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nodulose legs. Maie plants in separate tufts ; infl. gemmaceous, axillar
and terminal, b racts broadly truncate oval, with a narrow v e r tic a l
lamina, serrate a t ape.x, antheridia numerous, ob longo-cylindraceous,
with v ery few paraphyses.
H a b .— We t rocks and moist shaded soil. River side at Castle Hornoch,
near Penzance, fl (Curnow, Nov. 1868) ! ! Mousehole cave, Penzance
(Curnow, Dec. i86g) ! !
This beautiful moss closely resembles F . polyphyllus, but may be readily
distinguished by the apex of the leaf, which is acute with the margin sharply
serrate. W e have only the male and barren plants, and it truly belongs to
the Canarian Flora, the fruiting plant having been brought from Teneriffe by
Bory de St. Vincent. The species is also met with in Portugal, Tuscany,
and at Monte Pisano, near Genoa, and at the latter station a few capsules
have recently been found by Mr. Fitzgerald.
10. FISSIDENS DECIPIENS De Not.
Dio icou s ; fa sc icula te at base ; leaves lineal-lan ceolate, nerved to
apex, with a pale border o f rounded cells, margin crenulate, serrate
toward apex ; capsule suberect, ovate, lid ros trate. (T . X I , D.)
S,YH.— Fissidens decipiens D e N o t . in P ic c o n e Elenc. musch. ligur. n. 181, et Cronac. briol.
Ital, m Coram. critt. ii, 98 (1866) ; Epil. Briol. ital. 479 (1869). M i l d e Bryol. siles. 84
(i86g). H o b k . Syn. Br. m. 138 (1873). S c h im p . Synops. 2 ed. « 8 (1876). S u L L lv .
Icon. musc. Suppl. p. 46, t. 31 (1874).
Fiss. adiantoides et F. taxifolius p.p. plur. auct.
Fiss. adiantoides [3. marginatus ( L a P y l .) B r id . Bry. univ. i i , 704 {1S27).
Fiss. rupestris W i l s . MSS.
Dioicous ; in e re c t ra ther dense lurid-green tufts, intermediate
between F . taxifolius and adiantoides. Stems sparingly branched, fa s c icula
te at base, rigid. L e a v e s densely crowded, firm, lineal lanceolate,
p a rab o lica lly acute, the nerve rea ching apex or vanishing below it ;
v ag . lam. rea ching h a lf length o f leaf, inferior lam. lan ceolate, narrowed
and sligh tly decurrent a t base ; margins v ery minutely serrulate, in
upper part crenato-serrate, all with a pale border o f four rows o f in c ra ssate
rounded cells, the other cells obscure and smaller than those o f
F . adiantoides. Setæ from middle and lower p a rt o f stem, short, pale
red, the perichætial b ra cts ovate concave, extended into a narrow
lamina ; capsule ra ther small, ovate suberect or inclined, brown, lid
rostrate, nearly equal to capsule, peristome deep red, the te e th strong,
c le ft to middle into two nearly equal rough legs ; spores small. Male
plants in distinct tufts, the infl. axillar, b ra cts short, broadly ovate,
apiculate.
H a b.— We t rocks near the sea and on the ground in hilly places. Fr. 12— 3.
Gale green [Wilson 1837). Stokenchurch woods, Oxon [Dr. Ayres 1841)! Beddgelert,
Dennant and Conway [Wilson 1861)! ! Croesor and Rhaglans [Wilson 1863)! High
rocks, Tunbridge wells [Mitten). Treveylorvalley, Penzance {Curnow 1868) ! ! Levens
and Rayrigg, near Bowness, Westmoreland $ , $ [Barnes 1869)! ! Beeston Castle
hill [Wilson 1836). Fin Glen, Campsie, and Tarbet, Cantire [Hunt 1864) ! Llanberis
[Col. Palgrave 1865). Ben Voirlich [Shaw 1862). Glengariff and Kenmare road [Hunt
1864)! Muckross [Wilson 1866).
In general aspect this moss comes nearest to F . taxifolius and in structure
to F. adiantoides, but the leaf cells are decidedly smaller than in the latter
species, and the pale border more marked.
II. FISSIDENS TAXIFOLIUS (L.) Hedw.
A u to ic o u s ; fa sc icu la te a t b a s e ; leaves oblongo-ligulate, nerve
excurrent, margin minutely s e r r a te ; capsule from base o f stem, oblong,
cernuous, lid ros trate. (T. X I , D.)
