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G R I M M I A inclinata.
Curve-fruited Grimmia.
CRYPTOGAMIA Musci.
Gen. Char. Fringe simple, o f 16 teeth, broadest at
their base. FJoivers terminal. Veil cylindrical.
S pec. Char. Leaves bristle-shaped, dilated and sheathing
at^ the base, Capsule ovate, oblique, at length
drooping. Lid conical.
Syn. Grimmia inclinata. Sm. FI. Brit. 1193.
Swartzia inclinata. Hedw. Crypt, v. 2. 74. t. 27.
Afzelia inclinata. Ehrh. Crypt. 193.
Didymodon inclinatum. Swartz. Muse. Suec. 28.
Cynontodium inclinatum. Hedw. Sp. Muse. 58.
Bryum inclinatum. Dicks. Crypt, fasc . 3. 9. With.
835. Hull. 264.
M r . DICKSON found this moss on turfy bogs in Scotland.
Our specimens were gathered by Mr. G. Don in marshy places
by the sea side, at the sands of Borry, 7 miles from Dundee,
in August 1807.
Stems branched at the bottom, forming dense perennial,
leafy tufts. Leaves yellowish green, soon turning brown,
shining, spreading pretty regularly in two rows, taper and
bristle-shaped, dilated and sheathing at the base. Fruit-stalk
terminal, erect, full an inch long, purple, somewhat wavy
when dry. Capsule ovate, inclining, brown, very smooth,
when old becoming curved and drooping. Fringe of 16,
lanceolate, equidistant teeth, of a brownish purple, reticulated,
and, according to Hedwig, perforated. Lid conical,
short, obtuse, pale when young, but soon turning brown.
Veil tipped with black, even in its youngest state.
The stamens and pistils being observed in the same flower,
has caused this species and a few others to be separated by some
botanists from Grimmia and Trichostomumr whence arose the
above multiplicity of names; but experience shows such a generic
character to be of no avail in mosses.