; 1
minute quadrate. Inner perich. b ra c ts sheathing to the middle, thence
lon gly subulate and d iva rica te, seta rather short yellowish red ; capsule
subgibbose ovate, subcylindric, more or less incurved, with a short
strumose n e ck abrupt on one side, when dry and emp ty smooth,
contra cted below mouth, ochra ceous or fu sce scen t, lid conic ros trate,
erose a t base, oblique, orange, annulus narrow, persistent ; peristome
purple, rufous or orange, smooth, te e th broad robust, regula r, c le ft to
middle. Male infl. minute, a xillar in th e com al lea ve s, b ra c ts few,
obovate-acuminate.
H a b.— Wet rocks and earth among stones by Alpine streams. Fr. 7.
Common on Ben Lawers and all the Grampian range.
Var. fl, serratus (Schimp).
L a x ly tufted ; stem tall ascending sparingly branched ; leaves divari-
cato-patent, curling, the margin coarsely serrate. Caps, less strumose.
S y n .— Dicr. virens V a r . y. serratum S c h im p . B r y . eu r . Cynodontium virens. V a r . y . serratum
S c h im p . C o ro ll. & c.
H a b .— B y mountain streams and waterfalls. North of England (Prof.
1876).
This fine moss is a great ornament to mountain rocks, and varies much in
size and in the form and direction of the fru it; the capsule is very fragile and
splits with slight pressure.
2. ONCOPHORUS w a h l e n b e r g i i Brid.
Au to icou s ; stem short nearly simple. L e a v e s la x, distant, from a
broad sheathing base, suddenly linear , p a tent a cu te entire. C ap su le
ob ov ate, when emp ty su lca te and incurved, s trum u lo s e ; teeth o f
peristome approximate at base. (T. X X V , A.)
S y n .— Dicranum virens W a h l e n b . F l . la p p . 308 (18 12 ) , e x c l. s y n .
Oncophorzis Wahlenbergii B r id . B r y . u n iv . i, 400 {1826). L in d b . m u s c . s c a n d . 27 (1879).
Dicranzim Wahlenbergii S c h u l t z in S y l lo g . R a t is b . 1828, p . 149.
Dicr. virens V a r . (3. Wahlenbergii H u e b e n . M u s c . g e rm . 231 {1833). B r . S c h . B r y . eur.
fa s c . 3 7— 40, p . 1 5 , t. 3 (1847). R a b e n . D e u t s c h . k r . fl. ii, S . 3, 13 7 (1848).
Dicran. Richardsoni HdOK. in D r u m m . M u s c . am e r . n. 105.
Angstroemia Wahlenbergii C . M u e l l . S y n o p s ii, 6 10 {18 5 1).
Cynodontium virens V a r . fl. Wahlenbergii S c h im p . B r y . eur . C o ro ll. 12 (18 5 5), S y n o p s . 63
(i8 60), 2 ed . 64 (1876). F e r g u s s . in S c o t t , n a t . 18 7 9, p . 1 3 1 . J u r a t z . L a u bm . o e s te r r -
u n g . 28 (1882).
A u to ic o u s ; resembling 0 . virens, but the stems slender, i — a in.
high and nearly simple. L e a v e s strongly crisped, d is tan t, from a
dilated sheathing base, narrowest below and widening upward, suddenly
lan ceolate-subula te, v e ry pa tent and flexuose, th e margin flat and
involute above, o b so le te ly denticula te a t apex or e n t ir e ; a reolation as
in 0 . virens, the basal thinner and more e longated. Pe rich. bra cts
more w id ely sheathing, seta rufescent, capsule leptodermous, shorter,
ca staneous or rufescent, obovate, cernuous, strumose, when empty
incurved, wide mouthed, smooth or slightly sulcato-str iate, lid with a
curved beak, teeth o f peristome purple, close to g e th er at the base,
slightly cleft into tw o slender legs.
H a b .— Crevices of Alpine rocks ; very rare. Fr. 8.
Glen Callater (Fergusson 1871).
Var. fl. compactus [Schimp).
