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Dicranella Schreberi S c h im p . Coroll. 13 (1S55), Synops. 70 (1S60), et 2 ed. 72 (1876).
B e r k . Handb. Br. m. 281 (1863). M i l d e Bry. siles. 57 (1869). Hobk. Syn. Br. m.
42 (1873).
Anisothecium crispum L in d b . op. c. 26 {1878).
Dio icous ; gregarious and c iespitulose, |— i in. h ig h ; yellowish green.
L e a v e s squarrose, from a dilated semivaginant base, narrowly lanceolate,
ca rínate, irregularly denticulate toward apex, not g lo s s y ; areolation
firm, narrow, e lo n g a ted ; perich. b ra c ts more sh ortly sheathing. Capsule
on a purple se ta, cernuous, oblong with sca rce any neck, not striate,
e x an n u la te ; lid conic, obliquely rostrate, large, p u rp le ; peristome
purple. Male plant small, simple.
H ab.— D amp c la y soil, sides o f ditch e s and bare p la c e s in f ie ld s ; not
common. F r . g.
1864) ! ! Lancaster [Hunt 1865) ! Rochdale {Holt 18
1880)! !
! ! Killin and Stirling {Holt
Var. ß. elatnm {Schimp.)
Densely cæspitose ; much taller ; leaves broader, rhore laxly areolate,
more distinctly serrated.
S y n .— Dicranella Schreberi Var. ß . elata S c h im p . Synops. 2 ed. 72.
Dicranella Icnfa W i l s . MSS.
H a b .— Stirrup wood, Mottram i860) ! Walton Swamp, Warrington (TVîZsok) ! ! Broken
brow, Prestwich [Hunt 1863) ! ! By R. Bollin at Ashley (Hunt) ! Near Melrose
{Jerdon) ! The Dran, Rochdale {Holt 1880) ! !
The variety exactly resembles in appearance a poor starved form of the
next species, but is readily separated by the structure of the leaf point ; fertile
specimens are rare and approach nearer the typical form.
5. a n iso th e c ium : SaUAEROSUM (Starke) Lindh.
Dioicous ; ta ll, robust. L e a v e s squarrose, broadly oblong a t base,
ob longo-lanceolate, obtuse and eroso-crenulate a t apex ; nerve narrow,
vanishing at apex. Capsule cernuous, ov ate , with a short neck, lid
conic, obtuse. (T. X V I , F.)
S y n .— Mtiscus trichoides palustris, capsulis erectis, foliis reflexis D o o d y . R a y Syn. St. Brit. 2 ed.
app. 338 {1696).
Bryum erectis capitulis brevibus, foliis reflexis D i l l , in R a y Syn. 3 e d . 95, n. 18 (1724) ;
Hist. musc. 365, T. 46, f. 24 (1741).
Bryum pellucidum ß . L. Sp. pi. ii, 1118 {1753)-
Bryum palustre D ic k s . PI. crypt, fasc. iv, 11 (1801).
Dicramim squarrosum S t a r k e in. litt. S c h r a d . Journ. Bot. v, 68 (1802). S m . Fl. Brit,
iii, 1215 (1804) ; Eng. Bot. t. 2004. T u r n . M us c . hib. 6g {1804) B r id . Sp. musc. i, 194
(1806) ; Mant. 55 {1819). W e b . M o h r Bot.Tasch. 183 {1807). S c h w a e g r . Suppl. I, P.
I, 182, t. 47 (1811). V o it M u s c . herbip. 49 (1812). R o e h l . Deutsch. Fl. iii, 73 (1813).
H o o k . T a y l . M u s c . Brit. 55, t. 17 (1818). F u n c k Moost. 30, t. 21 {1821). G r a y Nat.
arr. Br. pl. i, 736 (1821). H o o k . Fl. Scot. P. 2, 133 (1821.); Br. Fl. il, 40 (1833).
H u e b e n . M u s c . germ. 271 (1833). M a c k . Fl. hib. P. 2, 23 (1836). R a b e n h . Deutsch.
Kr. Fl. ii, S. 3, 138 (1848). B r . S ch . Bry. eur. fasc. 37-40, p. 17, t. 5 (Ï847). W i l s . Bry.
Brit. 68,1 . 17 (1855). H u s n . M o uss. nord-ouest 49 (1873). H o b k . Syn. Br. m. 42 {1873).
Oncophorus squarrosus B r id . Bry. univ. i, 404 (1826).
Diobelon squarrosum H am p e in litt.
Angstroemia squarrosa C. M u e l l . Synops. i, 438 (1849).
Dichodontium squarrosum S c h im p . Coroll. 13 (1855).
Dicranella squarrosa S ch im p . Synops. 71 (i860), et 2 ed. 72 (1876). B e r k . Handb. Br. m .
281 (1863). M ild e Bry. siles. 58 (1869). D e N o t . Epil. Bn. ital. 642 (i86g).
Dioicous ; cæspitose, i — 4 in. high, soft, bright green or yellow-
green, fuscous at base ; stem erect, sparingly branched. L ea ve s lax,
flaccid, squarrose, octofarious, from an erect broadly oblong, sheathing
base, divaricate, reflexed, oblongo-lanceolate, muticous or pointed, the
margin wav y , th e apex eroso-crenulate, nerve narrow, vanishing a t
apex, smooth, rather glossy ; areolation lax, hexagono-rectangular above,
elongated at base, with a sinuous primordial utricle ; perich. bracts
resembling the leaves. Capsule on a stout purple seta, cernuous, ovate
with a short neck, subturgld, solid, fuscous brown; annulus none; lid
conic, obtuse ; peristome large purple, 2— the middle.
Male plants similar, the infl. capituliform, b ra c ts concave, broadly
lan ceolate, pa raphyses numerous.
H a b . — Stony ground and by streamlets on moors ; common, not frequent in
fruit. Fr. 8— 9.
In fr. Loch Broom (Borrer) ! Staley brushes (Hobson
Seholefield) ! ' ' '
Ramsden Clough [Nowell 1864) ! !
Ogdrin Clough (S'eholefietd) ! Qmha-ngrisky^ (Hunt 1863) ! Rattand Clough Todmorden
(Hunt i86g) ! ! Hill bell, Westmoreland (Stabler 1868) ! Den o f Lawers (Braithweute
1865) ! ! Saltersgate beck, Yorks. (Rev.J. F. Crouch) ! ! Wheeldale, Yorks. (BradhwaUc) ! !
Cautley spout, Yorks. (West 1879) ! !
The lively green tufts of this moss in the barren state, are a conspicuous
ornament to our moorlands, and much more robust than the fertile plant,
which is attached to gravelly clay where water stagnates. In habit it differs
considerably from the species which precede it.
Sabf. 3. SE L IG E R IEÆ . Plants small; scarcely branched; leaves
smooth, narrowly lanceolate-subulate, minutely areolate above, laxer below,
without distinct basal angular cells, or sometimes with them. Peristome of
16 lanceolate flat smooth teeth, entire, sometimes cleft or perforated, or
none.
7. S E L IG E R IA . B r . S c h im p .
Bry. Eur. Fasc. 33—36 (1846).
Plants very small, gregarious or cæspitant, growing on rocks.
Le a v e s in many rows, lanceolate or subulate, nerved, cells minute and
quadrate above, large and rectangular a t base, sometimes ivith colored
angular ce lls as in Dicranum. Ca lyp tra cuculla te, capsule ovate or
globose with a distinct neck, often turbinate when empty, peristome
o f 16 lanceolate flat smooth rigid teeth, rarely cleft, sometimes none ;
spores smooth.— Deriv. After the Silesian pastor Seliger.