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H a b .— Dried mud at edge of pools ; rare. Fr. lo — 3 .
Mere, Cheshire {Wilson 1834) ! ! Newcastle Town-moor [Robinson and Thornhill). Edge
of a fishpond at Hurstpierpoint [Mitten 1847) * • Weald of Sussex [Davies 1872) ! !
This little moss bears fruit richly, and carries us onward a step higher
from the cleistocarpous mosses to those with a dehiscent lid and peristome.
Like other similar species it often disappears altogether from the locality it
occupied.
5. MOLLIA MICROSTOMA [Hedw.) Lindb.
Autoicous ; in short dense tufts. L e a v e s lanceolate, crisped when
dry, acute, nerve excurrent, margin incurved. Caps, ellip tic, contra c ted
at the mouth, closed by a perforated membrane, lid obliquely rostrate
(T. X X X IV , B.)
S y n .— Gyninostoiiin/n iiiicrostomumHEmv. Stirp. Cr. iii, 71, t. 30, B (1792), Sp. musc. 33 (1801).
H o f fm Deutsch. fl. ii, 29 (1795). B r id . M u s c . rec. II, P. I, 44 (1798), Sp. Musc. I, 33
(1806}, Mant. 15 (1819). S w a r t z Musc. Suec. 21 (1799). R o e h l . Moosg. deutsch. 79
(1800). R o th Fl. germ, iii, P. I, 128 (1800). S m it h FI. brit. iii, 1165 {1804), Eng. Bot.
t. 2215. P. B e a u v . Prodr. 59 (1805). S c h u l t z Fl. starg. 279 {1806). W e b . M o hr
Bot. Tasch. 85 (1807). S c h w a e g r . Suppl. I, P. I, 28 (1811). H o o k . T a y l . Musc. brit.
13, t. 7 {1818). H a r t m . Skand. fl. 283 (1820). G r a y Nat. arr. br. pi. i, 716 (1821).
F u n c k Moost. 7, t. 4 (1821). H o o k . Fl. scot. P. II, 123 (1821}, Br. Fl. ii, 10 (1833).
M a c k . Fl. hib. P. 2, p. 11 (1836). W i l s . Bry. brit. 44, t. 7 (1855). S c h im p . Synops.
34 {i860). B e r k . Handb. br. m. 295 (1863). H u s n . M o u s s . nord-ouest 39 (1873).
H o b k . Syn. br. m. 33 (1873).
Bryum microstomum D i c k s . Pl. crypt. Fasc. IV, g (1801).
Hymenostomum microstomum R. B r ow n Trans. Linn. Soc. xii, 572 (1819). N e e s H o r n s c h .
Bry. germ, i, 139, t. 12,1.4(1823). B r id . Bry. univ. ii, 77 (1827). H u e b e n . Musc. germ.
67(1833). D e N o t . Syllab. 293 (1S38). Epil. bri. ital. 607 (1869). B r . S c h im p . Bry.
eur. fasc. 33— 36, p. 4, t. i (1846). R a b e n h . Deutsch. kr. fi. ii, S. 3, 123 (1848). S c h im p .
Synops. 2 ed. 34 (1S76). H u s n . M u s c . Gall. 6, t. 2 {1884).
Weisia microstoma C. M u e l l . Synops. i, 660 (1849). Fl. danica t. 2612, fig. i. L in d b .
De Tort. 230 (1864). M i l d e Bry. siles. 44 (1869). J u r a t z . Laubm. oesterr.-ung. g
(1882).
Simophyllum microstomum L in d b . Rev. crit. ic o n . fl. d an . 74 ( 18 7 1 ) .
Mollia microstoma L in d b . M u s c . s c a n d . 22 (18 79).
Autoicous ; densely tufted, lurid green. L e a v e s lanceolate from an
e re c t base, patent, twisted and crisped when dry, comal elonga to-lanc.
con cav e, the margin incurved, m ucrona te with the excur rent nerve ;
cells at base elongate hexagonal, above minute, opake. Cap s, exserted
on a yellowish seta, oval or ellip tic , equal or gibbous, o liv aceou s when
filled with spores, pale brown when empty, mouth very narrow, the
clo sed orifice finally perforated in th e centre ; lid paler, more or
less e longated, acute obliquely ros trate, annulus simple. Male infl.
near the female, gemmiform.
H ae,— On banks and barren fields, not uncommon. Fr. 3— 4.
'S'ar. ¡3. obliqua (Nees Hornsch.)
Plants shorter with a shorter seta ; caps, asymmetric, incurved, lid more
conical.
