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Belfast (Dram«io«rf). Buxton (1Ki7mu) ! Malham (AfoweH 1S58) 1 ! Rosedale Abbey and
Goathland, Yorks. {Braithwaitc 1858) ! ! Matlock {Holmes). Youlgreave, Derby
(Bowman). Gordale (Hinii) ! Hampton rocks, Bath (Hmif 1867) M Blair Atholl (Miss
Mclnroy)'. Levens Park (Surat's) ! ! Litton, Y'orks (Whitehead and Ashton 1878)! 1
Castleton, Derby (Whitehead 1880) 1 ! Dent, Yorks. (West 1879). Castleton, Braemar
Fergusson).
Variable in size and colour, and also in the length and -width of the
leaves. Lindberg refers Gr. Seligen, to Sei. setacea as a Var. pumila, yet in
W . & M, we find “ A Grimm, recurvata foliorum figura, seta madida recta,”
and have therefore followed Schimper on this point.
3. SELIGEUIA ACUTIFOLIA Lindb.
Autoicous ; resembling S . pasilla. L e a v e s more a cute ly subulate.
Capsule larger, sca rce emerging above the e longated perichætial bracts.
(T. X V I , I.)
Syn — Seliireria acutifolia L in d b . in H a r tm . Skand. fl. 9 ed. il, 75 (1864), et In Not. ur
Sällsk. Fl. Fn. fenn. forh. ix. 261 (1868); Musc. Scand. 26 (1879). B r a it h w . in Journ.
Bot. 1870, p. 226. H o b k . Syn. br. m. 37 (1873).
Sei. fusilla ß , Laeroixiana De N o t . Epil. Briol. ital. 656 (1869).
Sel. fusilla Var. ß , acutifolia S c h im p . Syn. 2 ed. 125 (1876).
Autoicous, very small, deep green. U p per leaves and perich. b ra cts
from a more or less sheathing base, abrup tly narrowed into a subterete,
setiform, very acute , fragile, crenulate subula, formed almost entirely
b y the nerve ; cells all rectangular and pellucid. S e ta very short and
slender, capsule small, the mouth sca rce overtopping the apices of
p erich. bracts, leptodermous, pale and pellucid, shortly pyriform with
a short neck, turbinate and wide mouthed when empty ; lid with a very
short, sca rce ly oblique b e ak ; teeth o f per. short, rather obtuse.
Var. ß. longiseta Lindb.
Plant larger, with a longer seta elevating the capsule beyond the perich.
bracts ; lid with a longer oblique beak.
Syn.— Sel.pusilla Vos. fol.perich. longioribtis setaceis W i ls . MSS.
Sei. acutifolia Var. ß , longiseta L in d b . in Not. Sallsk. Fl. Fn. fenn. 1. c. et in Journ. Lin.
Soc. xi, 467 (1870).
H a b .— Fissures of calcareous rocks. Fr. 5— 6.
The Var at Lover's leap near Buxton [Wilson 1831). Arncliff, Yorks. [Whitehead
1868) ! ! Ashwood dale and near Warmhill, Cheedale [Whitehead 1880) ! ! Tideswell
dale, Derby [Whitehead 1881) ! !
The type of the species was first found in the island of Gotland, and
.does not occur here; it stands intermediate between S.paucifolia and S. pusilla,
agreeing with the former in the leaves and bracts, and with the latter in the
capsule ; a gradual transition into the more elongated form takes place, but
all our British specimens have the rostellate lid.
4. SELIGERIA TRIFARIA (Brid.) Lindb.
Autoicous, densely cæspitose, resembling S . pusilla, lea ves in three
ranks, stra ight, lanceolate-subula te, rather obtuse, short ; capsule
th icke r. (T. X V I , K.)
S y n .— Weissia trifaria B r id . in S c h r a d . J ou rn . B o t . iii, P . I I , 283 (1801).
Weissia tristicha B r id . S p . m u s c . I , 1 16 (1806) ; M a n t . 44 (1819) ; B r y . u n iv . i, 355 (1826).
R o e h l . D e u t s c b . F l . iii, 50 ( 18 1 3 ) ; A n n . W e t t . G e s e lls . iii, 107. N e e s H o r n s c h .
