serrulate; caps. short; lid with a shorter point. Rocks.
Killarney, &c.
ε. _lacunosum._ more robust; br. thickened; l. larger
sub-coriaceous, yellowish brown.
ζ. _longisetum._ slender, l. pale, serrulate; seta elongate, caps.
short ovate.
θ. _mammillatum._ caps. with a short conical or mammillate lid.
519. H. RESUPINATUM. Wils. St. creeping, sub-pinnate; l. erecto-patent,
secund, pointing upwards, ovate-lanceolate, tapering to a point, entire,
nerveless; caps. oblong erect, almost symmetrical; lid with an oblique
beak.
Walls, rocks, trees, &c. X. XII.
520. H. LINDBERGH. Mitt. Jour, of Bot. I., p. 123. (_H. pratense_, Bry.
Brit. 399.) “St. sparingly branched in an irregular manner, without any
appearance of becoming pinnate; l. loosely compressed ovate or
ovate-lanceolate, acute, but with a broad point,[2] margins entire,
nerveless; cells at angles enlarged and pale; caps., according to
Lindberg, is on a rather thick seta 1in. long, turgid ovate, when dry
plicate.”
Footnote 2:
Some of the leaves, even on authenticated specimens, have longer and
narrower points (acuminate), but in no case that I have seen are they
denticulate.
“Damp sandy ground among thin grass, not in bogs. The fr. has been
gathered once by Dr. Klingraff in June, in W. Prussia.”
“_H. pratense_ differs from above in its irregularly pinnate stems,
more compressed foliage, l. lanceolate with a narrow point denticulate
at apex, and the enlarged basal cells of same colour; not found in
Britain.”
521. H. ARCUATUM. Lindb. (_H. pratense_, var. β. Bry. Brit.) “L. more
falcato-secund, scarcely complanate.”
Clay soils, common.
_Sect. VII._ Prostrate or ascending, rooting, regularly pinnate; l.
hamate, circinnato-secund; caps. cernuous, solid, lid convexo-conical.
522. H. MOLLUSCUM. Dill. St. soft, 1–2in. sub-erect; l. circinnate
secund; st. l. cordate; br. l. ovate-lanceolate—all tapering acuminate,
striate, serrulate, and faintly two-nerved, crisped when dry; caps.
ovate, horizontal; lid conical, large, sharply pointed.
Moist banks and limestone rocks, common. XI.
_Sect. VIII._ St. erect, rigid, villose, regularly pinnate; l. hamate;
caps. oblong, incurved, solid.
523. H. CRISTA-CASTRENSIS. L. St. sub-erect, 3–4in. pectinate; st. l.
ovate-acuminate, br. l. narrowly lanceolate acuminate, strongly striate,
serrulate near apex—all circinnato-secund, faintly two-nerved, margin
reflexed; caps. oblong curved, cernuous, lid conical, pointed; dioicous.
Woods and alpine rocks. VII. VIII.
_Sect. IX._ St. soft cæspitose, prostrate, branched; l. falcato-secund,
rarely spreading, faintly nerved; areolæ linear; per. l. long, deeply
sulcate; caps. incurved cernuous, lid convexo-conical or mammillate.
_a._ Monoicous.
524. H. PALUSTRE. Dill. St. creeping; br. ascending, crowded, curved,
cuspidate and convolute at apex; l. generally secund, sometimes almost
falcate, elliptic-entire, strongly concave, pointed; either nerveless,
shortly two-nerved or singly nerved half way; per. l. erect, distinctly
striate; caps. ovate, slightly curved; cernuous; lid conical, pointed.
Stones and rocks in streams. V.
var. β. l. imbricate, not secund.
γ. _subsphœricarpon._ l. strongly nerved nearly to apex; caps.
roundish ovate, tumid.
525. H. DILATATUM. Wils. (_H. molle_, Bry. Eur.) Plant of somewhat firm
growth; l. rotundo-ovate, rather concave, suddenly apiculate, texture
very close, areolæ long and very narrow; nerve double, short slender,
but well defined (_fide_ G. E. Hunt). Caps. ovate cernuous curved, lid
conical.
