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4. SW A R T Z IA E h rh ar t .
(PI. crypt, exsicc. n. 164 (1787). )
Plants in dense silky tufts ; slender, fastigia te, dichotomous. L e a v e s
distichous, spreading from a semiamplexicaul base, subulate, sm o o th ;
areolation hexagono-rectangular at base, narrow and quadrate above.
Ca lyp tra cucullate. Capsule erect or cernuous, glossy, ovate or c y lin draceous;
lid conic. T e e th i6 , not confluent a t base, lineal-lanceolate,
irregularly separated a t the divisural line, or v ariously torn or perforated.
Spores smooth.— Inhabiting rocks or th e ground. D e r iv .— Named in
honour o f O la f Sw ar tz .
The close alliance between this genus and Ditrichum flexicaule will be
seen at a glance, yet Schimper makes it the type of a distinct family, on
account of the distichous leaves. The name Swartzia was adopted by
Schreber in 1 7 9 1 for a genus of Leguminous plants, but it will be seen that
Ehrhart’s name has four years priority, and therefore Schreber’s genus must
not only give way to Ehrhart’s but stand under its older designation of
Tounatea A u b l e t ( 1 7 7 5 . )
C lavis to th e S p e c ie s .
Capsule cylindric, erect.
Capsule ovate, cernuous.
montana.
inclinata.
SWAETZIA MONTANA [Lamh.) Lindi.
P a ro ico u s ; leaves from an oblong base, lon gly subulate, patent.
C apsu le erect, ov al-cylindric, te e th o f per. short, irregularly c le ft.
(T. X V , B.)
Syn.— Bryam montannm L a m a r c k Fl. franc, i, 48 (1778). A l l ig n i Fl. pedem. ii, 299 (1785).
Mnium capillacenm S w a r t z in nov. act. Soc. ups, iv, 241 (1784}, excl. syn. Dill.
Bryum capili. D ic k s . PI. cr. Brit. fasc. i , 4, t. i, f. 6 (1785). H o f fm . Deutsch. Fl. ii, 42
(1796). W i t h . Bot. arr. Br. veg. 3 ed. iii, 831 (1796). H u l l Br. Fl, P. 2, 262 (1799).
Swartzia capillacea E h r h . Pi. cr. exs. dec. 17, n. 164 (1787), H e d w . St. crypt, ii, 72, t.
26 (1789). B r id . Musc. rec. ii, P. I , 1 1 7 (1798). R o e h l . Moosg. Deutsch. 208 (1800).
P. B e a u v . Prodr. 90 (1805).
Didymodon capili. S c h r a d . Spic. Fl, germ, 64 (1794). R o th Fl. germ, hi, P. I, 199 (1795).
S w a r t z M u s c . suec. 28 (1798). W e b . M o h r Bot.Tasch. 155 (1807). S c h k u h r Deutsch.
Cr. Gew. P. II, 65, t. 39 (1810). W a h l e n b . Fl. lapp. 314 (1812). V o it Musc. herb. 34
(1812). R o e h l . Deutsch. Fl. iii, 55 (1813), Ann. Wett. Ges. iii, igg. H o ok. T a y l .
Mduu sc. B" r. 6' 7, t. 20 (1818). B r id . Mant. 100 (iSig) ; _Bry. univ. i, 504 (1826). G r a y
Nat. arr. Br. pi. i, 743 (1821). H o o k . FI. Scot. P. 2, 136 (1821) ; Br. Fl. ii, 30 (1833).
H u e b . Bry. ger. 281. M a c k . Fl. hib. P. 2,18 (1836). H u s n . Mouss. nord-ouest 69 (1873).
Cynoniodium capili. H e d w . Sp. musc. 57 (1801).
Cynodontium capili. B r id . Sp. musc. I, 158 (1806). S c h u l t z FI. Starg. 289 {1806).
S c h w a e g r . Suppl. I, P. I, 114 (1811). M a r t . Fl. cr. eri. 95 (1817). F u n c k . Moost. 21.
t. 14 (1821).
Trichostomum capili. S m . Fl. Brit, iii, 1236 (1804) ; Eng. Bot. t. 1152. T o r n . Musc. hib.
35 (1804).
Dishclmim capill. B r . S c h . Bry. eur. fasc, 29-30, p. 4, t. i (1846). R a b e n h . Deutsch. Kr.
Fl. u, S. 3, 118 (1848). C. M u e l l . Syn. !, 40 (1849). W i l s . Bry. Brit. 104, t, 20 {1855).
S c h im p . Synops. 135 (i860), et 2 ed. 146 (1876). B e r k . Handb. Br. m. 266 t. 22 f. 7
(1863). M i l d e Bry. siles. 138 (1869). D e N o t . Epil. 660 (1869). H o b k , Syn. Br. m.
58 (1873).
Lcptotrichum capill. M i t t . M us c . Ind. or. 10 {1859).
P a ro ico u s ; ta ll, slender, dichotomous, i — 4 in. high ; in dense silky
green tufts, ferruginous below, interwoven with rufous tomentum.
L e a v e s from a pale sheathing ovate base, flexuoso-patulous, lanceolate,
lon gly subulate, with a flattened nerve, entire, or with a few teeth at
a p e x ; cells narrow and pellucid at base, oblique and thin w alled at the
margin where the narrow p a rt begins, rounded-quadrate, chlorophyllose
and subpapillose in the subula; perich. bracts two, longly sheathing.
Capsule on a firm red seta, tw isting to the right when dry, erect or
occa sion ally subcernuous, leptodermous, ovate-oblong or cylindraceous,
regular or slightly curved on one side, glossy, rufous; lid red, c o n ic ;
annulus breaking up. T e e th o f peristome narrow, pale red, c le ft in the
divisural line, or with the legs adhering or perforated. Antheridia naked
in the axils o f the upper leaves w ith long paraphyses.
H a b .— Wet crevices of rocks on all our mountains. Miller’s dale, Derbyshire
(Mr. Holt) !! Fr. 5— 7.
Very variable in size according to the locality, sometimes only reaching
an inch in height, at others as much as 5 in., the colour also in the older
plants becomes of a straw tint. Schimper confidently cites the reference
“ Mnium capillaceum L in n . F l. lapp,” but the plant does not appear in that
work, and in the 2nd ed. of it by Smith (1792), it is entered at p. 333 as
“ Mnium foliis capillaceis, capsulis erectiusculis oblongis, operculo conico."
Var. ¡3. compacta (Hueben.)
Plants short, densely tufted, the leaves short and crowded, suberect,
capsule short, elliptical.
Syn.— Didymodon snhulatus S c h k u h r Deutsch. Kr. Gew. P. II, 65, t . 28 (1810). W a l l r . Fl.
cr. germ, i, 182.
Didyiii. distichus Brid. Mant. musc. lo i ; Bry. univ. i, 507.
Didym. capillaceus Var. /3. compactas H u e b e n . Bry. germ. 282.
Distichium capill. Var. /3. brcvifolium Br. S ch . Bry. eur. W i l s . Bry. brit. 105.
Synops. De N o t . Epil.
S c h im p .
H a b .— Higher mountains in the North. Rocks above Loch-na-Gat, Ben
Lawers {Braithwaite 1862.)
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2 . SWAETZIA INCLINATA Ehrh.
Autoicous ; in small dull green tufts ; leaves shorter, narrower,
more serrate at point. Capsule ovate, cernuous ; teeth o f peristome
broader, two-legged. (T. X V , C.)