or creeping); l. lower ovate, upper oval-oblong, obtuse, in a terminal
spreading tuft, all simply and bluntly serrate, undulate, nerve slightly
excurrent into a mucro; caps. oval, inclined or pendulous; lid with a
long curved beak: synoicous.
Moist shady rocks, &c., common. IV.
341. M. RIPARIUM. Mitt. M.S. St. ½–1in., reddish below; l. orbiculate or
broadly elliptical, much decurrent, apex rounded and tipped with a
mucro; lower obscurely bordered, upper strongly so and simply
spinuloso-dentate, nerve thin but distinct, reddish, reaching apex;
areolæ large hexagonal chlorophyllose. (I have no fruited specimen.)
Watery places. Sussex (Mitten).
342. M. SPINOSUM. Voigt. St. robust, sub-ligneous; branches flagelliform
sub-arcuate; l. lower small squamiform, obtuse, margins plane; upper
obovate or oblong, acuminato-spathulate, larger, crisped when dry;
serration bi-geminate, spinulose, nerve excurrent; caps. oval-oblong,
reddish brown, slightly inclined or horizontal; lid conical, with an
obtuse beak: dioicous.
Roots of trees, and shady sub-alpine rocks. Summer.
Ben Lawers (McKinlay).
343. M. ORTHORHYNCHUM. Brid. St. ¼–1in. simple; l. lower scattered
ovate-acuminate, decurrent, upper ovate-lanceolate, doubly
spinuloso-serrate; all undulate and crisped when dry; caps. oval or
sub-pyriform horizontal; lid conical, with a blunt beak: dioicous.
Woods, shady banks, &c. Yorkshire, Sussex. Spring.
344. M. SERRATUM. Brid. St. ½–1in. purplish, erect; l. lower reddish on
nerve and border, all varying from lanceolate to ovate, acuminate,
doubly spinuloso-serrate; per. l. lanceolate; caps. ovate or oval,
cernuous; lid large conical, with a short beak: synoicous.
Moist shady rocks and banks. V. VI.
345. M. HORNUM. L. St. 1–3in. simple; l. linear-lanceolate, acuminate,
rigid, slightly decurrent, doubly spinuloso-serrate, nerve also
spinulose, not reaching apex; caps. large oblong-ovate, cernuous; lid
convex mammillate; seta curved at summit: dioicous.
Shady moist banks and woods, common. V.
346. M. UNDULATUM. Hed. St. 1–3in. decumbent at base, sometimes
branched; l. oval-oblong or ligulate, upper very long, all undulate,
decurrent, and simply serrate, nerved generally to apex; caps. generally
several together, oval or oblong pendulous; lid convex, pointed:
dioicous.
Moist shady banks and woods. IV. V.
_b._ L. without a cartilaginous border.
347. M. STELLARE. Hed. St. ½–2in. erect; l. oval-acuminate or
ovate-lanceolate, simply serrate, decurrent, scarcely nerved to apex;
caps. solitary, ovate, horizontal or cernuous; lid convex blunt:
dioicous. (Does not fruit with us.)
Shady rocks and banks. Yorkshire, Surrey. V. VI.
B. L. nearly entire, not bordered.
348. M. CINCLIDIOIDES. Hueb. St. 2–4in. sometimes with slender branches;
l. lower oval obtuse, scarcely pointed, upper large oval ligulate obtuse
(marginal cells narrower), almost entire, slightly undulate, nerved
nearly to apex; caps. oval pendulous; lid convex pointed: dioicous.
Wet and boggy places on mountains, Clova, &c. Summer.
C. L. entire, with a cartilaginous border.
349. M. PUNCTATUM, Hed. St. ½–3in., erect, radiculose; l. obovate or
roundish obtuse, obscurely pointed, upper in a somewhat rosaceous tuft;
generally nerved to apex; caps. oval pendulous; lid conical, with a
longish beak: dioicous.
Wet shady places. II. III.
