H ab.— C re v ice s o f rocks and s ton y ground on the higher mountains.
F r . 8— g.
Ben Lavvers, Ben More, Glen Callater and all the Grampian range. Cronkley scars,
Teesdale (B/rtfi). Falcon dints (R. Banirs 1879) ! ! Skye (Boszeic//1873) ! ! Snowdon
{Nnttall 1879) ! !
The leaves of all the innovations are sometimes so uniformly and symmetrically
curved, as to give the moss a very beautiful aspect.
4. DICRANUM STARKEI Weher Mohr.
Autoicous ; resembling last, but ta lle r ; lea ves entire, not crisped,
with distinct brown angular cells ; caps, oblongo-cylindric, strumose,
sulca te when dry, peristome pale red. (T . X X , C.)
S y n .— Brymn longifolium D ic k s . Crypt, fasc. 3, p. 7 (1793).
Dicramim Starkei W e b . M o h r Bot. Tasch. 1S9 and 471 {1807). S c h w a e g . Suppl. I, P. I,
191, t. 46 {1811). R o e h l . Deutsch. fl. iii, 74 (1813). Eng. Bot. t. 2227. H o o k . T a y l .
Musc. br. 55, 1 . 17 (1818). B r id . Mant. 53 ( i8 ig ) . F u n c k Moost. 31, t. 21 (1821). G r a y
Nat. arr. br. pi. i, 736 (1821). H u e b e n . Bry. germ. 230 (1833). D e N o t . Syll. 216
(1S38), Epil. bri. ital. 630 (1869). B r . S c h . Bry. eur. fasc. 37— 40, p. 27, t. 17 (1847).
R a b e n h . Deutsch. kr. fl. ii, s. 3, 142 (1848). C. M u e l l . Syn. i, 364 (1849). W i l s . Bry.
br. 74, t. 17 (1855). S c h im p . Synops. 79 (i
m. 276 (1863). M i l d e Bry. siles. 63 (1S69)
Laubm. Oesterr.-ung. 38 (1882).
Oncophorus Starkei B r id . Bry. univ. i, 394 (1826).
et 2 ed. 80 {1876). B e r k . Handb. br.
L o b k . Syn. br. m. 44 {1873). J u r a t z .
Autoicous ; in fragile tufts i — 2 in. high, deep or yellow-green above,
fuscous below, resembling D . falcatum. L e a v e s falcato-secund, lanc.-
subulate, not crisped, entire or with a few minute te e th at apex, all
lower cells elongated, narrowly rectangular, upper shorter, th e angular
very distinct, quadrate, brown, nerve narrow, excurrent. Pe rich. bracts
broad, sheathing, la xly a reolate, suddenly subulate ; seta pale red, longer,
caps, oblongo-cylindric, gibbous and arcuate, strumose, striate when dry ;
annulus double, lid conic, with a long oblique beak, peristome pale red.
Male infl. close to perichætium, inner b racts longly acuminate.
H a b .— Same localities as D. falcatum. Fr. 8.
All the Breadalbane and Braemar mountains. Snowdon {Nuttall 1879) ! !
Close to D. falcatum, but always distinguishable by the distinct vesicular
brown angular cells, the narrower and longer capsule, and the shorter more
gradually subulate leaves.
5. DICRANUM MOLLE Wilson.
Autoicous ; taller, cæspitose ; lea ves erecto-patent, stra ight, broadly
lanceolate-subulate, entire, nerve vanishing a t apex ; caps, oblongo-
cylindric, curved, substrumose, lid with a short beak. (T. X X , D.)
Svn.— Dicranum Starkii Var /S. molle W i l s . Bry. br, 74 (1855).
Dicranum molle Wins. op. c. 75, ut syn. Lindb. M us c . scand. 24 (1879).
Dicr. glaciale B e r g g r . in Act. univ. Lund, ii, n. VII, 19, fig. i— 9 (1866). B r a i t h w . in
Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 228.
Dicr. arcticum S c h im p , Bry. eur. Suppl. fasc. 3— 4, t. 3 (1866) ; Synops. 2 ed . 93 (1876).