At a low elevation. N. Wales, Yorkshire, Berkshire, Clova, Braemar.
526. H. MOLLE, Dicks. (_H. alpestre_ (?) Bry. Eur., non Swartz.) Very
weak and flaccid, the tufts falling to pieces on removal from the water;
l. varying from ovate to rotundo-ovate, flat, or sometimes very slightly
reflexed towards apex, gradually tapering upwards, or very rarely
suddenly apiculate; texture somewhat loose, areolæ larger and wider than
in last; nerve rather long and thick, ill-defined, single or double
(_fide_ G. E. Hunt). Caps. as above.
Great elevations. Ben-mac-Dhui, Ben Nevis.
[The above two diagnoses are from a paper by Mr. G. E. Hunt, on
Perthshire and Braemar Mosses in Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. and
Manchester, 1868–9, p. 320.]
527. H. ARCTICUM. Sommerfelt. St. 1–2in. creeping; br. elongate, simple,
obtuse; l. spreading, green above, purplish below, small, broadly ovate
or roundish, somewhat obtuse, entire, strongly two-nerved about half
way, sometimes nerves blended into one; caps. ovate, cernuous, tapering
into the seta; lid conical.
Alpine rivulets. VI.
528. H. EUGYRIUM. Schpr. St. short, much branched; l. crowded, st. l.
drooping on two sides, broadly oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate; br.
l. flexuoso-falcate, plano-concave, elongate-lanceolate narrower,
serrulate at apex; nerve thin, unequally bifid; areolæ vermicular
excavate, fulvous, and rectangular at the decurrent angles; per. l.,
external spreading, internal erect, longly lanceolate, with erose
apices; caps. ovate-oblong cernuous, turgid, lid mammillate; annulus
broadly bi-triseriate. [Bry. Eur. VI., t. 579. Schp. Syn., 639.]
Stones in waterfalls. Summer.
N. Wales, Devonshire, Killarney.
_b._ Dioicous.
529. H. OCHRACEUM. Turn. St. 2–4in., tufted filiform, sub-erect,
sparingly branched; l. yellowish green sub-secund, sometimes falcate,
distant, ovate-lanceolate, pointed, concave, nerve forked, extending
half way; per. l. squarrose recurved; caps. oblong, tapering at base,
cernuous; lid conical.
Stones in alpine and sub-alpine streams, &c. V. VI.
_Sect. X._ Erect or procumbent, stem simple or more or less pinnate; l.
patent, rarely sub-complanate, or sub-secund, thinly single-nerved, or
shortly two-nerved, shining; areolæ linear; caps. incurved cernuous; lid
mammillate or convexo-conical.
1. St. more or less regularly pinnate; l. patent or loosely imbricate.
_a._ Monoicous.
530. H. CORDIFOLIUM. Swartz. Bright green above, reddish brown below;
st. 3–6in. erect, sub-pinnate; br. short slender; l. spreading, almost
squarrose, convolute and cuspidate at tip of branches, distant,
cordate-ovate, obtuse, or slightly apiculate, concave entire, strongly
nerved almost to apex; cells scarcely enlarged at base; caps. oblong,
suddenly horizontal, not tapering at base; lid conical.
Marshes and ditches. IV. V.
_b._ Dioicous.
531. H. GIGANTEUM. Schp. St. erect, thick, often 1ft. long, densely
pinnate; st. l. patent, broadly cordate-ovate, strongly nerved to apex;
cells linear, excavate and quadrate at basal angles; br. l. lingulate
narrow, terminal ones twisted and subulate; per. l. oblong-lanceolate;
caps. oblong-cylindrical, sub-incurved, horizontal, on a long seta;
annulus none; lid mammillate. [Schp. Syn. 642.]
Marshes. Hale Moss and Wybunbury Bog. Summer.
