GYMNOSTOMUM lapponicum.
Lapland Beardless-moss.
CRYPTOGAMIA Musci.
Gen. Ch ar. Caps, without a fringe. L i d deciduous.
V e i l separating entire from the base.
Spec. Char. Stem branched. Leaves linear-lanceolate,
channelled, curled when dry. Capsule abrupt,
furrowed.
Syn. Gymnostomum lapponicum. H edw . Cryp t, v. 3.
10 . t. 5 , A . Sm. F I . B r i t . 1 1 6 7 . Swartz. Muse.
Suec. 20.
Anictangium lapponicum. Hedw. Sp. M u s e . 40.
Bryum lapponicum. D ic k s . Cryp t, fa s c . 4. 10.
A .S we ap p ro ach so n e a r to th e end o f o u r lo n g labours, we
th in k it be st to finish all th e species o f a g en u s to g e th e r, if
possible . T h is th e n , w ith th e th ree pre ced in g plate s, concludes
th e B ritish species o f Gymnostomum,, as fa r as th ey are desc
ribed. I t was discovered o n th e alpine rocks o f Sco tlan d by
M r. D ic k so n . O u r sp e c im en a ccomp an ied by a d a rk Junger-
mannia was ga th e red in Cwm Idw e ll, N o r th W a le s , by M r.
Griffith. T h e o th e r, given u s by D r . Sw a rtz , came from
L a p la n d . Profe ssor T h u n b e rg se n t a sim ila r one to Hedwig,
d e stitu te , lik e o u rs, o f a lid to th e c apsules, n o r are we in fo
rm ed o f th e season fo r g a th e rin g th e p lan t in perfection.
T h e stems compose loose p e ren n ial tu fts , a b o u t an inch
h ig h , and are fo r th e m o s t p a rt very m u ch b ran ch ed , leafy
th ro u g h o u t, and sp re ading. Leaves o f a full gre en , imbric ated,
lin e a r-la n c e o la te , a cu te , beardless, k e eled, sin g le -rib b ed , e n tir
e ] wh en d ry incurved and c risp ed . F ru it-s ta lk s term in a l,
so lita ry , sh o rt, e re c t. C apsule e re c t, som ewh a t p e ar-shaped,
w ith a wide m o u th , its sides marked w ith e ig h t longitudinal
furrow s an d as m a n y stro n g ribs. T h e co lo u r o f th e fru it is a
b rig h t bay. W e find n o th in g o f th e tu lip -lik e red and yeilow
ex h ib ited in H e dw ig ’s p la te ; so difficult is it to comm an d ex a
ctn ess in su b o rd in a te c o lo u r e r s !
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