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GYMNOSTOMUM Wilsoni.
Wilson’s Beardless Moss.
CRYPTOGAMIA Musci.
Gen. Char. Fruitstalk terminal. Mouth of the capsule
destitute of fringe, but often bordered with
an horizontal membrane. Calyptra dimidiate.
Spec. Char. Leaves obovate-oblong, obtuse, much
spreading, entire with recurved margins, the
nerve ending in a long point. Capsule elliptical,
contracted at the mouth. Lid obliquely rostrate.
Calyptra rough.
Syn. Gymnostomum Wilsoni. Hook. Bot. Miscel.
v. if 143. t. 41.
T h i s Moss was distinguished from Gymnost. truncatulum
in January 1828, by Mr. W. Wilson, who found it on a
bank by the road side leading from Over to Delamere Fo-
rest in Cheshire, and subsequently in several situations
in Anglesey, and between Bangor and Carnarvon. Mr.
Thomas Drummond has also observed it near Forfar in
Scotland.
Stems about one-fourth of an inch long, in round tufts.
Leaves rounded and almost piliferous at the extremity; the
upper ones in general widely spreading in a rosaceous
manner; of a light pleasant green, their texture opaque
and compact, except in the lower part, where they are obviously
reticulated. Capsule red and shining, narrow-elliptical,
moderately contracted at the mouth. Calyptra minutely
rough with papillae in the upper part.