532. H. SARMENTOSUM. Wahl. St. 1in. or more, procumbent, sub-pinnate;
br. short cuspidate; foliage red or purplish; l. much crowded,
sub-erect, elliptic-oblong, scarcely pointed, concave, entire, nerved
almost to apex; areolæ large, quadrate and pellucid at basal angles;
caps. ovate-oblong, cernuous.
Wet alpine rocks. Spring (?)
533. H. CUSPIDATUM. Dill. St. 2–6in. erect, pinnate; terminal foliage
cuspidate; l. spreading, almost squarrose, when young erect appressed
and convolute; ovate, obtuse, entire, nerveless or shortly two-nerved;
cells enlarged and pellucid at basal angles; caps. oblong, much curved,
tapering below; lid conical acute.
Marshes. V. VI.
534. H. SCHREBERI. Dill. St. 4–6in. erect, pinnate, deep red, with
slender curved branches, somewhat cuspidate at summit; l. convolute,
afterwards erecto-patent, elliptical, concave, obtuse, shortly
two-nerved; cells enlarged at basal angles; caps. ovate-oblong curved
cernuous; lid conical, pointed.
Woods and shady banks. X. XI.
535. H. PURUM. Dill. St. 4–6in., not coloured, erect, pinnate; br.
slightly curved, not cuspidate at apex; l. closely imbricate, broadly
elliptical, concave, with recurved points, almost boat-shaped, entire,
nerved half way; caps. ovate, suddenly horizontal; lid conical.
Shady banks. X. XI.
2. St. almost simple, or sparingly branched; l. closely imbricate when
dry: dioicous.
536. H. STRAMINEUM. Dicks. St. 2–4in. erect, filiform, with few erect
branches; l. erecto-patent, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, entire, concave,
thinly nerved nearly to apex; cells enlarged quadrate and pellucid at
basal angles; caps. small, ovate, curved, cernuous; lid short, conical.
Marshes amongst _Sphagnum_; rare in fr. IV. V.
537. H. TRIFARIUM. W. & M. St. 2–3in. erect or trailing, sparingly
branched; l. very closely imbricate, fragile when dry; generally but not
always trifarious, roundish obtuse, inflated, entire, nerved almost to
apex; caps. oval-oblong, curved, cernuous; lid conical.
Alpine bogs and turfy rills. VI. (?)
_Sect. XI._ Fastigiate, sparingly branched; l. imbricate secund,
ventricose, faintly nerved.
538. H. SCORPIOIDES. Dill. St. 3–4in. erect or procumbent, irregularly
pinnate; branches short; l. crowded, imbricate, falcato-secund, large,
roundish ovate, ventricose, apiculate, entire, nerveless or faintly and
shortly two-nerved, purplish brown or lurid; caps. short oblong curved,
tumid, cernuous, on a long seta; lid conical, pointed.
Bogs. V.
_Sub-genus_ XIII. HYLOCOMIUM. St. woody, pinnate or bipinnate, or
sparingly branched; l. scariose, shining, sulcate, thinly two-nerved,
without radicles; cells narrow, linear, broader at base; caps. ovate or
ovate-globose, coriaceous, lid mammillate, perist. large, perfect.
_a._ irregularly bi-tripinnate, l. loosely imbricate; lid rostrate.
539. H. (HYLOCOMIUM) SPLENDENS. Dill. St. 2–6in., erect or procumbent,
interruptedly bi-tripinnate, villous, reddish; fol. reddish or fulvous
green; st. l. roundish elliptical, with long wavy points; br. l. with a
short point or muticous—all imbricate concave serrate, shortly
two-nerved, margin recurved below; caps. ovate, curved, cernuous; lid
convex, tapering into a long beak: dioicous.
Grassy banks, woods, &c. IV.
_b._ irregularly pinnate, l. patent, lid mammillate or shortly beaked.
540. H. (HYLOCOMIUM) UMBRATUM. Ehrh. St. arched, sub-erect, with
branched villi, irregularly bipinnate; l. yellowish green, glossy,
cordate acuminate, serrate, plicato-striate, nerve unequally bifurcate;
caps. short, roundish, obovate, curved, cernuous; lid conical, acute:
dioicous.
