
crowded in tufts at top of branches and stems, ovate-oblong, serrate and
recurved at apex, apiculate, margins recurved below; caps. pyriform,
broadest below the middle, tapering at neck, pendulous; lid conical
pointed.
Hurst-pier-point, on old ant-hills; barren. Summer.
326. (35) B. CÆSPITICIUM. L. St. ¼–1in. tufted, branched; l.
ovate-lanceolate, pointed, generally serrulate at apex, margin recurved
but not thickened, erect when dry, upper ones largest; caps.
oblong-obovate, pendulous, slightly constricted when dry; lid large
mammillate.
Walls, rocks, roofs, &c.
327. (36) B. MURALE. Wils. St. ¼in. tufted, branched; l.
ovate-lanceolate, concave, shortly pointed, margins plane; loosely
imbricate; caps. oblong-pyriform pendulous, deep purple or almost black
when ripe; neck tapering; lid large mammillate.
Mortar of old walls. V. VI.
Marple, Killarney, N. Wales, Oxford, 1863 (H. Boswell).
328. (37) B. SANGUINEUM. Ludwig. St. ¼in.; l. distant, ovate-lanceolate
pointed, generally serrulate at apex, margins scarcely recurved; caps.
oblong or pyriform pendulous, blood-red when ripe; lid pointed.
Heathy ground and walls., VI. VII.
var. β. _radiculosum._ caps. obconical, seta geniculate at base.
329. (38) B. ERYTHROCARPON. Brid. _non_ Schw. (_B. atropurpureum._ W. &
M.) St. ¼–½in. branched; l. erecto-patent, ovate concave, pointed,
margin reflexed, entire, lower often reddish; caps. oval or oblong, neck
not tapering, pendulous, dark red or purplish when ripe; lid conical
pointed.
Banks and walls. V.
330. (39) B. APICULATUM (?) Schw. (There seems some doubt as to what the
barren form found on the Slemish mountains is; I give Wilson’s
description from Bry. Brit., p. 245.) “L. erecto-patent when dry,
elliptic-lanceolate, concave, nerved to apex.”
SECT. V.
331. (40) B. JULACEUM. Sm. St. 1–3in. tufted, with long filiform
branches; l. ovate or ovate-elliptical, larger above, concave entire,
margin not recurved, not nerved to apex; caps. oblong-obovate or
pyriform, pendulous; lid small, convex, pointed.
Alpine and sub-alpine wet rocks. VIII. IX.
var. β. _concinnatum._ st. shorter, nerve excurrent into a recurved
point. Near Kennare (Dr. Taylor); Teesdale (Spruce); Ochills
(Lyle).
332. (41) B. ARGENTEUM. L. St. ¼–½in. tufted; in silvery white patches;
l. lower ovate, upper ovate-lanceolate, all entire except at apex, nerve
not reaching pointed tapering apex; margins not recurved; areolæ very
lax; caps. oval-oblong, reddish purple, pendulous, neck not tapering;
lid faintly pointed.
Roofs, walls, ground, &c. X. VI.
var. β. _majus._ st. longer, l. greenish, without points.
γ. _lanatum._ smaller, l. with long points, without chlorophyll,
silvery white. Largo, Scotland (C. Howie).
333. (42) B. FUNKII. Schw. Gregarious; st. branched, branches julaceous;
l. crowded at summit of branches; st. and br. leaves ovate,
cochleariform, nerve excurrent into a short point; comal leaves
ovate-oblong acuminate, shortly cuspidate: areolæ lax; caps. obovate or
globoso-pyriform, inclined on a flexuous seta.
Walls, &c. Sandy shore, Southport (Wilson). V. VI.
334. (43) B. ZIERII. Dicks. Silvery reddish tufts, st. ½–1in., branches
julaceous; l. roundish ovate-acuminate, entire, margins not recurved,
not nerved to apex; areolæ lax; caps. large clavate-pyriform, gibbous,
with a long slender tapering neck, incurved cernuous; lid small,
conical, acute; inner perist. longest, with imperfect cilia.
Crevices of mountainous rocks. E. S. I. X. XI.
335. (44) B. DEMISSUM. Hook. St. ¼in. tufted; l. ovate-acuminate, erect
when dry, margin recurved, nerve generally excurrent; per. l.
lanceolate, with longer points; areolæ lax; caps. clavate-pyriform, much
incurved, cernuous; seta “curved above like a swan’s neck”; inner
perist. longest.
Rocks. Breadalbane Mts.; rare. VIII. IX.
SECT. VI.
336. (45) B. TOZERI. Grev. St. ¼–½in. gregarious; l. lower obovate
narrow, upper crowded wider apiculate, all bordered, entire; nerved
(reddish) half way; caps. obovate or pyriform pendulous; lid conical.
Shady banks, rare in fr. III. IV.
SECT. VII.
337. (46) B. ROSEUM. Schreb. St. 1–3in., l. lower, small, scattered
lanceolate; upper in a large rosaceous tuft, spathulate, apiculate,
serrate above, margin recurved, nerved nearly to apex; caps.
clavate-oblong or obovate pendulous; lid mammillate.
Sandy shady banks. XI. XII.
51. MNIUM. B. & S.
A. L. sharply serrated.
_a._ Margin cartilaginous.
338. M. AFFINE. Bland. St. 1–3in. simple, erect, radiculose; barren
shoots procumbent; l. lower oval-lanceolate, decurrent, scattered, upper
much larger, crowded, oblong-elliptic pointed, border narrow, simply
spinuloso-serrate, nerved nearly or quite to apex; those of barren stems
roundish two-ranked; caps. ovate-oblong pendulous; lid convex, pointed:
dioicous.
Shady woods, banks, walls. IV. V.
var. β. _elatum._ stem and seta longer; marshy places.
γ. _rugicum._ sterile shoots, erect, shorter; l. shorter, concave,
obtusely serrate.
339. M. CUSPIDATUM. Hedw. St. ½–1in. tufted, erect, radiculose, barren
shoots procumbent; l. lower ovate or obovate, scattered, upper
ovate-lanceolate longer and narrower; all acuminate, with simply serrate
margins; nerved nearly or quite to apex; caps. ovate, inclined or
pendulous; lid convex obtuse: synoicous.
Shady rocks and walls. III. IV.