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(Journ. Lin. Soc. Bot. xii, 39 (1869). )
Mosses resembling Dicranella in h a b i t ; lea ves gradua lly narrowed,
or from a sheathing base abrup tly subulate, ca rín ate, w ith the margin
plane or recurved, and nerve narrow and well defined below. Capsule
a lways smooth, pachydermous, curved as in Hypnum, ra rely suberect
or less oblique, the cells o f th e exothecium regu la rly rectangular-
quadrate, with non-fle.xuose w alls. Peristome larger, th icke r, deep
purple, more papillose. (Lindberg).— D e r iv. awsos unequal, iyxy a capsule.
C l a v is t o t h e S p e c i e s .
Leaves not sheathing, erecto-patent.
Capsule cernuous, curved.
Capsule suberect, ovate.
Leaves from a sheathing base, squarrose.
Leaves abruptly subulate.
Neck of capsule substrumose, apex of leaf entire.
Neck of capsule equal, apex of leaf serrulate.
Leaves broad, obtuse.
rubrum.
rufescens.
Grevillei.
crispum.
squarrosum.
I . ANISOTHECIUM EUBRUM (Huds.) Lindh.
Dio icous ; small, simple ; lea ves erecto-patent, lanceolate-subula te,
nerve slightly excur rent. C ap su le cernuous, ov ate, subincurved, rufous ;
se ta red ; lid la rge , short-beaked. (T. X V I , B.)
S y n .— Bryum trichoides, obscure virescens, capitulis cermiis. D i l l . Cat. Giss. 226(1719), etin
R a y Synops. 3 ed. 100 (1724).
Bryum trichoides, capsulis ruhris ccrnuis. D i l l . Hist. musc. 390, T. 50, f. 59 (1741) : et
herbar.
Bryum rubrum Huds. Fl. Angl. 413 {1762). L. Mant. alt. 309 (1771). Gmel. Syst. nat.
ii) 1331 {1791)- L a ic h . PL Eur. 473 (1794)*
Bryum simplex L. Sp. pl. 2 ed. ii, 1587 (1763) ; Syst. nat. ii, 702. N e c k . Meth. musc. 202
(1771). H u d s . op. c. 2 ed. 486 (1778). E h r h . Hann. mag. 1780, p. 236. R o th Fl.
germ, i, 474 (1788). H o f f m . Deutsch. Fl. ii, 35 {1796)-
Dicranum simplex H e d w . Fund. P. 2, 92 (1782). S i b t h . Fl. Oxon. 282 (i794)‘
Fascina simplex S ch r a n k Baiers. FL ii,453 (1789), FL Salisb. n. 828.
Dicranum varium H e d w . St. cr. ii, 93, t. 34 (1789), Sp. musc. 133 (1801). R o th FL Germ,
iii, 370 (1795)- B r id . Musc. rec. ii, P. I, i6g {1798), Sp. musc. I, 187 (1806), Mant. 61
(1819), Bry univ. i, 435 (1826). S w a r t z Musc. suec. 57 (1798). R o e h l . Moosg. Deutsch.
370 (1800), Deutsch. FL iii, 71 (1813). S m . FL Brit, iii, 1209 (1804), Eng. Bot. t. 1215.
T u r n . Musc. hib. 65 (1804). P. B e a u v . Prodr. 55 (1805). S c h u l t z FL Starg. 300
( i8o5). W e b . M o h r Bot. Tasch. 286 (1807). S c h w a e g r . Suppl. I, P. I, 174 (1811).
W a h l e n b . FL lapp. 341 {1812), FL carp. 346. V o it Musc. herb. 47 {1812). M a r t . FL
cr. Erl. 99 {1817). H o o k . T a y l . Musc. Brit. 58, t. 17 {i8i8) ; F u n c k Moost. 28, t. 20
(1821). G r a y Nat. arr. Br. pl. i, 738 (1821). H o o k . FL scot. P. 2, 134 {1821); Br. FL
ii, 42 (1833). H u e b e n . M u s c . germ. 260 (1833). M a c k . FL hib. P. 2, 24 (1836). H a r t m .
