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ca lyp. torn at base into shreds ; spores large, rough, ferruginous. Male
infl. gemmiform basal.
H ab.— Clay or chalky soil on heaths ; rare. Fr. 10— 2.
Henfield common and Pondleigh (Mitten 1846) ! ! Mere, Cheshire (IViison 1854) ! !
Var ¡3. brevifoliuni Schimp. Syn. 2 ed. p. 6.
Leaves shorter, nearly entire, nerve reaching apex or vanishing.
Sv.x.— Eph. sessileYnr. stcnophyllum Bry. eur. 1. c.
Phase, sessile Var. stenophyllum W i l s . Bry. brit.
Hab.— Mere, Cheshire {Wilson) ! !
Great confusion exists in the works of early authors between this moss
and the following, so that it is scarcely possible to disentangle the synonymy ;
a reference to the figures will show that in E. recimiifoliiim, the leaves are
much longer and linear in outline, while in E. stenophyllum, they taper
gradually upward to a point.
6. EPHEMERUM RECURVIFOLIUM (Dich.) Lindb.
D io ic o u s ; lea ve s lineal lane, flexuose, recurved, den ticula te at
apex, nerve e xcu r ren t; capsule oval. (T . X X V I I , F.)
Syn.— Phascnm recurvifolium D i c k s . Crypt, fasc IV, p. i, t. 10, f. 2 (1801). T u r n . M u s c . hib.
2 (1804). B r id . Sp. musc. I, 4 (i8o6), Bry. univ. i, 31, p.p. (1826). S c h k u h r Deutsch.
kr. Gew. ii, P. II, i i , t. 4? N e e s H o r n s c h . Bry. germ, i, 42, t. 5, f. 4 ? (1823).
H u e b e n . M u s c . germ, g (1833). W i l s . Bry. brit. 28, t. 37 (1855). H o b k . Syn. br. m.
27 (1873). H u s n . M o uss, nord-ouest 33 (1873)-
Phascum patens Var. Sm. Fl. brit. iii, 1150 (1804) ? H o o k . T a y . musc. brit. 7 (1818) ? B r id .
Bry. un. i, 34.
Phase, pachycarpnm Schw.-eo. Suppl. I, P. I, 6, t. 2 (1811). Br. Sch. Bry. eur. fasc. I,
Mon. 8, t. 2 {1S37).
Phascum Dicksoni B r id , Mant. 7 (1819).
Phascum crassinervium N e e s H o r n s c h . Bry. germ, i, 40 p.p. t. 4, f. 3 (1823). B e id . Bry.
univ. i, 32 p.p. G r e v . Scott, cr. fl, vi, t. 353 (1829), H o o k . Brit. fl. ii, 3 (1833). W i l s .
in Eng. Bot. t. 2932.
Ephemerum pachycarpum Hampe in Flora xx., P. I, 295 (1837) ? Rabenh. Deutsch. kr. fl.
ii, P. 3, 85 (1848). S c h im p . Bry. eur. fasc. 42, mon. 6, t. 2 (18 49), Coroll. 3 (185 5).
Physedinm pachycarpum C. M u e l l . in Bot. Zeit. 1S4 7 , p . lor.
Ephemerella pachycarpa C. M u e l l . Synops. i, 34 (1849).
Ephemerella recurvifolia ScHlMP, Synops. 7 (i860), 2 ed, g . B e r k . Handb, br, m. 303
(1863). L in d b . de Tort. 215 (1864). M i l d e Bry. siles. go (1869). J a e o . Ber. St. Gall,
gesells. i86g, p. 73. Ju r a t z . Laubm. oester.-ung. 5 (1882).
Bphemerum'recurvifolium L in d b , Musc. scand. 22 (1879).
Dio icous ; with dull green, much-branched protonema. L e a v e s
e recto-patent, flexuose, curved, spreading backward towards apex,
e longated, lineal-lingulate, eroso-denticulate a t a p e x ; nerve strong,
excur rent in an apiculus or v an ish in g ; cells at base elongated hexagono-
rectangular, hyaline, above denser, rhombic, ch lorophy llose. Caps, on
a v ery short pedicel, subglobose, ros tellate, rufous brown, p a chydermous
; ca l. campanulate, split on one side nearly to top , vaginula
oblong ; spores granular, fuscous. Male plant gemmiform.
H a b .— Fields and by ditches, rare. Fr. lo— 12.
Near Croydon (Dickson) i Bedford purlieus, Wansford (Berkeley 1827) i Hurstpierpoint
(Mitten 1846)!! Near Marsden, Durham (Bowmiiii 1840)! Ditchiing, Sussex
(Davies 1869) i ! Buckingham (Holmes 1876) ! i VVrotham, Kent (Holmes).
The calyptra is so variable in the different species, that it is quite insufficient
to characterize a separate genus Ephemerella.
