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H a b .— Holwick Scarr, Teesdale {Spruce, 1843) ! Hills behind Dunoon {Stiytm,
1865)!!
D. fuseeseens is somewhat like a small state of D. scoparmm, but is readily
known by its slightly curled leaves with short cells free from transverse pores,
and its pale striated capsule. It is very variable in size and colour, and
also in the curving of the leaves.
13. DICRANUM ELONGATUM Schleich.
Dio icous ; com p a c tly tufted, stems slender, elongated, leaves lanc
eola te-a cuminate, entire, nerve e x c u r re n t ; capsule ovate, cernuous, lid
w ith a long oblique beak. (T. X X I I I , A.)
S v n —Dicraimm elongatum S c h l e i c h . Pl. crypt, helv. Cent. I l l , n. 27 (1806). S c h w a e g .
Suppl I P. I- 171, I- 43 (1811). B e id . Mant. 60 (1S19), Bry, univ. 1, 429 (1826).
F u n c k Moost. 28, t. 19 (1821). D e N o t . Syll. musc. 215 (1838), Epil. bnol ital. 622
(1S69). H a r tm . skand. fl. B e . S c h . Bry. eur. fasc. 37-40,?. 33, t. 28 {1847). C. M u e l l .
Synons. i, 365 (1849). S c h im p . Synops. 86 (i860), 2 ed, 88 (1876). M i l d e Bry.
siles. 68 (1S69). F e e q u s s . in Scot. Nat. V, 129 (1879). J u r a t z . Laubm. Oesterr-
ung. 45 {1882).
Die. sphagni Wahlenb . Fl. lapp. 337 (1812). B r id . Mant. 68 (1819), Bry, univ. 1,
461 (1826).
D io ico u s ; in com p ac t cushioned tufts, densely interwoven with
ferruginous tomentum, yellowish green above, rufo-fuscous b elow. Stems
3— 6 in. high, slender fa s tig ia te -b ranch ed ; lea ves secund and erecto-
patent, appressed when dry, from an oblong lan ceo late base, subulate
a cute , entire or fa intly toothed at apex, the wings convo lute a b o v e ; nerve
narrow, excurrent, lower cells e longato-rectangular, the angular orange,
quadrate, upper minute oblong. Pe rich. b ra c ts cy lindraceo-vaginant,
suddenly subulate ; caps, on a short pale brown seta, subcernuous, sub-
glbbous-ovate, with a d istinct neck, ligh tly striate, greenish brown,
annulus narrow, lid conic with a pale subulate beak longer than caps,
te e th irregular, rufous-red.
Male pl. v ery slender, intermixed with the fem. or in separate tufts ;
infl. secund, b ra c ts ovate, subulate.
P e a t y p l a c e s on mountain rocks ; rare. Fr. 8. Corrie Ardor, Inverness
(Barher Roy, 1870). Little Craigandal, Braemar {Fergusson Roy,
Readily known by its long straight stems densely compacted up to the
coma with rusty sponge-like tomentum, and by its acute leaves, entire or with
a few irregular teeth at apex.
14. DICRANUM MONTANUM Hedw.
D io ico u s ; in dark green cushioned tufts. L e a v e s curled when dry,
lanceolate-subulate, papillose a t b a ck , nerved to apex, margin crenulate
above. Caps, erect, cylindric-oval, lid ros trate, oblique. (T. X X I I I , B.)
S,VN.-Dicranum montanum H e d w . Sp. musc. 143. t- 35. J 8-13 (1801); P. B e a u v . Prodr 54
(180O. B e i d . S p . m u s c . I. 2oo(i8o6),Mant. 65(1819), Bry. umv, 1,454(1826). W e e .
MOHE. Bot. Tasch. 179 (1807). S c h w a e g . Suppl. I, P. I, 178 ( i8 ii). W a h l e n b . Fl.
lapp. 337 (1812), Fl. carp. 345 (1814). R o e h l . Deutsch. fl. iii, 68 (1813). F u n c k Moost,
29, t. 20 (1821). H u e b e n . M u sc. germ. 252 (1833), excl. syn. H a r tm . Skand. fl. B e .
S c h im p . Bry. eur. fasc. 37-40, p. 29, t. 20 (1847), C. M u e l l . Synops. i, 379 (1849).