Skand. Fl. D e N o t . Syll. musc. n. 295 (1838). FL Dan. t. 2310, f. 2. 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. 20 t. 10 (1847).
W i l s . Bry. Brit. 70, t. 17 (1855). H u s n . M o u s s . nord-ouest 50 {1873). H o b k . Syn. Br.
m. 42 (1873).
Dicranum rigidnlum S w a r t z op. c. 38 et 89, t. 3, f. 7. H e d w . Sp. musc. 134, t. 32, f. 8-12.
Sm . f l Br. 1211 : Eng. Bot. t. 1439. T u r n . M u sc. hib. 62. B r id . Sp. musc. I, 186 ;
Mant. 61 ; Bry. univ. i, 433. W e b . M o h r Bot. Tasch. 188. S c h w a e g r . Suppl. I, P. I,
174. S c h u l t z Suppl. FL Starg. 72.
Dicranum varium a . viride H o o k . T a y l. M u sc. Brit.
Angstroemia varia C. M u e l l . Synops. i, 435 (1849).
Dicranella varia S c h im p . CorolL 13 (1855), Synops. 72 (i860), et 2 ed. 74 (1876). B e r k .
Handb. Br. m. 282 (1863). M i l d e Bry. Siles. 59 {1869). D e N o t . Epil. Bri. ital. 639
(1869).
Anisothecium varhim M i t t . op. c. 40.
Anisothecium ruhrum L in d b . Utk. till en nat. grupp. Eur. bladm. med topps. frukt 33 (1878).
Dio icous ; short, yellowish green, densely gregarious, or cæspitose,
dividing at base. L e a v e s erecto-patent, ra rely subsecund, oblong at
base, not sheathing, g rad ua lly lanceolate-subulate, carínate, entire or
obsoletely denticulate a t apex, opake, nerve semiterete, slightly excurrent
; cells thin, e longated ; p e r ich . b ra c ts semivaginant. S e ta deep
red. Capsule cernuous, ovate, subincurved, reddish-brown, exannulate,
con tra c ted below th e mouth after the lid falls ; lid large, short-beaked ;
peristome la rge, deep purple, connivent. Male plant smaller, bra cts
ovate-subulate.
H ab— D amp clay fields, banks of ditches, sometimes on rocks ; common.
Fr. 10— 2.
Var. fi. temiifolium (Bruch).
Leaves more distant, thinner, narrower, obsoletely nerved, the points
less elongated, the cells laxer. Capsule nearly symmetric, paler and thinner.
S y n .— S c h im p . Bry. eur. et Synops. W i l s . Br. Brit.
Dicramim subulatum Sm. Eng. Bot. t. 1273.
Dicramim tenuifoUum B r u c h , in F. M u e l l . M u sc. Sardois.
Dicranella fa lla x W i l s . MSS.
H a b .— Anglesea and Bangor ferry (Wilson) ! ! Cotterall Clough (Wilson). By the Esk,
Yorks. (Spruce 1842) ! Parkgate, Cheshire (Miss Jelly) ! ! Henfield (Borrer) !
Milnthorpe (Barnes) ! Banchory (Sim).
Usually taller than the ordinary form with a longer seta and more
drooping capsule, but not affording any permanent characters for specific
distinction ; it is most frequent in Southern Europe.
Var. y. tenellum Schimp.
Stem slender, nearly simple, leaves falcato-secund, narrower, more
laxly areolate, margin remotely toothed.
S y n .— S c h im p . Bry. eur. et Synops. W i l s . Bry. Brit.
H a b .— In drier grassy places, with the normal form.
Var. 8. callistomum (Dichs.)
Stem branched ; leaves patent. Capsule on a short seta, erect, minute,
truncate-obovate ; lid broadly conical, almost as large as capsule.
Syn.— Bryum callistomum Dicks. Cr. Brit. fasc. 3, p. 5, t. 7, f. 10 (1795). H u l l Br. FL P. 2, 258.
W i t h . 3 ed. iii, 818. B r id . M u sc . rec. ii, P. I l l , 57.