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Dio icous and a u to ic o n s ; minute, briglit green. Lea ve s more
numerous, narrowly limbate, lower very small, upper longer, obliquely
oblongo-lanceolate or linear, a cute .and long-pointed, nerved to apex,
inferior lam. vanishing above the base, ce lls rounded, denser. Caps,
erect or inclined, oval-oblong, ra the r narrow ; lid conic, obliquely rostra
te, nearly as long as caps. Male on a long basal branch or on
separate plants.
H a b .— Dripping stones. Fr. 10— r i.
Castle Howard and Mowthorpe Dale (Spruce)!! Stirrup wood (Gordon, Ashton and
Nicld 1871). Marple, Cheshii-e (Whitehead i87r). Levens (Dr. Wood 1871).
A beautiful little moss of bright green colour, and distinct habit, which
has also been found in Scandinavia.
4. FISSIDENS VIEIDUIDS {Swartz) Wahl.
Ante p. 70. H u s n . Muscol. gall. 50, t. 15 (1884).
FisMens pusillus W in s , a n te p. 68. S p r u c e In J o u rn . B o t . 1880. p . 360. H u s n . o p . c . 49,
Fissidens synanthns M i t t . Journ. Linn. soc. Bot. xxi, 554 (1S85).
Fissidens cxilis M i t t . o p . c . 555.
Fissidens holomityius S p r u c e Journ. Bot. 1S80, p. 356.
Fissidens sepincola M i t t , in lit.
Synoicous, autoicous or dioicous ; varying also in size and in the direction
of the capsule, which is however more or less symmetric. Mr. Mitten’s
specimens of F . sepincola sent to me are F . exilis of this work. In F . synanthus
not one-half of the specimens are synoicous, the male infl. being basal or on
a separate plant.
5. FISSIDEIiS INCDKVUS StarU,
J vRAt z . Laubm. oesterr.-ung. 6i (1882). Husn. Musc, gall. 49, t. 13
(18 8 4 ). L e s q . J a m e s Mosses N . Amer, 82 ( 18 8 4 ). M i t t , Journ. L in n soc. B o t . x x i,
Fisttdens Bamhergeri S c h im p . Synops. 2 ed. 113 (1876). H u s n . 1. c. M i l d e in Bot.
Zeit. 1804, Beu. p. 12.
Var. ¡3. tamarindifolius (Don). Ante, p. 69.
Fissidens tamarindifolius M i t t . Journ. Linn. s o c . xxi, 537 85).
° Drr“ 1 ( 11/ t o l% d ) ‘^*'“ '’ ‘"'' And Whitehead). Charleswortlr,
6. f i s s i d e n s TEQUENDAMENSIS Mitt.
Syh.— Fissidens Tequendamensis iM i t t . Journ. Linn. s o c . Bot. xii, 601 (1869).
Fissidens Orrii L in d b . A n t e , p . 73,
The Irish plant is identical with W e ir’s from the Andes of New
Granada, and adds another to the group of species common to these two
distant regions of the world. It is very close to F . Algarvieus S o lm s , which
has a similar minute capsule and long seta, and leaves of the same form,
but with denser oval cells. ’
7. FISSIDENS BRYOIDES (L.) Hedw.
A n t e , p. 7 1 . J u R A T Z . L a u bm . o e s te r r .-u n g . 60. H u s n . M u s c o l. g a l l . 4 7 , t. 14 (1884).
Var. ¡3. intermedius Ruthe.
Loaves more oblong, with broader points suddenly acutate, and narrower
border, the imfer. lam. vanishing at or below the middle of the vag. lam.
(T. X I I .’* D.)
S y n .— Fissidens bryoides V a r . exiiis S c h im p . B r y . eur. fa s c . 42, S u p p l.
F. bryoides V a r . intermedius R u t h e in R a b e n h . B r y o th . eur. n. 1 160 ( 18 7 2 ).
Fissidens impar M i t t . J o u rn . L in n . s o c . B o t . x x i, 554 (1885).
FIab.— T hree bridges, Sussex (Mitten 1845) ! ! Botanic Garden, Dublin
(Moore).
This variety evidently forms part of Hedwig’s figures of F . bryoides in
Musc. frond, iii, t. 29, and the specimen from Mr. Mitten, which I have
figured, has no axillar fl infl. but it is radical on a very short branch, and
Ruthe states it also occurs as naked antheridia in the upper axils as well as
on separate plants.
8. FISSIDENS CURNO'WII Mitt.
Au to icou s ; robust, pale green. L e a v e s multijugous, long, lan ceolate,
narrowly limbate. Cap s, short, inclined, ovate-oblong, pale ; lid
conic-rostellate. (T. X I I * G.)
H u s n . M u s c . g a l l . 4 7 , t. 14
S y n .— Fissidens bryoides v a r . ccesbitans S c h im p . an te , p. 72 .
(18 8 4 ).
Fissidens Curnowii M i t t . J o u rn . L in n . s o c . B o t . x x i, 556.
Autoicous ; in dense extended matted tufts, interwoven with long
purple radic les, pale green, g lau ce scent. Stems i — l i in. high, erect,
sparingly branched. L e a v e s 10— 20-jugous, long linear-lanc. thin, the
limb strong, v anishing below the apex, which is sometimes minutely
serrate. Caps, small, inclined, leptodermous, pale greenish-browm, on
a red seta, ovate or ob lon g ; lid conic, ros tellate, a cute . Male infl.
axillary.
H a e . C o a s t a b o u t P e n z a n c e (Curnow) ! ! L u n d y is la n d a n d L im e r e g i s (Mitten). B o lto n
w o o d s , Y o r k s . (Wild 18 7 6 ) . T y n - y - g r o e s (H o lt).
Although this moss comes very near F . bryoides, its general habit and
texture are so different that I have followed Mr. Mitten in regarding it as a
species, though probably it is connected ivith F. bryoides by intermediate
forms.
9. f i s s i d e n s f o n t a n u s Schimp.
Dio icous or autoicous ; ta ll, dull lurid green. L e a v e s multijugous,
lineal-lingulate, the limb stout, vanishing below apex. Cap s, e re c t, lid
conico-rostellate. (T. X, D, ¡3.)