Alpine woods on stones. XI.
541. H. (HYLOCOMIUM) OAKESII. Sulliv. St. arched, irregularly and
distantly pinnate, with branched villi; l. larger, elliptical, concave,
not cordate, plicato-striate, serrate, and sharply acuminate, singly
nerved half way or shortly two-nerved, margin recurved; per. l.
squarrose; caps. roundish ovate, gibbous above, cernuous; lid conical,
shortly beaked: dioicous.
Alpine rocks. Autumn (?)
542. H. (HYLOCOMIUM) BREVIROSTRE. Ehrh. St. 2–6in. arched, erect, with
branched villi, irregularly bipinnate; st. l. distant, almost squarrose,
plicato-striate, cordate, and suddenly acuminate; br. l.
ovate-acuminate, not so suddenly acuminate, striate—all serrulate and
two-nerved half way; caps. roundish ovate, cernuous; lid conical,
tapering into a rather long inclined beak: dioicous.
Mountainous woods. X. XI.
_c._ L. squarrose.
543. H. (HYLOCOMIUM) SQUARROSUM. Dill. St. 2–3in. reddish, slender, more
or less erect, irregularly pinnate; br. drooping; st. l. squarrose,
recurved, ovate, gradually tapering and very acute, faintly striate
below; br. l. narrower, less recurved, and squarrose—all serrulate and
shortly two-nerved: caps. roundish ovate, drooping; lid conical, with a
short sharp point: dioicous.
Banks and woods. XI.
544. H. (HYLOCOMIUM) TRIQUETRUM. Dill. St. 6in. or more, rigid, reddish,
erect, sub-pinnate; br. long straggling; st. l. squarrose or sub-secund,
striate; br. l. spreading, scarcely striate—all triangular acuminate
from a cordate, amplexicaul base, serrulate and two-nerved half way;
caps. roundish ovate, cernuous; lid conical, acute: dioicous.
Woods, &c. XI.
_d._ L. secund, or falcato-secund.
545. H. (HYLOCOMIUM) LOREUM. Dill. St. 6–12in. slender, erect, or
procumbent, more or less pinnate; br. drooping straggling; l. squarrose,
recurved, more or less secund at summit of stem and branches,
ovate-lanceolate, with a long acumen, not cordate or amplexicaul;
plicato-striate below; shortly and faintly two-nerved, sometimes
nerveless; caps. small roundish ovate; lid conical, sharply pointed:
dioicous.
Mountainous woods. XI.
84. OMALIA. BRID.
546. O. TRICHOMANOIDES. Dill. St. about 1in. irregularly pinnate; l.
crowded, sub-secund, complanate, oval, serrulate at obtuse rounded apex,
faintly nerved half way; caps. small sub-cylindrical, sub-erect, lid
with an oblique beak.
Trunks of trees and shady rocks. X. XI.
85. NECKERA. Hedwig.
547. N. COMPLANATA. Bry. Eur. St. 1–2in. pinnate; br. short crowded
attenuate; l. complanate, not undulate, obliquely ovate-oblong, suddenly
apiculate from broadish apex, faintly and shortly two-nerved; caps.
roundish elliptical, tapering below, erect; lid large, obliquely
rostrate: dioicous.
Trunks of trees, walls, &c. X.—XII.
548. N. CRISPA. Dill. St. 4–6in. pinnate, from a creeping rhizome; l.
complanate, undulate, ovate-oblong or ovate-ligulate, somewhat obtuse
and pointed, serrulate at apex, faintly and shortly two-nerved or singly
nerved half way; caps. roundish ovate erect; lid with a long oblique
beak: dioicous.
Mountainous rocks, trees. XI.—IV.
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.
556. F. ANTIPYRETICA. L. St. very long, often 1ft., with long spreading
branches; l. ovate-lanceolate, very concave, keeled, nerveless, all on
each branch with one margin reflexed on the same side, the other plane,
sometimes serrulate near apex; caps. oval or ovate, immersed; lid long
conical acute.
Streams and stagnant water. VI. VII.