350. M. SUBGLOBOSUM. B. & S. St. 1in. or more, erect; l. obovate or
roundish obtuse, not nerved to apex; border narrow sub-cartilaginous;
caps. roundish, contracted at mouth, sub-pendulous; lid small conical
beaked: synoicous.
Marshes and bogs. III.
52. CINCLIDIUM. SWARTZ.
351. C. STYGIUM. Sw. St. 1–4in. tufted, erect, with purplish radicles;
l. roundish obovate, obtuse, pointed, rigid, very narrow at base, border
cartilaginous, nerved to or beyond apex; caps. obovate or pyriform,
pendulous, on a long seta, lid convex obtuse, sometimes pointed;
synoicous.
Bogs. Malham Tarn (Nowell, Wilson). VI. VII.
53. MIELICHHOFERIA. N. & H.
352. M. NITIDA. Horn. “L. erecto-patent, larger and more crowded above,
ovate-lanceolate, serrated at apex; caps. sub-erect pyriform; lid
conical, very short.”
var. β. _gracilis._ more densely tufted; l. shorter, more crowded,
imbricate; caps. erect. [Wils. Bry. Brit., p. 263.]
Type not British; var. β. only found at head of Glen Callater, 1830 (Dr.
Greville); again in same locality, 1868 (Fergusson and Roy); Ingleby,
Yorkshire, 1862 (Mudd.)
54. PALUDELLA. EHR.
353. P. SQUARROSA. Brid. St. 2–6in. radiculose; l. obovate-lanceolate,
pointed, recurved above the middle, squarrose, nerved to and serrulate
at apex, margins recurved below; caps. elliptic-oblong gibbous, with a
short thick neck, inclined; lid mammillate.
Boggy places. No fr. found in Britain. Summer.
55. MEESIA. HEDW.
354. M. ULIGINOSA. Hedw. St. ½–1in. radiculose, br. fastigiate; l.
lanceolate or linear obtuse (upper longer), entire, margin recurved,
scarcely nerved to apex; caps. pyriform, with a long tapering neck,
incurved, inclined; lid conical truncate; seta very long.
Wet and boggy places. VII. VIII.
[It is very questionable whether _M. longiseta_ has ever been found in
the British Islands.]
56. AMBLYODON. P. BEAUV.
355. A. DEALBATUS. P. B. St. ½–1in.; l. lanceolate broad, acute, margins
plane, slightly serrulate at apex, below which the strong nerve ceases;
caps. clavate or pyriform, incurved, inclined, mouth oblique, lid
conical, seta very long.
Wet mountainous places. S. I. VI. VII.
57. FUNARIA. SCHREB.
1. Caps. cernuous on a straight seta, annulus none.
356. F. HIBERNICA. Hook. St. ¼–½in.; l. oblong-oval, gradually tapering
to an acutely serrate point, nerved nearly to apex; caps. pyriform,
longer than in next species, on a seta twisting to left its whole length
when dry; lid concave.
Chalky soil. Cork, Matlock, Conway. IV. V.
357. F. MUHLENBERGII. Schw. St. shorter than last; l. ovate-lanceolate,
suddenly tapering to a long bluntly serrate point, nerved nearly to
apex; caps. pyriform, on a seta when dry twisted at base to left, above
to right; lid convex obtuse with a reddish border.
Limestone walls, banks, &c. IV. V.
2. Caps. furrowed when dry, on a long arcuate seta, annulus present.
358. F. HYGROMATRICA. Hedw. St. ¼–1in.; l. lower scattered, upper
ovate-lanceolate, concave, clustered into a bulb-like tuft, nerved to
apex, margins reflexed; caps. broadly pyriform, incurved, mouth oblique,
with a corrugate border; lid convex, with a red border.
Banks and walls, old cinder heaps, &c., common, V.—IX.
var. β. _patula._ st. slender branched; l. undulate, spreading, twisted
when dry.
γ. _calvescens._ seta long and straight; caps. slender, almost
erect.
359. F. MICROSTOMA. B. & S. Habit of last, but smaller; l. in a comal
bud; caps. pyriform, turgid, not much furrowed when dry; mouth very
small, with a smooth border; inner perist. very imperfect.