S y n .— Muscus filicifollus seu pcnnatus minor, pinnulis pluriniis ad mediam costam annexis
latiusczilis crebris Ray Syn. st. Brit. 2 ed. 35 (1696).
pnum repens filicifolium non ramosum, pedicuUs brevioribus ad radiceni egrcdicntibus
Di l l , in R a y Syn. 3 ed . 88 (1724).
Hyp. taxiforme minus basi capsuliferum D i l l . Hist. musc. 263, t. 34, f. 2 (1741); et Herb.
Hyp. taxifolium L. Sp. pi. ii, 1122 (1753); Fl. Suec. 1013 ; Syst. Nat. 708. H u d s . Fl. angl.
418 (1762). W e i s s Crypt, gott. 216 (1770). N e c k . Meth. musc. 151 (1771). W i t h .
Bot. arr. Br. veg. 680 (1776). L ig h t f . Fl. scot, ii, 740 (1777). W e b . Sp. FI. gott. 43
(1778). Fl. Dan. t. 473, f. i. R e l h . Fl. cant. 407 {1785). V i l l . PI. Dauph. iii, 894
(1786). H o f fm . Deutsch. Fl. ii, 55 {1796). S m . Eng. Bot. t. 426. A b b o t Fl. bedf. 244
(1798). H u l l Br. Fl. P. 2, 267 (1799).
Fissidens taxifolius H e d w . Fund. musc. P. II, g i {1782); Sp. musc. 135, t. 39, f. i— 5
(i8oi). R o th Fl. germ, i, 459 (1788). R ö h l . Moosg. Deutsch. 228 (1800); Deutsch.
Fl. iii, 77 (1813). P. B e a u v . Prodr. 57 (1805). S c h u l t z Fl. Starg. 292 (1806). B r id .
Sp. musc. i, 168 (1806); Mant. musc. 189 (1819) ; Bry. univ. ii, 692 (1827). W a h l e n .
Fl. Lapp. 332 (1812); Fl. carp. 342 (1814). S c h w a e g r . Suppl. I, P. II, 10 (1816).
M a r t . FI. cr. Erl. 110 (1817). F u n c k Moost. 33, t. 22 (1821). H u e b e n . M u s c . germ.
222 (1833). D e N o t . Syll. musc. n. 115 (1838); Epil. briol. ital. 481 (1869). B r .
S c h im p . Br. eur. i, Mon. 9, t. 4 (1843); Syn. musc. 108 (i860), et 2 ed. 118 (1876).
R a b e n h . Deutsch. Kr. Fl. ii, P. 3, 305 (1848). C. M u e l l . Syn. musc. i, 50 {1849).
W i l s . Bry. Brit. 308, t. 16 {1855). H a r tm . Skand. Fl. B e r k . Handb. Br. m. 157,
t. 14, f. 3 (1863). M i l d e Bry. siles. 83 (i86g). H o b k . Syn. Br. m. 138 (1873).
H u s n . M ouss. nord-ouest 62 (1873).
Fusclna taxifolia S ch r a n k Baiers. Fl. ii, 451 (178g).
Dicranum taxifolium S i b t h . Fl. oxon. 279 (1794)- R o t h . Fl.
germ, iii, 180 (1795).
S w a r t z M u sc . Suec. 31 (1799). S m ith Fl. brit. iii, 1233 (1804)
(1804). L am . D e C. Fl. franc, i, 480 (1805). W e b . M o h r B
S c h k u h r Deutsch. Kr. Gew. P. II, 83, t. 37 (1810)
T a y . M u s c . brit. 51,1. 16 i8i8).T u r n . musc. hib. 56
Bot. Tasch. 165 (1807).
1810). V o it musc. herb. 37 (1812). H o o k .
(1818). G r a y Nat. arr.
Br. pi. i, 734 (1821). B a l s . D e N o t .
Pr. Bry. med. 132’ (1834). M a c k . Fl. hibern. P. 2, 22 (1836).
Skitophyllum taxifolium L a P y l . in D e s v . Journ. Bot. 1S13, p. 60, t. 35, f. 10.
Schistophyllum taxifolium B r id . MSS. L in d b .
A utoicous, (rhizautoicous) ; in dark green depressed tufts, fa s c icu la
te branched from base, branches suberect or decumbent, covered with
numerous radic les a t base. Le a v e s multijugous, crowded, expanded,
incurved when dry, oblongo-ligulate, decreasing in size towards base and
apex o f s tem ; nerve excurrent, margin minutely h y a lin o - s e r ra te ; vag.
lam. rea ching h a lf length, infer, lam. gradually narrowed from middle to
base, not decurrent.