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BARTRAMI A gracilis.
Tall Slender Bartramia.
CRYPTOGAMIA Musci.
G en. Char. Capsule spherical, at length furrowed.
Outer fringe of 16 tapering teeth ; inner a plaited
membrane.
Spec. Char. F ru it-s ta lk s e r e c t, ta lle r th a n th e stem s.
L e a v e s la n c e o la te , r e v o lu te , s in g le -rib b e d , s e rra te d
tow a rd s th e p o in t. S tem s e lo n g a te d .
Syn. B a rtram ia grac ilis. Florh in Schrad. Journ. v. 2.
171. Sm. FI. Brit. 1341.
B . O e d e ria n a . Swartz M S S .— Mohr. Ind. 5.
Bryum Oederi. Retz. Prod. 261. FI. Dan. t. 478.
X N th e ye ar 1788 I received from m y w o rth y frie n d M r .D i c k -
so n a S c o ttish sp e c im en o f th is m o ss, as a p ro b a b ly n ew sp e c
ie s, w h ic h a g re e in g w ith o rig in a l o n e s from th e a u th o rs above
q u o te d , c aused m e to a dm it i t in to th e FI. B r i t . ; w ith m e n tio
n o f Ire la n d also as its n a tiv e c o u n try o n th e a u th o rity o f
D r . S c o tt and M r . T u rn e r . B u tw h i lem y final sh e e t was u n d
e r c o rre c tio n , m y c o rre sp o n d e n t la s t-n am e d in fo rm e d m e ,
w ith h is u su a l c a n d o u r, o f h is h a v in g m ad e a m is ta k e , a n d I
th e re fo re , p . 1407, stru c k o u t th is species as fo re ig n to o u r
Flo ra , a t th a t m om e n t n o t a d v e rtin g to M r. D ic k s o n ’s sp e c im
e n . I t rem a in s how ev e r o n h is o rig in a l a u th o rity , n ow
co n firm ed by M r . G . D o n , wh o finds it o n th e sum m its o f
som e o f th e h ig h la n d m o u n ta in s , b e a rin g ripe fru it in A u g u s t,
a n d to w h om we a re obliged fo r th is sp e c im e n .
T h e stem s a re m u c h ta lle r th a n th o se o f B . pomiformis,
t . 9 9 8 , as well as m o re sle n d e r, c om p a c t, a n d u su a lly less
b ra n c h e d . T h e leaves a re ve ry d iffe ren t, b e in g m o re b ro ad ly
la n c e o la te , re v o lu te ; w h e n d ry re cu rv ed a n d tw is te d ; se rrated
tow a rd s th e p o in t. T h e ir c o lo u r is d a rk e r th a n in th a t p la n t.
F ru it- s ta lk s re d . C ap su les sm a lle r, an d m o re ev id en tly cu rv ed
tow a rd s One side w h e n rip e.
M r . T u rn e r ’s I ris h sp e c im e n , w h ic h led to th e ab o v e e rro r,
is figured in h is M u se . H ib . t. 10. f . 1, as a p ro b ab le v a rie ty
o f B .f o n ta n a , w ith w h ic h it se ems to u s n o t well to a c co rd ,
a n d we sh o u ld ra th e r a sse n t to h is su g g e stio n o f its b e in g a
n ew sp e c ie s.
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