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(Mitten 1S47) ! Vale bridge, Sussex (Davies 1855) ! Hincksey and Great Tew, Oxon
(Bostvell 1861). Budleigh Salterton (Dickie). Ashley mill and Green lane, Bowdon
(Hunt 1870)11 Kirkham Abbey (Hunt 1871)!! Shere, Surrey (Capron 1879)11
Tunbridge Wells (Jenner 1846) ! Shanklin (Sal-wcy 1857) • Appleton lane (Wilson
1854) ! ! Pope’s walk, Bath, $ (Mrs. Hopkins 1861) ! Sutton park, Warwick
(Bagnall) ! ! Towton, Yorks. (West 1881) ! !
Resembling T. muralis but more slender, the leaves with a scarcely
revolute margin, thickened border and shorter points ; they vary in length
and width. AU the specimens I have examined have been certainly dioicous.
I I. TOETULA CANESCENS Mont.
Autoicous ; short, hoary when dry. L e a v e s oblongo-lanceolate,
piliferous, s ca rc e ly revolute at margin. Cap s, erect, ellip tic ; lid conic ;
peristome tubular at base for nearly h a lf its length. (T. X X X I , F.)
Svn.— Tortula canescens M o n t a g n e in Arch. Bot. i, 133, t. 4, fig. 3 (iS32),et Sylloge crypt. 40
(1856). D e N o t . in Mem. ac. Torin. xl, 300 (1838), Syllab. 175 {1838), Musc. ital. I,
30, t. I I (1862), et Epil. bri. ital. 535 (1869). S p r u c e in Ann. mag. n. h. 2 ser. iii, 375
(184g). W i l s . Bry. brit. 130, t. 43 (1855). B e r k . Handb. br. m. 253 (1863). L in d b .
de Tort. 238 (1S64). H o b k . Syn. br. m. 66 (1873).
Barbula canescens B r u c h MSS. B r . S c h im p . Bry. eur. fasc. 13— 15, Mon. 34, t. ig (1842).
R a b e n h . Deutsch. k r . fl. ii, .s. 3, iio (1848). C. M u e l l . Synops. i, 625 (184g).
S c h im p . Synops. 184 (i860), 2 ed. 201. B e r t o l , Fl. ital. cr. 210 (1858). M i l d e Bry.
siles. 113 (i86g). H u s n . Mouss. nord.-ouest. 85 (1873). -
Desmatodon canescens J u r a t z . Laubm. oesterr.-ung. 133 (1882).
Autoicous ; short, greg ariously cæspitose, bright green when moist,
hoary when dry. L e a v e s patulous, oblong and ob long-ligulate, concave,
obtuse a t apex, v e ry minutely papillose above, margin v e ry slightly
revolute, nerve excurrent in a long hair ; c e lls a t base pellucid,
e longato-rectangular, the rest quadrato-hexagonal. Caps, on a shortish
red seta, leptodermous, erect, elongato-elliptic, reddish brown, lid
conic, elongated, h a lf length o f caps., annulus rather broad, breaking
up ; per. with the basal membrane forming a pale red tessella ted tube
for nearly h a lf its length, teeth red, contorted.
Male infl. gemmiform, on a slender branch, b ra c ts ovate-oblong.
H ab.— Channel coast, very rare. Fr. 5.
On loose sandy earth, on face of chalk cliffs near the Lover’s Seat, Hastings (Jenner
1844)! !
Quite a Mediterranean species and resembling T. muralis, but with
broader leaves of laxer texture, slightly acuminate at points and the margins
much less recurved ; it is readily distinguished from it by the tube of the
peristome.
12. TORTULA MURALIS (L.) Hedw.
Autoicous ; com p a c tly tufted, bright green and hoary. L e a v e s
spathulate-oblong, obtuse, the margin strongly revolute, nerve excurrent
in a hyaline liair. Cap s, oblongo-cylindric, lid conic ros te llate ;
peristome with a very narrow basal membrane. (T. X X X I , G.)
S y n .— Muscus capillaceus minor, capitulis crectis vulgatissimus R a y Synops. 2 ed. 28, n. 1.
(1696).
Muscus trichoides parvus, capitula crebcrrima oblonga erecta habitiora, per siccitatcm
atrorubentia producens Vernon. R a y op. c. 33, n. 30.
Bryum minus, crectis minus falcatis capitulis, foliis latiusculis congcstis in piluin
canescentem desinentibus D i l l , in R a y . Syn. 3 ed. 94 {1724).
Bryum tegulare humile pilosum et incanum D i l l . Hist. musc. 355, t. 45, f. 14 A— E
(1741), et Herbar.