Plants in dense yellow green tufts; leaves dense erecto-patent, shorter,
curling strongly, the margin quite entire. Capsule short gibbous, neck with
a rounded struma. (T. X X V , B., fig. fl.)
S y n .— Dicranum Homanni B o e c k in H a r tm . Skand. F!. 4 ed. 384 (1843).
Dicr. virens Vox. b. compactum Bry. Eur.
Cynodontium virens Var. h. compactnm S c h im p . Synops.
Dicr. Wahlenbergii Var. f l . compactnm L in d b . in Oefv. K . vet. ak. Forhandl. 1867, p. 556.
H ab.— On the higher mountains of Braemar. Little Craigandal, with Dicr.
elongatum [Fergusson and Roy 1873).
This plant is certainly distinct from 0 . virens, and in habit resembles O.
stnimifenmi; the form of the base of leaf is quite characteristic. Prof. Lind berg
retains it in a separate section which he names Parasymhlepharis. The
variety fl. by the shape of its leaf must also be placed here and not under
0 . virens.
Sect. 2. E U O N C O PH O R U S Lindb.— Plants slender, ramulose; leaves
papillose. Capsule suberect, oblong, with a distinct neck, equal or slightly
strumose, striate, when empty sulcate; teeth thin, more distantly trabeculate,
cleft into 2— 3 slender legs.
3. ONCOPHORUS STRUMIFER [Ehrh.) Brid.
Autoicous ; in pulvinate tu fts. L e a v e s lanceol.-subulate, flexuose,
entire or cren ulate at apex, papillose on both sides. Cap s, gibbose-
oblong, distin c tly strumose at base. (T. X X V , C.)
Syn.— Dicranzim sirumifcrum E h r h . Pl. crypt, n. 74 (1786). S c h r a d . Spic. fl. germ. 59 (1794).
S w a r t z M us c . suec. 33 {1799). R o th Fl. germ, iii, P. I, 186 (1800). S m ith Fl.
brit. iii, 1228 (1S04), Eng. bot. t. 2410. B r id . Sp. musc. I, 226 (1806), Mant. 24 (1819).
W e b . M o h r Bot. Tasch. 181 (1807). S c h w a e g . Suppl. I, P. I, 194 (1811). R o e h l .
Deutsch. fl. iii, 72 (1813). H o o k . T a y l . M usc . br. 54, t. 17 (1818). F u n c k Moost. 31, t.
21 (1821). G r a y Nat. arr. br. pl. i, 735 (1821). H o o k . Fl. scot. P. 2, 132 (1821), Br. fl.
ii, 39 (1833). H u e b e n . musc. germ. 232 (1833). C. M u e l l , Synops. ii, 592 (1851).
Fissidens strumifer H e d w . Musc. fr. ii, 88, t . 32 (1788). Sp. musc. 160 (1801). B r id .
Musc. rec. II, P. I, 151 (1798). R o e h l . Moosg. deutsch. 308 (1800). W a h l e n b . Fi.
carp. 343 (1814).
Hypnum strumosum G m e l . Syst. nat. ii, 1339 (1791). L a ic h . Pl. eur. 488 (1794).
Bryum strumifcrum D ic k s . Pl. crypt, fasc. 3, p. 8 (1793)- W i t h . Bot. arr. br. veg. 3 ed.
iii, 833 (1796). PIoFFM. Deutsch. fl. ii, 36 (1796). H u l l Br. fl. P. 2, 264 (1799).
Bryum incUnans D ic k s , o p . c . fa s c . 4 , p. 1 1 , t . 1 1 , f. g (18 01 ). S m . Fl. b r it . iii, 1363.
B r id . Musc. rec. II, P. I l l , 66 (1803), Sp. musc. I l l , 32 (1817), Mant. 120 {1819).
S c h w a e g . Suppl. I, P. II, 120 (1816).
Cecalyphum strumifcrzim P. B e a u v . Prodr. 52 (1805).
Dicr. gibboszim B r id . Sp. musc. I, 225 (i8o6).j
Oncophorus strumifer B r id . Bry. univ. i, 395 (1826). B r a it h w . in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 228.
L in d b . M u s c . scand. 27 (1879).