557. F. SQUARROSA. L. St. shorter, but elongate; br. numerous, crowded
fasciculate, not spreading; l. lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, concave,
not keeled, margin not reflexed, nerveless, entire; caps. similar to
last.
Mountain rivulets. VI. VII.
90. DICHELYMA. MYRIN.
558. D. CAPILLACEUM. Dicks. St. 3–6in. slender, brittle, with a few
distichous spreading branches; l. erecto-patent, secund,
subulate-setaceous, keeled, with a long excurrent nerve; per. l. long
convolute, nerveless; caps. short oval, almost immersed; lid large
conical, beaked.
Alpine rivulets. Summer.
APPENDIX.
I. ADDITIONAL SPECIES.
SPHAGNUM LARICINUM. Spruce. (_S. neglectum_, Angst.) St. 4–6in. solid,
_the bark_ pale, of 2–3 layers of cells. Br. fascicles more or less
crowded, of 3–4 br., of which one or two are divergent, the others
pendent, but not appressed nor acute. St. l. small ovate, cucullate at
apex, at last minutely fimbriate, patent or reflexed; basal cells
hyaline utricular, the middle and lateral very narrow, the apical
rhomboid, with scarcely any fibres or pores; br. l. sub-secund, recurved
at point, ovate, shortly and bluntly acuminate, the point with 3–5
teeth, margin recurved above, rather broadly bordered; hyaline cells
serpentine elongate, with many threads and pores; caps. scarcely
exserted. [Dr. Braithwaite, Monthly Micros. Jour., 1872, p. 159.]
Deep bogs.
Terrington Carr, Yorkshire, 1846 (Spruce); Holyhead (Wilson); Braemar,
1868 (Hunt).
DICRANUM UNDULATUM. Ehr. St. naked and decumbent at base; l. patulous,
upper falcato-secund or appressed and slightly secund from a broad
oblong base, lanceolate, gradually narrowed into a dagger-shaped point
ending somewhat abruptly in the acute apex, beautifully undulate in the
upper half, carinate; margin revolute below, coarsely serrate above with
spinulose irregular teeth; nerve flattened, narrow and extended to apex,
narrowly two-winged and _serrate_ at back; cells elongate oblong or
elongate hexagonal, those of central base sub-quadrate and hyaline. [Dr.
Braithwaite, in _Grevillea_, i., 108.]
Stockton Forest, near York, 1842 (Spruce); again 1872 (Mr. Anderson). It
has doubtless been frequently overlooked or mistaken for _D. scoparium_
or _D. Bonjeanii_ (_palustre_).
BRYUM (WEBERA) BREIDLERI. Juratzka. Dioicous. St. 1½in. reddish brown
and procumbent below, light green above, l. ovate, decurrent,
erecto-patent, concave, serrate towards apex, margin recurved, thinly
nerved nearly to apex, areolæ narrow elongate, upper acute at both ends,
lower quadrate; male fl. terminal discoid, outer perig. l. spreading
elliptic-lanceolate, saccate at base, margin strongly recurved, apex
cucullate serrate; inner obovate, suddenly acuminate; perich. l.
linear-lanceolate, strongly nerved; caps. oval pendulous, glaucous green
when young, pale reddish brown when ripe, on a slender seta geniculate
at base. [Hunt. Mem. Lit. and Phil. Soc., Manchr., 1871–2, p. 101.]
Wet _debris_ of slaty rocks near springs. VII. VIII.
Glen Callater, Loch-na-gar, Carnlochan Glen (Hunt).
BRYUM. (WEBERA) SCHIMPERI. Wils. (_non_ Bry. Eur.) L. more rigid, erect,
narrow, lanceolate, less decurrent, nerve stronger, continued almost to
apex; areolæ a little longer and more obscure. [Hunt, l. c.]
_Debris_ of micaceous rock. VII.
Ben Lawers, Perthshire Mts., Snowdon.