Damp stony places. VIII. IX.
Maresfield, Sussex, 1864 (Mr. Mitten).
58. ENTOSTHODON. SCHW.
360. E. TEMPLETONI. Schw. St. about ¼in.; l. lower distant
ovate-acuminate, upper in a rosaceous tuft, obovate, acuminate, not
nerved to apex, scarcely serrulate; caps. clavate-pyriform, upright,
neck tapering, lid plano-convex.
Crevices of rocks and shady places. E. S. I. W. VII.
361. E. MINIMUM. Hunt. (Mem. Lit. and Sci. Soc., Manchester, vol. V., p.
100, 1871–2.) St. ⅛–¼in. erect, gregarious; l. lower obovate, margin
reflexed, nerve thin, not reaching apex; upper oblong, sub-erect,
sub-canaliculate, margin recurved, crenulate above, nerve strong, nearly
reaching apex; areolæ large elongate hexagonal below, above shorter;
caps. obconical when dry, smooth, with a distinct neck and wide mouth;
seta erect, ⅛–¼in.; perist. half immersed, of 16 slender linear subulate
teeth; dioicous.
Sandstone walls. Glasnevin, Dublin (D. Orr.) VIII.
59. PHYSCOMITRIUM. BRID.
362. P. ERICETORUM. De Not. St. ¼in.; l. lower, distant, small, upper in
a tuft, larger, obovate-lanceolate, with a thickened distantly serrate
margin, not nerved to apex; caps. small, pyriform, erect, lid almost
flat.
Heaths, banks, stream sides, &c. III. IV.
363. P. FASCICULARE. B. & S. St. about ½in. tufted; l. ovate-oblong or
lanceolate, pointed serrate, not bordered; caps. obovate or pyriform,
tapering at base; lid convex.
Fallow fields. IV.
364. P. PYRIFORME. B. & S. St. about ¼in., tufted; l. lower distant
ovate-lanceolate, above spathulate, pointed, serrate, uppermost longer
erect, not nerved to apex; caps. globose-pyriform erect, mouth small,
lid conical, calyptra sub-persistent, toothed at base.
Moist banks and ditches. IV.
365. P. SPHŒRICUM. B. & S. St. scarcely ¼in.; l. oval-oblong or slightly
spathulate, acute, concave, entire; upper ones largest, nerved nearly to
apex; caps. sub-globose, mouth large; lid large conical; calyp. lobed
below.
Dried-up mud. IX.–XI.
Mere, Cheshire, 1834 (Wils.), J. Whitehead, Oct., 1870.
60. BARTRAMIDULA. B. & S.
366. B. WILSONI. B. & S. St. about ¼in. branched; l. ovate-lanceolate,
acuminate, somewhat secund, nerved nearly to or beyond apex, serrulate
above; caps. globoso-pyriform, generally pendulous, not striate; lid
convex or conical.
Turfy soil on mountains. S. W. I. X.
61. BARTRAMIA. HEDW.
1. Caps. erect, perist. single.
367. B. STRICTA. Brid. St. loosely tufted, glaucous green; l.
erecto-patent, rigid when dry, lanceolate-subulate, nerve excurrent into
a serrate arista; caps. ovate-globose furrowed when dry, seta four-sided
at summit, twisted to right when dry; lid convex or mammillate. [Bry.
Eur., IV., t. 316. Schp. Syn., 417.]
On the ground and stones. Early summer.
Maresfield, Sussex (Mitten), 1862.
2. Caps. cernuous, perist. double.
_a._ Branches fastigiate. Monoicous.
368. B. RIGIDA. Bals. & Not. St. ¼–½in.; br. erect or recurved; l.
erecto-patent, straight, rigid, lanceolate, finely serrulate, nerve
excurrent, cap., large, sub-spherical, furrowed when dry, and cernuous;
lid conical pointed; seta erect; inner perist. sometimes imperfect.
Shady banks, mountains. IX. X.
_b._ Br. fasciculate: dioicous.
* L. plicate and sheathing at base.
