D ic r a n a c e íe .] 132 [Campylopus.
D io ic o u s ; densely tufted, fa stig ia te, yellowish green above, brown
below, I— 3 in. high ; stems straight, sparingly dichotomous, with fine
brown radicles at base o f leaves. Lea ve s densely crowded, erecto-
patent straight rigid, from a somewhat contra c ted auricled base,
lanceolate, longly subulate, contracted below the middle and involute in
a semitubular subula, apex acute with a few minute t e e th ; nerve very
broad, f — J width o f base and occupying all upper part, smooth a t back,
o f 3 strata o f cells, anterior large lax and hyaline, the other two small
and ch lorop hy llose ; angular cells very la x, hyaline or pa r tly fuscous,
above rectangular, becoming rhomboido-elliptic and oval upward.
H ae.— Bogs near Loch Maddy, N. Uist {Shaw 1866), also in S. Uist and
other Hebridean Islands.
Var. ,8. hamatus Schimp. Synops. I.e.
Stems shorter, more robust; leaves very densely crowded, broader,
hamato-secund.
In N. Uist with the type.
This fine plant approaches very close to C. Schwarzii, from which it can
best be distinguished by the tomentose stem and suddenly inflexed margin of
the leaves; the hoary point of C. atrovirens separates it from that species.
7. CAMPYLOPUS FLEXUOSUS (L.) Brid.
D io ic o u s ; in dense glossy yellow-green tufts, interwoven with
rufous tom en tum ; leaves lanceolate-subulate, denticulate at point,
angular cells lax, fuscous, upper minute, elliptic, incrassate. Caps, ovatoellip
tic, pale, su lc a te ; lid conico-subulate, concolorous. (T. X V I I I , F.)
S y n .— M mscks trichoides pediculo contorto, D. Sherardi. D o o d y , R a y Syn. St. brit. 2 ed. app. 339
(i6g6).
Bryum trichoides, capitulis crectis, pedicuUs intortis tenuibus vircntibus. D i l l . Cat. Giss.
225 (1719) ; in R a y Syn. 3 ed. 97 ( i724)-
Bryum pilosum molle, setis intortis. D i l l . H is t . m u s c . 3 73, t , 4 7 , f. 33 A— E (17 4 1 ) p.p .
Bryum flexnosum L. Sp. pl. 1 1 1 8 ( 1 7 5 3 ) ; Syst. nat. ii, 7 0 2 ; Syst. veg. 948. H u d s . Fl.
angl. 407 (1762). N e c k . Meth. musc. 203 ( 17 7 1 ). W i t h . Bot. arr. b r. veg. 6 74 (17 76 ).
L ig h t f . Fl. scot, ii, 725 (17 7 7 ) . R o th Tent, fl. germ. 473 (1788). H u l l Br. fl. P. II,
264 (1799). H o f fm . Deutsch. fl. ii, 38 [ { i7 9 6 ) .
Dicranum flexnosum B r id . M us c . rec. II, P. I, 163 (1792) excl. syn. Sp. musc. I, 208 (1806);
R o th Fl. germ, ii, P. I, 162 (1789). S w a r t z M usc. suec. 34 (1799). R o e h l . Moosg.
deutsch. 339 (rSoo); Deutsch. fl. iii, 69. S m ith Fl. brit. iii, 1229 (1804); Eng. Bot. t.
1491. T u r n . M usc. hib. 74, p.p. t. 5, f. 2a (1804). S c h u l t z Fl. starg. 298 (1806).
W e b . M o h r Bot. Tasch. r6g (1807). S c h w a e g . Suppl. I, P. I, i8g (r8ii). V o it M u s c .
herb. 44 (1812). H o o k . T a y l . M u s c. br. 53, t. 16 (t8i8), p.p. F u n c k Moost. 31, t. 21
(1821). G r a y Nat. arr. br. pl. i, 735 (1821). H o o k . Fl. scot. P. 2, 132 (1821) ; Br. Fl.
¡1,38(1833). H u e b e n . Musc. germ. 267 (1833). M a c k . Fl. hib. P. 2, 22 (1836). C.
