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D i c r a n a c e a s .] 130 [Campylopus.
D io ic o u s ; in v ery dense compact tufts interwoven w ith rufous
tomentum, fastigia te, 1— 3 in. high. Stems slender, cuspidate, light
silky green above, fuscous below, dichotomous, with alternate innovations
which are easily deta ched. L e a v e s appressed when dry, erecto-
pa tent, stra ight, rigid, narrowly lanceolate-subulate, with a few small
teeth at extreme apex, channelled in the lower part, becoming tubulose
above from the incurved w in g s ; nerve v ery broad, | width o f base, o f
3— 4 s tra ta o f cells, anterior lax and hyaline, posterior turgid and
prominent; cells at extreme base brown and ves icular, above hyaline,
very narrow at margin, elongato-rectangular towards nerve, the upper
small and ellip tic. Perich. b ra cts sheathing, suddenly narrowed into a
long su b u la ; caps, pale, ovate, str ia te , annulus broad, lid h a lf length of
caps, beaked, peristome small, the te e th c le ft to m id d le ; spores large.
H ab.— Highland mountains, on the ground and wet rocks ; not common.
Fr. 8.
Ben Challum (McKinlay 1863)-! Ben Lawers (Braithwaite 1865) ! ! Ben Ledi and
Ben Lomond (Stirton 1S65) ! ! Bressay, Shetland (Shaw 1864) 1 The Ptarmigan mtn.
(Holt 1S80) 1 !
A pretty species, readily known by its very compact tufts, closely
interwoven with fine branched radicles, which principally arise from the cells
at back of the nerve. The fruit has only been found by Breidler on the
Venediger near Zell-am-see.
4 . CAMPYLOPUS SUBULATUS Schimp.
D io ico u s ; dwarf, densely gregarious, e ra d icu lo s e ; leaves short
e re c t, lanceolate-subulate, nearly entire a t apex, nerve h a lf width o f
base, o f 4 cell-layers. (T. X V I I I , B.)
Syn.— Campylopus subulatus Ecrms-p. in litt. ad Milde. M i l d e in R a b e n h . Bryoth. 0,451
(Jan. 1862) ; Bot. Zeit. 1862, p. 460. L in d b . M u s c . scand. 25 (1879).
Camp, brevifolius S c h im p . Bry. eur. suppl. fasc. r— 2 (1864); Synops. 2 ed. ro6 (1876).
D e N o t . Epil. briol. ital. 650 (1869). M i l d e Bry. siles. 78 ( i85g). B r a i t h w . m Journ.
Bot. 1870, p. 393. H o b k . Syn. br. m. 55 (1873). H u s n . M o u s s . nord-ouest. 58(1873).
J u r .a t z . Laubm. oesterr.-ung. 55 (18S2).
Orlhopus brevifolius Wu-UFSB. in Christian. 'Vid.-selsk. forh. 1875, p. 351.
D io ic o u s ; densely gregarious, y e llow green above, fuscescent
below, stem J in. high, not radiculose, simple or dichotomous, with
caducous ramuli. L e a v e s enlarging upward, erect short rigid,
lanceolate-subulate, deeply concave, not auricled, entire or with a few
te e th at extreme apex, which is also sometimes hyaline ; nerve very
broad, ending with the apex, o f 4 stra ta o f cells, the two anterior larger
and empty, tw o posterior smaller, the innermost o f these least and
ch lo rop hy llo se ; cells at base lax, thin, v ery narrow at margin, re c tan gular
toward nerve, upper small rhombic or straight. S e ta straight.
H a b .— Dry sandy or gravelly banks by roadsides ; rare.
D ICRANACE3E.] 131 [Campylopus.
By the bridge on the road between the Hunting tower and Cromagloun, Killarney
{Schimper and Wilson June 1865)! Near Fern, Brechin {Fergusson 1876)!
This little plant is a miniature of C. Schwarzii from which it can only be
distinguished by the auricled leaves in the latter species, to which indeed
McKinlay’s Perthshire specimens referred here, truly belong. Wulfsbergfound
the plant with young fruit Sept. 1874 at Skcelnes in the island of Varaldsoe,
Norway, having a straight seta, and on this character alone, founded the
genus Orthopus; this cannot be maintained, as several exotic species have a
straight seta, and the point is too trivial for generic distinction.
5, CAMPYLOPUS SCHWARZII Schimp.
D io ico u s ; densely tufted, sca rce ly radiculose ; leaves erecto-patent,
lanceolate-subulate, subtubulose, auricled at base, the point with a few
teeth ; nerve | width of base. (T. X V I I I , D.)
S y n .— Campylopus Schwarzii S c h im p . Bry. eur. suppl. fasc. i— 2 (1864); Synops. 2 ed. 105
{1876). D e N o t . Epil. bri. ital. 651 {1869). B r a it h w . in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 391.
L in d b . Musc. scand. 25 (1879). J u r a t z . Laubm. oesterr.-ung. 58 (1882).
Camp, aziriculafus W i l s . MSS.
D io ic o u s ; in dense soft silky yellowish-green tufts, fuscous below.
Stems 2—3 in. high, slender, repeatedly dichotomous, erect, sparingly
radiculose. Lea ve s erecto-patent, straight or slightly secund above,
lanceolate-subulate, concave below, subtubular above, with a few
small teeth at a p e x ; nerve f width o f base, o f 3— 4 strata of
cells, anterior lax, hyaline, the rest small, chlorophyllose, often
producing fine reddish radicles from the b a ck ; wings dilated at basal
angles into auricles o f lax thin cells, pa rtly brown, partly hyaline, the
cells above small, narrow and elongated, becoming subquadrate upward.
Female infl. aggregated at top o f stem, b ra c ts dilated at base, suddenly
subulate.
H a b .— Alpine rocks. Not common.
Nephin mountain, Mayo {Moore 1852)! ! Connor hill, Dingle and Carrantuohil mtn.
Kerry {Moore 1857)! ! Brandon mtn. {Schimper 1865) ! Gap of Dunloe and Mangerton,
Killarney {Hunt 1872) ! Muckishmtn., Donegal {Moore 1866). Ben Ledi, Ben Voirlich,
Balquidder, Arrochar and Dunoon {McKinlay 1863) ! Glencoe and Kinlochewe, Ross
{Hunt 1866) ! ! Borrowdale, Cumberland {Hunt 1871)! ! Head of Clova {Fergusson) ! !
Hills behind Callander [Stirton 1864). Inverness, Sutherland and Caithness.
This moss varies considerably in size and colour, and is always more
slender and attenuated at the points than the next species, with the leaves
more distantly placed on the stem.
6. CAMPYLOPUS SHAWII Wils.
D io icou s; in dense tufts, with few rad ic le s ; leaves erecto-patent,
very dense, straight or secund above, lanceolate-subulate, with a few
teeth at p o in t ; nerve f width o f base. (T. X IX , A.)
S y n .— Campylopus Shamil W i l s . MSS, B r a it h w . in Journ. Bot. 1S70, p. 389, T. i i i , f. I .
H o b k . Syn. br. ni. 51 (1S73). S c h im p . Syn. 2 ed. 851 (1876).