369. B. ARCUATA. Brid. St. 1–4in., with reddish brown radicles; l.
ovate-lanceolate from a broad erect sheathing base, scabrous, serrulate,
spreading; caps. sub-globose, almost pendulous, on an arcuate seta,
furrowed when dry.
Waterfalls and wet rocks. IX. X.
* * L. not sheathing or plicate. (_Philonotis._)
370. B. (PHILONOTIS) FONTANA. Brid. Stem 1–6in., with reddish black
radicles; l. ovate-acuminate, short and appressed or lanceolate secund,
or spreading and longer (generally plicate at base), nerve almost
excurrent; perig. l. obtuse, nerveless; caps. sub-globose large,
furrowed when dry.
Springs and wet places. VI.
var. β. _alpina._ st. short, l. ovate-lanceolate, mucronate.
γ. _falcata._ l. falcato-secund, nerve thick.
δ. _pumila._ plant smaller in all its parts.
371. B. (PHILONOTIS) CÆSPITOSA. Wils. MS. St. 1–2in. reddish, cæspitose,
radiculose below; l. falcato-secund, lanceolate acuminate, gradually
tapering from base upwards, concave, margins sub-serrulate not recurved,
nerved to apex, areolæ lax, largest at basal angles; perig. l. in a
stellate tuft, almost triangular from a very broad base, finely
sub-serrulate, nerved to apex.
Walton swamp, Cheshire (Wilson): male plant only.
372. B. (PHILONOTIS) ADPRESSA. Fergusson. “Plant widely cæspitose,
erect, 2–3in. either dull, glaucous green, or reddish; l. papillose,
erect when moist, with one wide plica on each side of nerve, incurved
towards apex, slightly twisted when dry, widely ovate from an
amplexicaul base, not acuminate, apex either obtuse or cucullate, with a
very slight mucro, or in the more slender forms rather acute, margin
denticulate slightly reflexed; nerve very thick continuous; areolæ
small, ovoid above, shorter and wider towards the base.” [G. E. Hunt.
Mem. Lit. & Sci. Soc., Manchester, vol. V., 102, 1872.]
Glen Prossen, &c., Clova (Fergusson); Glas Mheal, Perthshire 2500 ft.
(Hunt).
373. B. (PHILONOTIS) SERIATA. Mitt. _Musc. Ind. Orient._ “L. spirally
arranged, from a sub-erect base, patent towards apex, ovate acute
plicate, margin distinctly reflexed; areolæ linear above, small and
ovoid towards base; perig. l. from an erect dilated base, widely
spreading, cordatetriangular obtuse, areolæ small obscure
elongate-quadrangular, above large linear and reddish at base; nerve
thick, indistinct, continuous or vanishing below apex, margin slightly
denticulate.” [Hunt. loc. cit., p. 103.]
Springs at head of Clova; Ben-na-Bourd (Gardiner).
374. B. (PHILONOTIS) CALCAREA. B. & S. St. about 2in.; l.
ovate-lanceolate, tapering gradually from middle upwards, concave rigid
secund, margin serrulate, not reflexed, strongly nerved to apex; areolæ
large oblong, long hexagonal at base; perig. l. acute, triangular from a
broad erect base, nerved to apex: caps. sub-globose, inclined or
cernuous.
Wet places. VII.
_c._ Branches dichotomous and fastigiate.
* monoicous.
375. B. POMIFORMIS. Hedw. St. ½–2in.; l. spreading linear-lanceolate,
not concave, doubly spinuloso-serrate, rough, crisp when dry, nerve
slightly excurrent; caps. sub-globose, cernuous, lid small conical.
Dry sandy banks. V.
var. β. _crispa._ “l. longer, less crowded, branches often longer than
fruit-stalk.”
376. B. HALLERIANA. Hedw. St. 1–3in., radiculose below; l. spreading or
secund, linear-subulate from a broad pale erect sheathing base, rough,
serrate, nerve excurrent; caps. sub-globose, on a short curved seta.
Moist alpine and sub-alpine rocks. VI. VII.