S c h im p . Synops. 81 (i860), 2 ed. 82 (1876). D e N o t. Epil. bri. ital, 628 (1869). M ild e
Bry. siles. 64 (1869). H u s n , mouss. nord-ouest 52 (1873). J u r a t z . Laubm. Oesterr.
ung. 41 (1882).
Weissia tninclcola D e N o t . Epil. 598 (1869).
Dioicous ; densely pulvinate-caispitose, interwoven with ferruginous
tomentum, deep green above, pale ferruginous below, i — i in. high.
L e a v e s soft, pa tent and subsecund, strongly curled when dry, lanceolate-
subulate, subtubulose in upper part, opake, papillose at back ; margin
crenulato-denticulate and incurved in upper half, nerve lost at apex,
b luntly toothed at back, i — j width o f base, cells at base lax and
elonga te, the angular few thin, in 5 rows, upper minute quadrate.
Perich. b ra cts longly sheathing, suddenly subulate ; caps, on a pale brown
seta, leptodermous, oblong, subcylindric, slightly curved, pale brown,
lid paler, con ica l, rostrate, long as capsule, teeth bright red, narrow,
a rcuato-incurved.
Male pl. slender, bra cts from an ovate base, acuminate subulate.
H a b .— About roots and trunks of trees in woods ; rare and sterile. Fr. 7— 8.
Park Birmingham {Bagnali 1870)!! Abbey wood and Bostol
wood Kent (Holmes 1874) ! ! Corley woods, Coventry ; Crackley wood, Kenilworth ;
Boultbie wood and woods at Meridan shafts, Fillongley; Shrawbcrry wood, Shustoke ■
Q Pirrhmoor stumps, Maxtoke, and on alder at Brown’s wood,
Solihull (Bugno« i88i) ! ! Aspley woods, Luton, with D. scoparium (Saunders 1882) I I
Den of Airhe, Forfar (Sim 1876) ! ! r \ ooe,
Although much resembling D. flagellare, this is at once distingnished by
its denser deep green tufts, strongly curled leaves, papillose at back, with
margins more extensively serrulate and less incurved.
i j . DICRANUM FLAGELLARE Hedw.
D io ic o u s ; densely tufted, usually producing fragile a xillar small
leaved ramuli ; leaves lane, subulate, concave, subsecund, smooth at
b ack, nerved to apex, denticulate at point ; caps, long, cylindric, striate,
lid with a long oblique beak. (T . X X I I I , C.)
SVN.-Dkranum flagellare H e d w . M u sc. fr. iii, i, t. i, f. 1 (1792), Sp. musc. 130 (iSoi)
ScHR.-iD. Spic. fl. p rm . 59 (1794). R o t h Fl. germ, iii, 165 (1795). B rid . Musc. rec.
o ’ ¡ ' r i i ’ ' 7® ('®°6). Mant. 58 (iSlg), Bry. univ. i, 422 (1826).
kOEHL. Moosg. deutsch. 328 (iSoo), Deutsch. fl. iii, 65 (1813). P. B e a u v Prodr 6i
(1805 . S c h u l t z Fl. starg. 297 (1S06) W e b . M o h r Bot. Tasch. 173 (1807). S c h w .a e g
Suppl. I P. I, 176 (1811). V o i t M u sc. herb. 41 (1812). W a h l e n b . Fl. lapp. 337 ( iS iq
M a r t Fl cr. erl, lo i (1817). F u n c k Moost. Ig ,' t. fo (1S21). H u e b e n . M u ^ I e r i '
250 (1833)- H a r tm . Skand. Fl. Mack.-vy Fl. hibern. P. 2, 23 (1S36), B r . S c h . Brv.
eur fesc. 37-40, p. 30, t. 21 (1847). L- M u e l l , Synops. i, 3S1 (1849). J e n s . Bry! dan!
93 (1856). S c h lm p . Synops. 82 (1S60), 2 ed. 84 (1S76). M i l d e Bry. siles. 65 (iS5q)
H u s n . mouss. nord-oiiest 52 (1873). J u r a t z . Laubm. Oesterr-ung. 41 (1SS2). H o lm e s m Journ. Bot. 1S74, p. 225, t. 149. = t t ; - =
Bryum flagellare H o f fm . Deutsch. fl. ii, 37 (1796).
Dio icous ; densely tufted, repea tedly dichotomous, i — a iu. high,
deep or yellow-green above, rufescent below, interwoven with radicles ;