Bryum murale L. Sp. pi. ii, 1117 ( i753)- Fi- suec. 2 ed. 993 (1755)- H u d s . Fl. angl.
406 (1762). W e i s s Crypt. Goett. 192 (1770). Neck. Meth. musc. 197 (1771), Del.
Gallo-belg. ii, 458. W i t h e r . Bot. arr. br. veg. ii, 673 (1776). L i g h t f . Fl. scot, ii,
720 (1777). W e b e r Spic. fl. goett. 100 (1778). R e l h a n Fl, cant. 403 (1785). H o f fm .
Deutsch. fl. ii, 45 (1795). A b b o t Fl. bedf. 240 (1798). H u l l Brit. fl. II, 256 (1799).
Mnium murale S w a r t z Meth. musc. 27 (1781).
7'ortula muralis H e d w . Fund. II, 92 (1782), Sp. musc. 123. S i b t h . Fl. oxon. 284 (1794}.
B r i d . M u s c . rec. II, P. I, 186, t. 3, f. 20 (1798), Sp. musc. I, 250 (1806). S w a r t z
Musc. suec. 39 (1799). R o t h Fl. germ, iii, P. I, 203 (1800). R o e h l . Moosg.
deutsch. 400 (1800). S m i t h Fl. bnt. 1256 (1804); Eng. Bot. t. 2033. T u r n .
Musc. hib. 50 (1804). P. B e a u v . Prodr. 92 (1805). S c h u l t z Fl. starg. 304 (1806).
W a h l e n b . Fi. carp. 238 (1814), Fl. upsal. 375 (1820). H o o k . T a y l . musc. brit. 30,
t. 12 (1818). H o o k . Fl. scot. P. 2, 127 (1821), Br. fl. ii, 44 (1833). G r a y Nat. arr.
br. pl. i, 722 (1821). M a c k . Fl. hib. P. 2, 25 (1836). D e N o t . in Mem. acc. Torin.
xl, 301 (1838), Syllab. 175(1838), Musc. ital, 1 ,3 1 , t. 12 (1862), Epil. bri. ital. 536
(i86g). W i l s . Bry. br. 130, t. 12 (1855). B e r k . Handb. br. m. 253, t. 22, f. 3 (1863).
L i n d b . de Tort. 239 (1864). H o b k . Syn. br. m. 66 (1873).
Barhula muralis T im m FI. megap. 240 (1788). W e b . M o h r Bot. Tasch. 206 (1807).
S c h w a e g . Suppl. I, P. I, T32 (1811). V o i t M u s c . herb. 55 (1812). R o e h l . Deutsch.
fl. iii, 78 ( : 8 i 3 ) . M a r t . Fl. cr. erl. 90 (1817). Z e n k . D i e t r . M u s c . thuring. I, n. 13
(1821). S c h u l t z Recens. 221, t. 34, f. 29 (1823). B r i d . Bry. univ. i, 546 (1826).
H u e b e n . M u s c . germ. 313 (1833). B r . S c h . Bry. eur. fasc. 13— 15, Mon. 35, t. 20
{1842). R a b e n h . Deutsch. kr. fl. ii, S. 3, 109 (1848), C. M u e l l . Synops. i, 625
{1849). S c h im p . Synops. 185 (i860), 2 ed. 201. M i l d e Bry. siles. 113 (1869). L e s q .
J a m e s Mosses N. Amer. 119 (1884).
Mollia muralis S c h r a n k Bayer. Fl. ii, 456 (1789).
Desmatodon muralis J u r a t z . Laubm. oesterr.-ung. 134 (1882).
Autoicous ; densely pulvinate or cæspitant, yellowish or glaucous
green and canescent, sparingly branched. Le a v e s when dry appressed
and tw isting, when moist patent, lower oblongo-lanceolate, upper elon-
gate-ligulate, with the apex obtuse, unequally prolonged or subcordate,
minutely papillose, the margin yellowish, strongly revolute ; nerve y ellow,
excurrent in a diaphanous h a ir ; upper c e lls small, chlorophyllose, indistinct,
basal rectangular, hyaline. Caps, on a purple or y ellow seta,
obloiigo-subcylindric, pachydermous, regular, dark brown, annulus
narrow, subpersisteiit ; c a lyp tra large, pale brown, lid obliquely conico-
ros te llate ; peristome purple, c losely convolute, on a very narrow basal
membrane.
Male infl. gemmaceous, on a short la teral branch, b ra c ts ovate,
obtuse, mucronate with the nerve.
H ab.— On walls, stones and rubbish ; very common. Fr. 4— 5.
Var. (3. rupestris {Schultz).
Plants robust, taller, more branched ; leaves broader, oblong ; caps,
cylindraceous, on a long seta.