* * Synoicous.
377. B. GRACILIS. Floerke, 1799. (_B. Oederi_, Swartz, 1800). St.
1–3in.; l. linear-lanceolate, recurved from an erect, not sheathing
base, crisped when dry, margins recurved, serrate above, keeled, smooth;
caps. small globose, oblique, lid convex.
Moist shady rocks. V.
378. B. ITHYPHYLLA. Brid. St. ½–2in.; l. from an erect broad base
sharply bent back and lanceolate-subulate, rigid, serrulate, not crisped
when dry, broadly nerved to apex; caps. globose, almost erect or
cernuous.
Alpine and sub-alpine rocks. VI.
62. CONOSTOMUM. SWARTZ.
379. C. BOREALE. Swartz. St. ½–2in. tufted, radiculose; l. imbricate
lanceolate acuminate, keeled, serrate, nerve excurrent into a mucro;
caps. globose, gibbous, cernuous; lid large beaked.
Summits of Scotch mountains. VIII. IX.
63. CATASCOPIUM. BRID.
380. C. NIGRITUM. Brid. St. 1in. or more (Wilson says 2–6in. or more),
radiculose; l. lanceolate acute, margin reflexed entire, nerved nearly
to apex; upper ones largest; caps. small globose, dark-coloured or
black, cernuous; lid small conical.
Moist alpine rocks, &c.
Wilson says “fruits March (?)” My specimen from Fife is August.
64. DISCELIUM. BRID.
381. D. NUDUM. Brid. Stemless; l. few, ovate-lanceolate, entire,
concave, round the base of the seta, generally buried; seta ½–1in.;
caps. sub-globose reddish, cernuous, small; lid conical acute.
Clay banks and beds. II.–IV.
Near Manchester (Cayley); Todmorden (Hobkirk).
65. SPLACHNUM. B. & S.
382. S. VASCULOSUM. L. Stem ¼–1in. radiculose; l. roundish ovate,
obtuse, or ovate-acuminate, entire, narrow at base, not nerved to apex,
areolæ lax; caps. small cylindrical on a large globular apophysis; lid
convex: dioicous.
Elevated wet places. VII.
383. S. AMPULLACEUM. L. St. about 1in.; l. lower lanceolate, upper
larger obovate or oblong-lanceolate, all serrate or sometimes entire,
acuminate, nerved nearly to apex; areolæ lax; seta dilated above into a
turbinate apophysis, bearing the small cylindrical caps.; the whole
shaped like the ancient _ampulla_; lid conical; mono- or dioicous.
On dung in peaty places. V. VI.
384. S. SPHŒRICUM. Hedw. St. ½–1in.; l. roundish obovate, acuminate,
scarcely serrate, lower smaller, nerved nearly to apex; apophysis not
tapering, roundish ovate, about same width as cylindrical capsule; lid
mammillate: dioicous.
Dung in moist peaty places. V. VI.
66. TETRAPLODON. B. & S.
385. T. MNIOIDES. B. & S. St. ½–3in. tufted; l. sub-erect obovate or
nearly elliptical, suddenly narrowed into a long piliferous point,
concave, entire, nerved to apex; caps. elliptical on a large obovate
apophysis of about same width; lid conical obtuse.
Moist mountainous situations, on dung, &c. V.
386. T. ANGUSTATUS. B. & S. St. ½–2in. tufted; l. sub-erect,
ovate-lanceolate concave, narrowed into long tapering points, serrate;
caps. ovate on an obconical apophysis; lid conical obtuse.
Dung on mountains, rare. VII. VIII.
67. TAYLORIA. HOOKER.
387. T. SERRATA. B. & S. St. scarcely 1in.; l. erecto-patent, recurved
above, oblong-obovate, lower ovate-lanceolate acuminate, serrate above,
not nerved to apex; caps. oval on a long tapering apophysis; lid convex
obtuse.
var. γ. _tenuis._ “l. broader and shorter, caps. smaller on a more
slender stalk, much contracted when dry, columella exserted.”
Wils.
