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denticulated ; ce lls at base about 14 rows, elongated rectangular, short
and ellip tic toward margin at the shoulder ; perich. b ra c ts with longer
sheaths. Capsule on a slender pa le y e llow seta, e re c t, sub erect or
inclining, obovate or oblong, a little curved, g los sy rufous-brown,
obsoletely s tria te ; when dry and empty, elongated, longitudinally p licate,
with the mouth in cu rv ed ; annulus v ery narrow, a d h e r e n t; lid hemis-
pherico-conoid a t base, lon gly ros trate ; te e th o f peristome red, c le ft to
middle into two or sometimes 3 unequal legs.
Male plant shorter, in d istinct tufts or mixed with the female,
b ra c ts ovate and concav e a t base, subulate.
H a b .— Damp banks, hollow roads and sandstone rocks; very common.
Fr. I I— 3.
Var. IS. stricta Schimp.
Leaves straight, erecto-patent; seta elongated, flexuose.
S y n .— Dicramim heterom. Var /3. strictum B r . S c h im p . Bry. eur. 1. c.
Angstroemia heterom. (S. stricta C. M u e l l . Synops.
Didymodon chlorophyllosns W e b . M o h r .
H a b .— Gortagoree, Killarney (Taylor 1840) ! Inverness, Carse of Ardersier, Inverness
1847)!
Var. y. interrupta [Heiw.)
Stem taller, more branched ; leaves uniform, or interrupted, patent or
falcato-secund.
Syn.— Dicramim interriiptiim B r id . M us c . rec. ii, P. I, 159 (1798), Sp. musc. I, 179; Mant. 65,
Br. univ. i, 438. H e d w . Sp. musc. 129, t. 19 f. 8-12. S m . Fl. Brit, iii, 1205. Eng. Bot.
t. 2508. S c h w a e g r . op. c. 172.
Dicranum caducum B r id . B r y . u n iv . i, 425.
Dicranum heterom. /3. interruptum H u e b e n . 1. c . B r . S c h . B r y . eu r . W i l s . B r y . B r it .
S c h im p . S y n o p s ., & c .
H a b .— Scotland {Winch 1803). Ardingley, Sussex (Davies) ! Marsden moor {West 1880) ! !
Var. 8. sericea :
In small, bright, green, silky tufts. Leaves soft, longer and narrower,
spreading or subsecund.
S y n .— Dicranum trichodes W i l s . MSS.
Dicranodontium sericeum S c h im p . B r y . e u r . Suppl. fasc. 1-2. H u s n . mouss. nord-ouest 56.
Dicranella hetcromalla Var. 8 sericea S c h im p . Synops. 2 ed. 78.
H a b .— Sandstone rocks, almost always barren.
Rattand Clough and Green’s Clough, Todmorden (Nowell 1858) ! Alderley edge (Hunt
1863) ! ! Astley chapel and Rochdale (Dr. Wood) ! Entwistle, Bolton (Whitehead
1865) ! ! Colintraive, Argyle (Hunt 1866) !
Wilson’s specimens named Dicv. trichodes are closely intermixed with
Blindia acuta, and the leaves of the latter had no doubt been submitted to the
microscope, as they have enlarged angular cells as in .
5. DICRANELLA CERVICULATA (Hedw.) Schimp.
Dioicous ; w idely cæspitose ; leaves lanceolato-subulate, flexuose,
p a ten t, w ith a flattened nerve. Capsule on a y e llow seta, cernuous,
o v ate, gibbous, slightly strumose a t neck ; Hd subulate, rostrate.
(T. X V I , A.)
S y n .— Dicramim cerviculatum H e d w . Stirp. cr. iii, 8g, T. 37, A (1792), Sp. Musc. 149 (1801).
S w a r t z M u s c . suec. 36 (1798). B r id . M u s c . rec. ii, P. I, 180 (1798), Sp. musc. I, 221
(1806), Mant. 53 (1819). R o e h l . Moosg. Deutsch. 379 (1800), Deutsch. Fl. iii, 74 (1813).
S m . Fl. Brit, iii, 1220 (1804) ; Eng. Bot. 1661. T u r n . Musc. hib. 64 (1804). P. B e a u v .
