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Tl i lCHOSTOMUM flexifolium.
Wave-leaved Fringe-moss.
CRYPTOGAMIA Musci.
Gen. Char. Caps, oblong. Fringe of 32 capillary,
straightish teeth, approximated or united in pairs.
Spec. Char. Leaves oblong, sheathing, waved; serrated
in their upper part. Capsule cylindrical, somewhat
ovate. Stem branched at the base.
Svn. Trichostomum ? flexifolium. Sm. FI. Brit. 1246.
Bryum flexifolium. Dicks. Crypt, fasc . 3. 5. t. 7.
f . 9 . With. 815. Hull. 258.
F o u n d o n b a r re n slo p in g g ro u n d , n e a r C ro y d o n , S u rrey , by
M r. D ic k s o n , a n d , as fa r as we c an le a rn , b y n o o th e r person.
O u r only re so u rc e th e re fo re is o n e o f h is spe c im en s in M r . T u r
n e r ’s h a n d s , th e sam e d e sc rib ed in FI. Brit.
T h e ro o ts a re p re sum ed to b e p e re n n ia l. S tem s tu f te d , divided
from th e very b a se in to severa l la x b ra n c h e s , sc a rc e ly h a lf a n inch
h ig h . Leaves o f a lig h t b r ig h t g re e n , im b ric a te d , sp re ad in g ,
o v a te -o b lo n g , co n c av e , waved or tw is te d , k e e le d , sin g le -rib b ed ,
p o in tle s s ; s h e a th in g a n d e n tire in th e ir lower p a r t ; se rr a te d to w
a rd s th e e x trem ity . F ru its ta lk s so lita ry from th e to p s o f the
b ra n c h e s , e r e c t, c a p illa ry , straw -c o lo u re d , n o t a n in c h long.
C a p su le cy lin d ric a l, som ew h a t o v a te , s tr ia te d , n e a rly e r e c t. Lid
co n ic a l, c u rv e d , th e le n g th o f th e c ap su le . W e h av e n ev e r seen
th e frin g e , a n d th e re fo re ju d g e o f th e g en u s b y h a b it a lo n e .