.li
Hymenostomum tortile B r . S c h im p . B r y . e i i r . f a s c . 3 3 — 3 6 , p . 6 , t . 3— 4 ( 1 8 4 6 ) . D e N o t .
‘y ’ ’ 6°6 ('869). S cH iM P . Synops. 2 ed. 3 5 (1876). H u s n o t M u s c . g a l i . 6,
t . 2 ( I0 0 4 ) .
Weissia tortilis C . M u e l l . S y n o p s . i , 6 6 i ( 1 8 4 9 ) . M i l d e B r y . s i l e s . 4 4 ( 1 8 6 9 ) . J u r a t z .
L a u b m . o e s t e r r . - u n g . 1 0 ( 1 8 8 2 ) . - r t v yy j
Weissia condensa L i n d b . d e T o r t . 2 3 0 in o b s . ( 1 8 6 4 ) .
Autoicous ; in more robust densely c rowded tu fts, dichotomous,
fa stigia te, dingy green above, rufescent below. L e a v e s crowded,
appressed and tw is tin g when dry, erecto-patent when moist, lower
minute ovate, upper broadly lane, obtusely pointed, mucronate with
the stout excurrent nerve which is reddish in old lea ves ; margin
incurved, subundulate, cells quadrate, diaphanous at base, opake above.
Pe rich. b ra cts longer lanc.-subulate ; caps, on a y ellow seta, p a ch yd e r mous,
ovate or oblong, yellow-brown with a red mouth, annulus simple,
hd conico-subulate, oblique, epiphragm perforated. Male infl. near the
female, gemmaceous.
H a b .— L imestone rocks, banks and walls ; rare. F r . 3— 4.
St^ Michael’ s mount (G r e » o d ) . Lathkilldale, Derby (fP,75« , 1831) ! ! Cliffs near
Newhaven and at Crowhors, (Seraer, 1837)! Plymouîh ( « „ ¿ , „ ,1 8 6 7 ) ! ! Levens
Westmoreland (Bur,,« 1874)!! Otford and Sandgate, Kent (H o lm e s f BembrMgl
I. of Wight (DaTOcs, 1865) I Marazion (Ciiraote). ' ’ oeinmiage,
Readily known from its allies bv the broader rather obtuse leaves erect
and incurved when dry, and fasciculate at the top of each shoot.’ Mr.
Holmes has noticed that it has a curious habit of detaching itself from the
substratum it grows upon, and becoming loose.
8. MOLLIA VIRIDULA (L.) Lindh.
Au toicous ; la xly cæspitose. L e a v e s crisped, linear -lanceolate,
mucronate, involute at margin. Cap s, oval, lid rostrate, teeth small!
irregular, variable. (T. X X X IV , E.)
S y n .— Bryum trichoides exile, erectis capituUs in pedicuUs brevissimis D i l l . Cat. Giss 22a
(^7^9)5 j” Ray Synops. 3 ed. 97 (1724). ‘
Bryum capillaceum breve, pallide et loete-virens, capsulis ovatis D i l l . H i s t m u s c s 8 o t
4 8 , f. 4 3 ( 1 7 4 1 ) e t H e r b a r . ' ^ ’
B rpm viridulum L Sp. plant, ii. 1,19 (1753), Syst. nat. ii, 702. H u d s . Fl. angl. 408
(1762). W e i s s Crypt. Goett. 193 (1770). W i t h . Bot. arr. br. Veg. ii 676 (1776!
L i g h t f . Fl. Scot. ii, 731 (1777), c ^ r t . Fl. Lond. fasc. 2, i 32,1 . 1 f i I s )
R e l h a n Fl. cant. 405 (1785). H u l l Br. Fl. P. 2, 258 (1799). I 77 1-
Weissia mridula H e d w , Fund, II, 90 (1781). L e y s . Fl. Hal. n. 1037 (1783). R o t h Fl
f f T 's v ) n ' Mant. 38 (1819), Bry. univ. i',
334(1826) Br. S c h im p Bry. eur. fasc. 3 3 -3 6 , p. 5, t. 2 - 3 (1846). R a b e n h . Deutsch.
kr. fl. 11, S 3, 125 (1848). L. M u e l l . Synops. i, 651 (1849). S c h im p . Synops. <50 (i860)
7 ' ^ (1869), H u s n . M o u s s . nord-ouest 42 (1873), Musc. gall’
N iA m l . 55 ()884) oesterr.-ung. , , (1882). L e s q . J a m e s Mosses
Bryum virens D i c k s . Pl. crypt. I, 4 (1785). A b b o t Fl. bedf, 243 (1798).
Mnium viridulum S w a r t z M e t h , m u s c . 3 6 5 ( 1 7 8 7 ) ,
Weissia crispa T im m FI. megap. n. 736 (1788).