2 . A C A U L O N C. M u e l l .
(Bot. Zeit. 1847, p. 99.)
Plan ts minute, gemmiform, gregarious. Capsule immersed, globose,
not apiculate. Ca lyp tra conic, very small, resting only on the top of
caps, torn irregularly. Columella th ick. Spores minutely granulose.
L e a v e s tristichous, upper v ery large, concave, connivent.— Der. a neg.
KHvXoY a stem.
C lavis to the S pecies.
Perich. bracts convolute, nerve vanishing at point.
------------- boat-shaped, carinate, nerve excurrent.
imiticum.
triquetrum.
I. ACAULON MUTICUM (Schyeh.) C. Muell.
Autoicous ; b ra c ts broadly oval, con cav e , subconvolute, the nerve
vanishing in apex. Cap s, erect on a straight pedicel. (T. X X V I I , G.)
S y n .— Phascum acaulon ß . minus L. Sp. pl. 1570 (i753)- H u d s . Fl. angl. 397 (1762). W e i s s
Cr. goett. 267 (1770). E h r h . Han. mag. 1780, p. 235.
Phascum vmticum S c h r e b . de Phasco obs. 8, excl. syn. t . i, fgg. 11-14 (1770) î Spic. fl. lips. 73 (17 71 )* W e b . Spic. Fl. goett. 126 {177S). H e d w . Fund. musc. II, 85 {1782), Sp.
musc. 23 (1801). R o t h . Fl. germ, i, 452 (1788). T im m Fl. meg. n. 719 (1788). J a c q .
Collect, ii, 215 (1788). S w a r t z Musc. suec. 18 (1799)- H o f fm . Deutsch. Fl. ii, 21
{1795). W i t h . Bot. arr. br. Veg. 3 ed. iii, 784 (1796). H u l l Br. fl. P. 2, 251 (1799).
B r id . Musc. rec. II, P. I, 10 (1798), Sp. musc. I, i (1806), Mant. 4 (1819), Bry. umv. 1,
22(1826). R o e h l . Moosg. deutsch. 15 (1800), Deutsch. fl. iii, 32 {1813), Ann. wett.
ges. i, 187. S m . Fi. br. iii, 1156 (i8oi). Eng. bot. t. 2027. T u r n . musc. hib. 3 (1804).
P. B e a u v . Prodr. 82 (1805). S c h u l t z Fl. starg. 271 (1806). W e b . M o h r Bot. Tasch.
69(1807). S c h k u h r Deutsch. kr. gew. P. .2, 10, t. 4 (1810). S c h w a e g . Suppl. I, P. I,
2(1811). M a r t . Fl. cr. erl. 125 (1817). H o o k . T a y l . Musc. br. 8, t. 5 (1S18}. F u n c k
Moost. 2, t. I (1821). G r a y Nat. arr. br. pl. i, 712 (1821). H o o k . Fi. scot. P. II, 122
(1821) ; Br. flora ii, 3 (1833). N e e s H o r n s c h . Bry. germ, i, 46, t. 5, f. 6 (1823). B r .
S c h im p . Bry. eur. fasc. i, p. 8, t. 2 (1837). H u e b e n . M u s c . germ. 8 (1833). R.a b e n h .
Deutsch kr. fl. ii,s. 3, 81 (1848). W i l s . Bry. br. 29, t. 5 (1855). M a c k . Fl. hib. P. 2,
8 (1836). H o b k . Syn. br. m. 27 (1S73). H u s n . mouss. nord-ouest. 34 {1873).
Phase, bulbosum V o it Musc. herb. 8 (1812). D e N o t . Syll. musc. 305 (1838).
Ephemerum muticum H am p e in Flora xx, P. I, 2S5 (1837).
Acaulon muticum C. M u e l l . in Bot. zeit, v, gg (1847). Syn. musc. i, 22 (1849). B r .
S c h im p . Bry. eur. fasc. 42, Suppl. mon. 3, t. i (1849). Ja e g . Ber. St. Gall. ges. 1869,
p. 75. H u s n . Mousses n. o. 2 ed. 57 (1882).
Schlstidium muticzim M i t t , in Ann. mag., Nat. Hist. 1851, p. 311.
SpJurrniigiiim muticum S c h im p . Synops. 13 (i860). B e r k . Handb. br. m. 302 (1863).
L in d b . de Tort. 216 {1864). M i l d e Bry. siles. 91 (iS6g). J u r .a t z . Laubm. oester.-
ung. 88 (1882). L e s q . J a m e s Mosses N. Amer. 40 (1S84).
Autoicous ; dull green gregarious, gemmiform, oblong conic,
rounded-triangular. L e a v e s few, broadly ovate, very concave, undulated
; perich. bracts two, much larger, subconvolute, not keeled,
suddenly narrowed into an eroso-denticulate point, nerve vanishing at