D I C R A N U M montanum.
Mountain Curled Fork-moss.
CRYPTOGAMIA Musa.
Gen. Char. Caps, oblong. Fringe o f 16 flat, c lo v e n ,
t e e th , a l i t t l e i n d e x e d .
Spec. Char. S tem b r a n c h e d . L e a v e s l in e a r - l a n c e o l
a t e , t a p e r - p o i n t e d ; c u r l e d w h e n d r y . Capsule
c y l i n d r i c a l , s t r a ig h t .
Syn. D i c r a n u m m o n t a n u m . Hedw. Sp. Muse. 143.
t. 3 5 . ƒ . 8— 13. Sm. FI. Brit. 1228.
I V t l L G . Do n ha s g a th e re d th is o n bogs in S c o tla n d , but
ra re ly . W e a re oblig ed to h av e re co u rse to fine exotic specimens,
c om m u n ic a te d b y Professor Swartz, to ex e cu te our
fig u re, th e Scottish one , th o u g h formerly comp a red w ith these,
a n d d e sc ribed in FI. Brit., n o t being now w ith in o u r re ach.
T h e stems v a ry in h e ig h t from h a lf a n in c h to two inches,
com p o sin g dense p e ren n ia l tu fts , b e in g b ra n c h e d a n d densely
lea fy. L eav es p a le g re en , lin e a r-la n c e o la te ,, tap e r-p o in ted ,
e n tire , s lig h tly revolute, sin g le -rib b ed , c u rle d a n d twisted
when d r y ; th e ir ba se d ila te d , a n d a p p ro a c h in g an ov a te shape.
F ru itsta lk s soon b e com in g la te ra l, p a le brown, s tra ig h t, ha rd ly
a n in c h h ig h . C a p su le u p r ig h t a n d s tra ig h t, c y lin d ric a l inc
lin in g to o v a te , p a le brown, sm o o th , b e coming furrowed as
i t rip en s. L id aw lsh a p e d , sh o rt, r a th e r c u rv e d . Fringe
b row n , n o t, as in m a n y o f th is g e n u s, crimson. T h e re is no
tum o u r o r a p p e n d a g e a t th e b o ttom o f th e fru it, su ch as is
se en in D. virens, t. 1462.