S y n .— Hymenostomum obliquum N e e s H o r n s c h . Bry. germ, 194, t. 12, f. 2. B r i d . Bry. univ.
” , 75*
H. microstomum Var. ¡3. obliquum. Bry. eur.
H a b .— Helk’s wood, Ingleton [Nowell 1850) ! !
The leaves of this species closely resemble those of M. viridula, and it is
only by the small mouth of the capsule closed by the epiphragm that they can
be separated ; yet a character of such trivial weight is still used to establish
genera, and separate species having the closest natural affinity.
6. MOLLIA SaUAREOSA (Nees Hornsch.) Lindh.
A u to ico u s : in small lax tufts. Le a v e s squarrose, lan ceolate,
broader w ith plane margins. Cap s, ellip tic , lid conico-rostellate.
(T. X X X IV , C.)
S y n — Hrvtencistomam squarrosum N e e s H o r n s c h . B r y . g e rm , i, 193, t. 12 , f. i (1823). B e :d .
B r y . u n iv . ii, 74 (1827 ). H u e b e n . M u s c . g e rm . 6g (1S33). B “ - S ch im p . B r y . eur . fa s c .
f 6, p. 3, t. 2 ( 18 4 6 ). R a b e n h . Deutsch. kr. fl. ii, S. 3, « 4 (1848). S ch im p .
Synops, 2 e d . 34 ( 18 7 6 ) . H u s n . M u s c . gall. 6. 1. 2 ( 18 8 4 ).
Weissia squarrosa O. M u e l l . Synops. i, 663 (184g). LmDB De Tort. 230 {1864).
M i l d e Bry. siles. 44 {1869). J u b a t z . Laubm. oesterr.-ung. 8 (1882).
Gymnostomum squarrosum W i l s . Bry. brlt. 43, t. 38 (1855). S c h im p , Synops, 34 (i860).
B e r k . Handb. br. m. 295 (1863). H u s n , M o u s s . nord.-ouest. 39 (1873). H o b k , Syn.
br. m. 33 (1873).
Mollia squarrosa L i n d b . Musc. scand, 22 (1879).
A u toicous ; in small lax deep green tufts. Stem -J in. high, becoming
decumbent after fruiting, and throwing out innovations below the
perichætium. L e a v e s distant, squarrose, dirty green, lanceolate,
mucronate, margins erect not involute, upper comant, lineal-lanc. twice
the length. Capsu le small, ellip tic , often oblique, brownish, on a short
yellowish seta, lid con ico-roste llate ,
H ab.— Clay fields and banks ; not common. Fr. 10— 3.
Over, Cheshire [Wilson 1830) ! ! Hurstpierpoint [Mitten 1846)! Hale barns and AsMey,
Cheshire (Hunt 1868) ! ! Bowdon, Cotterall wood, Helsby and MobbeiTey {Hunt
1870) ! Handforth, Cheshire (P. G. Cunliffe). Buckingham [Holmes). Brant Fell,
Westmoreland {West 1879) ! ! Stirrup wood {Seholefield 1868). Penan, Braemar
{Sim 1872).
Very close to M. microstoma, but best distinguished by the decumbent
stem and squarrose leaves with plane margins.
7. MOLLIA TORTILIS (Schwaegr.) Braith.
Autoicous ; densely tufted, fastigia te. Le a v e s crowded, oblong-
lancelate , mucronate, with incurved margin. Caps, oval, equal, lid
obliquely rostrate. (T. X X X IV , D.)
S y n .— Gymostomum tortile S c h w a e g r . in S c h r a d . Neu. Bot. journ. iv, 17, t. i (1810), Suppl.
I, P. I, zg. t. 10 (1811). S c h k u h r Deutsch. kr. gew. P. II, 29, t. 11, c. (1810). B r i d .
Mant. 17 (iS ig ) , Bry. univ. i, 74 (1826). F u n c k Moost. 7, t. 4 (1821). N e e s
H o r n s c h . Bry. germ. i. 182, t. 11, f. 28 (1823). H u e b e n . M u s c . germ. 48 (1833). D e
N o t . Syllab. 291 {1838). W i l s . Bry. brit. 45, t. 38 (1855). S c h im p . Synops. 35 (i860).
B e r k . Handb. br. m. 296 (1863). H u s n . M o u s s . nord.-ouest. 40 (1873). H o b k . Syn.
br. m. 33 (1873).
Gymnostomum condcnsatum V o i t in S t u r m Deutsch. fl. P. xi (1810), Musc. herbip. 14
(1812). R o e h l . Deutch. fl. iii, 37 (1813).