Normal form not found in Britain—only var. γ on turfy soil on Scotch
mountains. VII. VIII.
68. DISSODON. GREV.
388. D. FROELICHIANUS. Grev. “St. cæspitose or scattered; l.
ovate-oblong obtuse, nerve ceasing below apex; caps. (with apophysis)
clavato-pyriform; lid conical; teeth of perist. in pairs.” [Wils. Bry.
Brit., 296.]
Doubtful native; said to have been found on Ben High, Aberdeen, by Mr.
Dickson, but the specimen in Herb. Turner is not certain.
389. D. SPLACHNOIDES. Grev. St. 1–4in. radiculose; l. erecto-patent,
oval-oblong or lingulate obtuse, margin plane, not nerved to apex; caps.
obovate with a short tapering neck; lid conical pointed; columella
exserted when dry.
Wet mountainous bogs. Scotland. VIII.
69. ŒDIPODIUM. SCHW.
390. Œ. GRIFFITHIANUM. Schw. St. ¼–½in, tufted; barren often much
longer; l. obovate-roundish, obtuse, fringed below, not nerved to apex;
caps. obovate or pyriform, neck tapering into a thick succulent seta;
lid convex obtuse.
Crevices of mountainous rocks. VII. VIII.
70. SCHISTOSTEGA. MOHR.
391. S. OSMUNDACEA. W. & M. St. ¼–½in.; l. bifarious, insertion
vertical, lanceolate, pale green; caps. small, sub-globose, mouth large;
lid convex; young plant, when growing in caves, emitting a beautiful
golden green light.
Sandstone caves and banks, not rare. III.
71. FISSIDENS. HEDW.
I. Fructif. terminal.
_a._ Monoicous.
392. F. EXILIS. Hedw. St. ⅛in. simple; l. few, lower small ovate, upper
lanceolate-oblong oblique, acute, margin not bordered, serrulate, nerved
to apex, dorsal wing not reaching to base of leaf; caps.
elliptic-oblong, erect, lid conical obliquely rostrate.
Shady banks and woods, not frequent. E. S. I. I.—III.
393. F. VIRIDULUS. L. St. ¼in. about; l. lanceolate acute, entire,
bordered, crisped when dry, dorsal wing not reaching to base, nerved
nearly to apex; caps. oval-oblong erect; lid conical with a blunt point;
perist. immersed; barren fl. on a short branch.
Shady banks, rivulets on stones, &c. VIII. IX.
394. F. INCURVUS. Schw. St. ¼in. about, ascending from a decumbent base;
l. lanceolate oblong apiculate, narrowly margined, nerve ceasing near
the serrate apex; caps. oval oblique, curved, rarely erect, lid conical
rostellate; perist. not immersed; barren fl. sessile at base of stem.
[Schp. Syn. 104.]
Shady banks, Cheshire; Hurst-pier-point. II. III.
var. _Lylei._ l. scarcely margined, narrow; perist. immersed.
Cheshire, rare.
395. F. PUSILLUS. Wils. St. shorter; l. erect, acute, narrow; caps.
sub-erect; perist. immersed.
Sandstone rocks.
396. F. CRASSIPES. Wils. St. ¼–¾in.; plant more robust; l. larger,
broader, and more numerous; caps. obovate-roundish on a short seta,
erect.
Sluices. Sandford, near Oxford. X. XI.
397. F. BRYOIDES. Hedw, St. ¼–½in.; l. lanceolate apiculate, with a
thickened margin, dorsal wing reaching to, and broad at, the base,
strongly nerved to or beyond apex; caps. elliptical erect, symmetrical;
lid conical, acutely rostellate; barren fl. axillary.
Shady banks, frequent. I.—III.
_b._ Dioicous.
398. F. OSMUNDIOIDES. Hedw. St. 1–2in. tufted, erect, radiculose; l.
lower scattered, small, upper larger crowded, ovate-lanceolate obtuse,
apiculate, margin not thickened, almost entire, not nerved to apex, the
latter sometimes toothed; caps. small oval-oblong, sub-erect; lid large
convex rostrate.