A u to icou s; in la rge dense tufts 2— 5 in. high, yellow-green or
olivaceous above, fuscescent below, soft ; stems slender, simple or
dichotomous, eradiculose. L e a v e s erecto-patent, straight glossy oblongo-
lanceolate, subulate, entire, v ery concave semitubulose above from the
incurved margin, auricled at base, nerve narrow compressed vanishing
a t apex ; all cells very narrow linear, the angular numerous orange lax
quadrate. Perich. b ra c ts oval-oblong sheathing, laxly areolate, suddenly
subulate, imperfectly denticulate at apex ; caps, oblongo-cylindric,
cernuous incurved substrumose not striated, fuscescen t ; annulus simple,
lid with a short stout oblique beak ; peristome purple.
Male infl. close to perichætium, gemmiform, brown, b ra c ts broadly
ovate, subulate.
H ab .— O n the highest mountains o f Sco tlan d . F r . 7— 8.
Ben Nevis (Hooker) ! ! Cairn Taggart and Loch-na-Neem, Braemar (Black) ! ! Ben-
mac-dhui {Hunt 1868) ! ! Ben Lawers.
T h e origina l name o f W ilso n is high ly appropriate to this beautiful
species, referring as it does to its soft s ilk y leaves.
S e c t . 2. E U D IC R A N U M L in d b .
6. DICRANUM MAJUS Smith.
Pseud-autoicous, ta ll ; leaves from a broad base, lanc.-subulate,
fa lca te , serrate above, not undulate, nerve flattened, excurrent, serrate
at back in upper p a rt ; setæ pale, aggrega ted, caps, cernuous, curved,
lid with a very long beak. (T. X X , E.)
Svn.— B ryum recUnatum, foliis falcatis scoparum effigie, setis iluribus D i l l . Hist. musc. 3sS,
t. 46,1. 16, D. (1741), et herbar. ' ’
Dicranum uiajus Sm , Fl. brit. iii, r202 (1804), Eng, Dot. t. 140g. T u r n . M u sc. hib. 59,
t. 4 (1804). W a h l e n b . in Act. Holm. i 8o5, p. 136. S c h w a e g . Suppl. I, P. I, 163,
t. 40 (rSii). H u e b e n . Musc. germ. 237 (1833). B e . S c h im p . Bry. eur. fasc. 37— 40,
F 4 3 . t. 37 {1847P R a b e n . Deutsch. kr. fl. ii, S. 3, 148 (r84S). H a r tm . Skand. fl.
C. M u e l l . Syn. i, 360 (1849). W i l s . Bry. br. 81, t. 18 (1855). J e n s . Bry. dan. 93
(1856). S c h im p . Synops. 90 (i860), 2 ed. 92 (1876). B e r k . Handb. br. m. 279 (1863).
M i l d e Bry. siles. 71 (1869). D e N o t . Epil. bri. ital. 620 (1869). H o b k . Syn. br. m.
48 (1873). H u s n . M o u ss. nord-ouest, 53 (1873). J u r a t z . Laubm. Oesterr.-ung.
48 (1882).
Dicr. polysctum p.p. B r id . Sp. musc. I, 174 {1806), Mant. 56 (1S19), Bry, univ. i, 413
(1826). R o e h l . Deutsch. fl. iii, 66 (1813).
Dicr. scoparium Var. a. majus H o o k . T a y l. M u sc. hr, 58, t. 18 (i8r8). H o o k . fl.
scot. P. II, 133 (1821).
Dicr. scoparmm T a y l. Ann. Mag. nat. hist, xii, 129 {1843), et Bot. zeit. 1843, p. 695.
Pseud-autoicous ; 2— 5 in. high, la xly cæspitose, pale or deep
green with a silky gloss, pa le brown b e low ; stem slender, prostrate
below, arcuato-ascending, more or less invested with pale spongy
tomentum. L e a v e s v ery long, subsericeous, falcato-secund, amplexicaul,
lanceolate, longly subulate, cana licu la te, sharply serrate in
the upper part ; nerve broad at base, ending in the apex,
sulcate at back and with 5 rows o f teeth toward point ; cells at