GRIMMIA atro -virens.
Dark-green Grimmia.
CRYPTOGAMIA Musci.
Gen. Char. F r in g e s i m p l e , o f 1 6 t e e t h , b r o a d e s t a t
t h e i r b a s e . F low e rs t e r m i n a l . V e il c y l i n d r i c a l .
Spec. Char. S t e m s u b d i v i d e d . L e a v e s o v a t e , k e e l e d
s l i g h t l y b e a r d e d . C a p s u l e e l l i p t i c a l , u p r i g h t . L i d
c o n i c a l , n e a r l y h a l f a s l o n g a s t h e c a p s u l e .
S y n . G r i m m i a a t r o - v i r e n s . T u r n . B o t. Gu id e 6 2 0 .
G . S t a r k e a n a . T u r n . M u s e . H ib . 2 6 .
have Mr. Turner’s authority for the above synonyms,
though his Dublin specimens before us have taller and more
decidedly branched stems, with a blacker hue in the whole
plant, circumstances probably enough owing to their more
advanced state of growth, or moister situation.
The present were sent by the Rev. H. Davies from North
Wales, and grew on the ground in broad patches. The stems
are short, simple or branched. Leaves crowded, spreading,
dark-green, ovate or rather often obovate, entire, strongly
keeled, with a thick mid-rib, which ends in a short point or
beard. When dried they twist spirally together at the summit
of the stem. Fruit-stalk solitary, scarcely half an inch long,
pale yellowish, brown at the top. Capsule upright, of a neat,
broadish, exactly oval figure, chesnut-coloured, smooth and
shining. Fringe red, erect, like that of a Trichostomum in
appearance, but not in number. Lid conical, obliquely
pointed, nearly half as long as the capsule. A slight comparison
will show the difference between this species and
G. Starkeana, t. 1490.
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