Afzelia crispa. E h e h . Crypt, exs. n. 222 (1790),
[Mollia.
Weissia controversa H e d w . M u s c . frond, iii, 13, t. 5, B. (1792), Sp. musc. 67 (1801).
S w a r t z Musc. suec. 26 (1799). T u r n . M u s c . hib. 27 (1804). S c h k u h r Deutsch. kr.
gew. P. II, 52, t. 25 (1810). S c h w a e g r . Suppl. I, P. I, 77 ( i8 ii) . W a h l e n b . Fl.
carp. 340 (1814), Fl. ups. 384 (1820). R o e h l . Deutsch. fl, iii, 48 (1813), Ann. Wett.
ges. iii, 98. H o o k . T a y l . Musc. brit. 47, t. 15 (1818), H o o k . Fl. scot. P. II, 131
(1821), Brit. fl. ii, 22 (1833). F u n c k Moost. 15, t. 10 {1821). G r a y Nat. arr. br. pl. i,
731 (1821). Z e n k . D i e t r . Musc, thuring. II, n. 45 (1822). N e e s H o r n s c h . Brv. germ,
ii, P. 2, 42, t. 27, f. 7 (1831). H u e b e n . Musc. germ. 123 {1833). Fl. danica t. 2304, fig.
2. M a c k . Fl. hib. P. 2, 15 (1836). D e N o t . Syllab. 234 (1838), Epil. bri. ital. 599
(1869). W i l s . Bry. brit. 46, t. 15 (1855). B e r k . Handb. br. m. 291 (1863). H o b k .
Syn. br. m. 33 (1873).
Grimmia controversa S c h r a d . Samml. S i b t h . Fi. oxon. 277 {1794)* S m i t h . Fl. brit. hi,
1187 (1804), Eng. Bot. t. 1367. W e b . M o h r . Bot.Tasch. 133 (1807). V o i t Musc.
herb. 32 (1812).
Bryum controversum H o f f m . Deutsch. fl. ii, 32 (1795). P. B e a u v . Mem. Soc. Linn. Par.
t. 5, f. 5 (1822).
Weissia virens B r i d . M u s c . rec. II, P. I, 69 (1798). R o e h l . Moosg. deutsch. 147 (i8oo).
Weissia microdonta et Dicranum xanthodon H e d w . Sp. musc. t. 11 & 30 (1801).
Weissia mntabilis B r i d . Sp. m u s c . I, 10 3 ( i 8o 5) . M a r t . Fl. crypt, erl. 112 { 1 8 1 7 ) .
Hymenostomum suhglohosum N e e s H o r n s c h . B r y . germ, i, 103, t. 12 {1823). B r i d . B r y .
univ. ii, 79.
Weissia humilis,fallax et Bruchiana N e e s H o r n s c h . Bry. germ, ii, P. II, 36, t. 26— 27
(1831).
Simophyllum viridulum L i n d b . Rev. c r i t . i c o n . f l. d a n i c æ 5 1 ( 1 S 7 1 ) .
Mollia viridula L i n d b . musc. scand. 21 (1879).
Autoicous ; short, la xly cæspitose or subpulvinate, bright green,
nearly simple. Le a v e s when dry, invo luto-crispate, when moist erecto-
pa tent, the lower lane, upper longer, comant, flexuoso-patulous, from
an oblong concav e base with plane margins, lineal lane, the wings
above connivent, involute at margin, nerve strong, yellowish excurrent
in a short mucro ; cells at base rectang . pellucid, above very minute,
opake. Cap s, on a rather short pale seta, erect, oval or oblong,
oc ca sion a lly subcylindric, rufescent or fuscous, when dry slightly
con tra cted below the mouth and sulcate ; annulus narrow, lid obliquely
subulate, reddish at base, peristome v ery variable, teeth lineal-lanc.
' often tru n cate or c le ft at apex ; rufo-ferruginous, roughish at back,
with 2— 5 joints.
Male infl. terminal on th e innovations, minute, gemmaceous, bracts
ovate, acuminate.
FIa b .— B anks, roadsides and sandy ground ; common. F r . 3— 5.
V a r . /3. amblyodoii Brid.
L e a v e s shorter, o b lon g -lan ceo la te ; teeth pale, short and tru n ca te or
cloven at apex, lid shorter.
S y n .— IFcissiu amblyodon B r i d . Bry. univ. i, 805. N e e s H o r n s c h . op. c . 52, t. 28.
W. gymnostomoides &• microstoma N e e s H o r n s c h . op. c. 33, t. 25.
W. viridula, S. amblyodon Bry. eur.
ITa b .— P e a ty soil.
Forth Dafarch (Wilson 1856) 1 ! Milnthorpe, Syergh fell and Helsington Barrows
{Barnes 1870) I I Malham cove (Nowell) ! Plymstock {Holmes).
V a r . y. gymnostomoides Brid.
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