B r y . g e rm , ii, S . 2, 108. T . 34, f. 28 (183 1). M o n t . in A r c h , d e B o t . i, 213 (1833).
H u e b e n . M u s c . g e rm . 145 (1833). D e N o t . S y l l. m u s c . 228 (1838).
Grimmia trifaria W e b . M o h r B o t . T a s c b . 143 e t 460 (1807 ). S c h k u h r D e u t s c h . k r . g ew .
P . I I , 58, t . 25 (1810),
Grim, tristicha S c h w a e g r . S u p p l. I, P . I, 84, t . 26 ( i S j i ) . K a u l f . in S t u rm F l . g e rm . 2,
16. F u n c k M o o s t. t. 12 (1821}.
Sclig. tristicha B r . S c h . B r y . eur. f. 33— 6, m o n . 5, t . 2 (1846). R a b e n h . D e u t s c h . K r . F l .
ii, S . 3, 132 (1848). C , M u e l l . S y n . i, 420 (1849). S ch im p . S y n o p s . 1 14 (i860) e t 2 ed.
126 (1876). B e r k . H a n d b . b r. m . 289 {1863). M i l d e B r y . s ile s . 87 (1869). D e N o t .
E p i l. 654 (1869). H o b k . S y n . b r . m . 37 (1873). J u r a t z . L a u bm . O e s t e r r . - u n g . 69 (i88z).
Sclig. trifaria L in d b . in O e fv . V e t . A k a d . fo rh . 1863, p. 4 13 , e t 1864, p. 189.
A u to icou s ; densely cæspitose, dull yellow-green, rather rigid,
slender, with fastigiate branches. L e a v e s in three ranks, crowded,
straight, erect, from a lanceolate con cav e whitish base, gradually narrowed
into a short broad obtuse entire subula ; nerve thin below, dilated
above ; cells pellucid, large and elongato-rectangular a t base, quadrato-
re c tangular and incrassate above. Pe rich. b ra c ts longer, the nerve
excurrent in a longer subula, slightly recurved at apex. Capsule on a
y ellow seta, pachydermous, subspherical with a swollen neck, when dry
and deoperculate, truncate smooth brownish-yellow ; lid large, orange,
with a long oblique acute beak ; teeth o f per. bright red, narrower,
sometimes perforated.
PIab.— Dripping calcareous rocks; very rare. Fr. 5— 5.
G le n t T i l t , B la i r A th o le , w i th S . fusilla (Miss Mclnroy 1858) ! ! L i t to n , Y o r k s . (Ashton
an d Whitehead 1878) ! ! M i lle r ’ s d a le , D e r b y (Cunliffe 1880) ! 1
The longer slender branches, which in the moist state show distinctly
the trifarious arrangement of the leaves, afford a ready means of identification.
5. SELIGERIA PAUCIFOLIA (Dicks.) Carruth.
Autoicous ; v ery short. Lea ve s lan ceolate below, subulate above,
with larger areolation. Capsule on a long seta, oblong, small mouthed,
subcernuous; lid with a long slender beak. (T. X V I I , A.)
S y n .— Brymn faucifolium D i c k s . C r . b r it . fa s c . 4 , p. 7 , t . 1 1 , f. 3 (1801).
Gymnostovium paucif. Sm i th E n g . B o t . t . 2506 ( 18 13).
Seligeria caldcóla M i t t . M S S . e t in S e em . J o u rn . B o t . ii, 194, t. ig , f. r— 6 (1864). B e r k .
H a n d b . b r . m . 289 in obs.
Sel. cnlycina M i t t . M S S . L in d b . in O e fv . v . ak . F o rh . x x i, 188 (1864).
Scl. sjibccriiua S c h im p . B r y . eur . S u p p l. fa s c . 1— 2. t . i (1S64) ; S y n o p s . 2 ed. 128 (1876).
Scl. paucifolia C a r r u t h . in J ou rn . B o t . iv , 39 (1866). B r a i t h w . in J o u rn . B o t . 1S70, p.
226. H o b k . S y n . b r. m. 37 (1873).
A u to ico u s ; densely gregarious, pale g re en ; stem very short,
simple. Lea ve s crowded, erecto-patent, lowest lanceolate, upper from
a narrowly oblong base, longly subulate, quite entire ; nerve vanishing
at base, gradually stronger, semiterete, faint but distinct nearly to end