II. ALTERATIONS OF NOMENCLATURE, AND SYNONYMS.
No. 54. _W. truncicola_ De Not. =
DICRANUM MONTANUM. Hedw. “Having shown the specimen to Prof. Lindberg
during his recent visit, he informed me that he was under the impression
that Juratzka had referred it to _Dic. montanum_; and on comparing the
two I find they are truly identical. The species is, however, none the
less an addition to our flora.... its place will be next to _D.
strictum._” [Dr. Braithwaite, in _Grevillea_ i., p. 75.]
No. 71. _Dicranum polycarpum._ β. _strumiferum_ = ONCOPHORUS STRUMIFER.
Brid.
ONCOPHORUS. BRID.
L. spreading flexuose from a sub-decurrent base; caps. cernuous
incurved, neck shortly and widely strumose, not striate.
O. STRUMIFER. Brid. “This is again restored to the rank of a species, as
it differs from _O. polycarpus (Dicranum)_ in the caps. being more or
less cernuous, constantly strumose at base, with a compound annulus, and
in the leaves having papillæ only on the upper surface.” [Dr.
Braithwaite, Jour. Bot. VIII. 228.]
84. DICRANUM HETEROMALLUM. δ. _sericeum._
Add as a synonym, _Dicranodontium sericeum_. Schp.
85. _D. Starkii._ β. _molle_ =
D. ARCTICUM. Schp. Its general appearance better distinguishes it from
_D. Starkii_ than its microscopical characters. It is _quite erect_,
growing in large loose patches, stems 3–4in., elastic, very robust;
foliage of a fine purplish brown colour; leaf wider below, and more
suddenly contracted upwards, with a thinner nerve; fruits earlier.
[Hunt. l. c. p. 321.]
Ben-mac-dhui and Ben Nevis.
92. D. CIRCINNATUM. Wils.
Add as synonyms _Dicranodontium aristatum_. Schp. _D. asperulum._ Mitt.
96. D. PALUSTRE. Brid. Dr. Braithwaite points out in _Grevillea_ I.,
109, that La Pylaie’s specimens of this moss (Bridel Bryol. Univ. I.
814) belong to _Campylopus flexuosus_, as shewn by De Notaris in his
Epil. Bryol. Ital.; and that hence the name D. BONJEANII, De Not. is to
be preferred. The synonymy would then stand:—
96. D. BONJEANII. De Not. Syllab. Muse. 213 (1838); Muell. Synopsis I.,
369 (1849). _D. palustre._ Bry. Eur. and Bry. Brit., p. 79 (_non_
Bridel.) _D. undulatum._ Turn. Musc. Hib.
The following amended diagnosis of this species is from the same author
(in _Grev._ i., 109):—“Seta solitary; st. erect; l. more or less
erecto-patent, straight, from a broad linear flat base, broadly
oblong-lanceolate, gradually narrowed into a strap-shaped point,
tapering into an acute apex, lightly undulate above, canaliculate;
margin acutely serrate above, teeth uniform in shape and direction;
nerve very narrow, vanishing below apex, _smooth_ at back; basal cells
short quadrate, brownish, above elongate hexagonal or parallelogramic,
uppermost elliptic-oblong.”
361. _E. minimum_, Hunt. is now ascertained to be SPLACHNOBRYUM
WRIGHTII, Muell., and can hardly be considered as indigenous, “for the
spores have most probably been mixed with soil attached to some exotic,
and thus accidentally scattered on the wall where it was
found.”—[Braithwaite.]
SPLACHNOBRYUM. C. Muell. Verhand. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 1869. p. 501.
“Calyp. dimidiate, enclosing the whole theca and embracing spirally the
upper part of the seta, cleft at side, smooth, fugacious. Perist.
simple, arising below mouth of caps., teeth 16 very narrow,
linear-lanceolate acicular, with the articulations remote. Columella
immersed. Dioicous, male fl. gemmaceous, without paraphyses. Plants
small slender, with distant spathulate leaves.”
S. WRIGHTII. Muell. l. c. (_Entosthodon minimus_, Hunt. l. c.
_Amblyphyllum Hibernicum_, Lindb. MS.)