Wet mountainous rocks. X. XI.
399. F. ASPLENIOIDES. Hedw. St. (in var. β. only found in Britain)
3–12in.; l. linear-lanceolate or ligulate entire, obtuse, incurved when
dry; caps. sub-erect obovate, slightly incurved; lid rostrate, as long
as capsule; barren fl. axillary or terminal.
var. β. _polyphyllos._ “branches arcuate, l. wider, rather acute, more
strongly nerved, serrulate at apex, barren fl. numerous
axillary.” [Wils. Bry. Brit.] Moist shady rocks on mountains.
W. I.
II. Fructif. lateral.
400. _F. adiantoedes._ Hedw. St. 1–2in. branched, leafy; l.
ovate-lanceolate, finely serrulate below, dentate at apex, nerved almost
or quite to apex; border sometimes thickened; caps. oval-oblong,
constricted at mouth when dry, cernuous; lid with a long beak:
monoicous.
Shady wet rocks and bogs. X.–IV.
401. F. TAXIFOLIUS. Hedw. St. about ½in. fasciculate from base; l.
lanceolate, pointed, not bordered, finely crenulate, nerved almost to
apex; caps. almost ovate, inclined on a seta curved at summit, and
inserted at base of stem, lid large convex with a long oblique beak:
monoicous.
Moist shady banks. XII.—II.
402. F. DECIPIENS. De Not. St. about ½in. fasciculate from base; l.
lower distant, coulter-shaped, upper imbricate patulous, oblong-ligulate
acute or mucronulate, dorsal wing narrow, nerve strongly excurrent,
excavate; the cultriform lobe of the upper leaves obliquely acute,
longer than half the leaf, upper part strongly serrate; caps. ovate,
somewhat constricted at base, erect or inclined; lid large rounded
beaked: dioicous. [De Notaris, Epilogo Briol. Ital. 1869, p. 480.]
Damp rocks and old walls.
403. F. TAMARINDIFOLIUS. Donn. St. about ½in. fasciculate, slender; l.
elliptical “sub-falciform apiculate,” with an entire pellucid
cartilaginous border, nerved to apex; caps. ovate-oblong curved
inclined; lid short conical, with a bluntish point.
Banks, &c. II. III.
DIVISION II. PLEUROCARPI.
72. ANŒCTANGIUM. B. & S.
404. A. COMPACTUM. Schw. St. 1–4in. densely tufted, slender; l. short,
lanceolate spreading from an erect base, acuminate, slightly serrulate
near the base only, nerved to or beyond apex; caps. oval-oblong erect;
lid long convex, with a slender oblique beak.
Crevices of moist alpine rocks. Autumn.
405. A. HORNSCHUCHIANUM. Hoppe. “St. elongate cæspitose; l.
linear-subulate from a dilated base, channelled, entire; caps.
roundish-pyriform: lid rostrate.” Wils. “L. upper part of dilated base
is always more or less distinctly crenate or serrulate, from thence to
the apex entire.” W. Mitten, Jour. of Bot., vol. V., p. 329. [Mr. Mitten
refers Dr. Taylor’s plant from Ireland to _Tortula Hibernica_, by which
name it is described under that genus.]
73. LEUCODON. SCHW.
406. L SCIUROIDES. Schw. St. or branches 1in. from a creeping rhizome;
l. imbricate, ovate, entire, tapering to a point, plicate, somewhat
secund; per. l. longer, all nerveless; caps. long elliptical erect; lid
conical beaked.
Trees, walls, rocks, &c. IX.
407. L. LAGURUS. Hook. St. ½–1in., tomentous; l. ovate, suddenly
contracted to a piliferous point, concave, serrulate near apex, nerved
half way; caps. cylindrical; lid with a short curved beak.
Trees and rocks.
var. β. _borealis._ “st. not tomentous; l. auriculate and serrate at
base, more concave and more suddenly attenuated, with longer
points; faintly two-nerved at base only.” Wils. N. Uist,
Hebrides, 1851.
74. ANTITRICHIA. BRID.