Prodr. 53 (1805). S c h u l t z Fl. Starg. 302 (1806). W e b . M o h r Bot. Tasch. 193 (1807).
S c h w a e g r . Suppl. I, P. I, 221 (1811). V o it Muse, herbip. 48 (1812). H o o k . T a y l .
Musc. Brit. 53, t. 16 (1818). M a r t . Fl. cr. Erl. 106 (1817). F u n c k Moost. 31, t. 22
(1821). G r a y Nat. arr. Br. pl. i, 734 (1821). H o o k . Fl. Scot. P. 2, 132 (1821), Br.
Fl. ii, 37 (1833). H u e b e n . Musc. germ. 226 (1833). M a c k . Fl. hib. P. 2, 22 (1836).
H a r tm . Skand. Fl. Fl. Dan. t. 2310, f. i. R a b e n h . Deutsch. Kr. Fl. ii, S. 3,140 (1848).
B r . S c h . Bry. eur. fasc. 37-40, p. 22, t. g (1847). W i l s . Bry. Brit. 72, t. 16 (1855). D e
N o t . Epil. Briol. ital. 634 (1869). H u s n . Mouss. nord-ouest 50 {1873). H o b k . Syn.
Br. m. 42 (1873).
Bryum cerviculatum D i c k s . Pl. cr. fasc. iii, 7 (1795). W i t h . Bot. arr. Br. veg. 3 ed. iii,
813 (1796). A b b o t Fl. Bedf. 237 (1798). H u l l Br. Fl. P. 2, 257 (1799).
Bryum uncinatum D ic k s . Op. c. iv, 11, t. 11, f. 8 (iSoi).
Dicranum uncinatum S m . FI. Br. 1207. Eng. Bot. t. 2261. B r id . Sp. musc. 224.
Dicramim fiavidum W e b . M o h r Reis. Schwed. 128 {1804). S c h w a e g . Suppl. I, P. I, 192,
t. 44 {1811). Eng. Bot. t. 2261.
Oncophorus cervie. B r id . Bry. un. i, 391 (1826).
Angstroemia cervie. C. M u e l l . Synops. i, 430 (1849).
Dicranella cervie. S c h im p . Coroll. 13 (1855), Synops. 72 (i860) et 2 ed. 73 {1876). B e r k ,
Handb. Br. m. 282 (1863). M i l d e Bry. Siles. 58 (1869).
D io icou s ; in dense, widely extended, y ellowish green pa tche s ; leaves
semivaginant a t base, flexuoso-patent or secund, lanceolate-subulate,
concave, entire, g los sy ; nerve flattened, dilated a t base ; c e lls elongated
hexagono-rectangular. Capsu le on a y e llow seta, cernuous, ovate,
gibbous, with a short slightly strumose neck, not striate, yellow-brown,
when old fuscous ; annulus o f a single row o f cells ; lid long as capsule,
conoid, ro s trate ; teeth o f peristome dull red.
Male plant smaller, b ra c ts ovate, concave at base, linear-subulate.
H a b .— We t heaths and sides of ditches ; frequent. Fr. 6— 7.
Var. /S. pusilla {Hedw.) Schimp.
Stems short, simple, leaves smaller, suberect ; capsule smaller, less
gibbous.
S y n .— Dicranum pusilhim Ti'E.T>\Y. Stirp. ii, 80, t. 29, f. 13. Sp. musc. 13g. S c h r a d . Sp. Fl,
germ. 91. B r id . op. cit, S w a r t z op, c. 38. S c h w a e g r . op. c, 193. S m. Fl. Br.
i2 ig ; Eng. Bot. t, 2491.
Bryum parvulum D ic k s . PI. cr, fasc, 3, p. 7. H o f f m . Deutsch. Fl. ii, 34. W it h . H u l l .
Dicran. cerviculatum Var. pusillum W e b . M o h r Tasch. 193. H o o k . T a y l . W i l s .
H u e b e n .
Oncophorzis pusillus B r id , Bry. univ. i, 390.
Dicranella cervie. Var. /?. pusilla S c h im p , 1. c.
H a b .— In similar localities as the type and sometimes intermixed with it.
This species is readily known by the neat roundish capsules, strumose
at base, and is attached to bare spots where peat has been cut.