M u e l l . Syn. i, 400 {1849). J e n s . Bry. dan, 94 (1856).
Campylopus flex. B r id . Mant. 71 (i8ig), Bry. un. i, 469 (1826), p.p. Bn. S c h . Bry. eur.
fasc. 41, t. I (1847). W i l s . Bry. brit. go, t. 16 (1855). S c h im p . Synops. 97 (i860), et
2 ed. 102 (1876). B e r k . Handb. br. m. 273, t. 23, f. 4 (1863). M i l d e Bry. sil. 76 (1869).
H o b k . Syn. br. m. 52 (1873). H u s n . M o us. nord-ouest 57 (1873). J u r a t z . Laubm.
oesterr.— ung, 54 (r882).
Thysanomitrium flex. A r n . Disp. mouss. 33 (1825), excl. var. R a b e n h . Deutsch. kr. fl, ii,
P. 3, 149 (1848).
DiCRANACEiE.l 133 [Campylopus.
D io icou s; in dense rigid tufts, 1— 3 in. high, glossy yellow-green
above, reddish b e low ; stems covered with rufous tomentum arising
from back o f lea f at b a s e ; ramuli with small leaves, caducous. Lea ves
crowded, erecto-patent or secund above, solid, lanceolate-subulate,
channelled, serrulate at apex, excavate at basal angles ; nerve broad,
nearly J width o f leaf-base, occupying all the denticulate apex, furrowed
a t back, in section o f 3 strata o f nearly equal cells, the two anterior lax
and emp ty; angular cells lax ves icular brown, the rest subquadrate
pellucid, upper minute, ellip tic, incrassate. Perich. bracts with a long
convolute sheathing base, suddenly subulate, denticulate a t apex;
capsules often aggregated, seta pale brown, cygneous, finally erect,
caps, ovate rather gibbous, pachydermous, pale brown, slightly
fu r row ed ; annulus broad, lid conico-subulate, oblique, co n co lo ro u s ;
teeth red, c le ft to middle, with slender hyaline legs. Male plant short,
inflor. often aggregated a t apex, b ra c ts broad, acuminate.
H ab.— On turfy ground and moist sandstone rocks. Fr. 11— 2.
Var. fl. paludosus Schimp.
Taller and more slender, with fewer radicles ; leaves more distant, more
elongated, with a narrower nerve.
S y n .— Dicranum palustrc L a P y l . B r id . Bry. univ. i, 814.
Campylopzis paradoxus p.p. S c h im p . Synops. 2 ed. 108.
H a b .— Boggy heaths in subalpine districts.
Barmouth [Dr. Wood 1S75)! in Herb. Schimp. za C. paradoxus. Foot o f Cader Idris
(Perchal 1S76) ! ! Near Llyn Ogwen (Boswell 1874) ! ! Loch Maree (Boswell 1875)! !
Much more robust than the ordinary form and 3— 4 in. high, with the
bases of leaves often tinted with purple.
8. CAMPYLOPUS PARADOXUS Wils.
D io ico u s ; in loose dull-green tufts with a few rufous radicles.
Le a v e s lanceolate, shortly subulate, rather obtuse, the nerve lost in the
apex ; angular cells fuscous, becoming smaller rhomboidal and quadrate
above. (T. X V I I I , G.)
Syn.— Campylopus paradoxus W i l s . MSS. H a r d y in Berwick. Nat. Club Hist. 186S, P- 448-
B r a i t h w . in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 390, t. i i i , f. 2. H o b k . Syn. br. m. 52 (1S73).
S c h im p . Synops. 2 ed. 108 (1876).
D io ico u s ; densely tufted, i — z in. high, dull deep green above, pale
fuscous b e lo w ; stems fastigia te, dichotomous or with short lateral
ramuli, and only a few rufous sparingly branched radicles. Leaves
erecto-appressed when dry, erecto-patent when moist, lorvest ovate
obtuse, becoming lanceolate above, the uppermost shortly lanceolate-
subulate, concave and subtubular in upper part, apex with a few
irregular t e e th ; nerve -J- width o f base, vanishing at apex, composed of