Copy 2, Volume 5

The English flora / By Sir James Edward Smith.

  • James Edward Smith
Date:
1824-1836
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Credit: The English flora / By Sir James Edward Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Lurn. Muse. Hib. p. 27.—Bryum viridulum, Huds.—Bryum virens, Dicks.— Dill. Muse. t. 48. f. 48. | Banks, frequent. Ir. Spring—See Mr. Wilson’s remarks on the affinity of this plant with Gymnostomum microstomum, under that species. 15. W. caledrea, Hedw. ( Chalk Weissia); stems scarcely any, leaves erect from a broad base linear obtuse thick with a very broad nerve, capsule turbinate, lid rostrate. Hedw. Sp. Muse. t. 11. f. 1—6. Hobs. Br. Mosses,'v. 2. n. 80. Musc. Brit. ed. 2. p. 85. t.15.— Grimmia calearea, Fl. Brit. p. 1177. Turn. Muse. Mb. p. 25.—Bryum calcareum, Dicks.—H. Bot. t. 191. On the perpendicular faces of chalk cliffs in the south of England, which are rendered.almost black with it. Fr. May.—The short, upright, rigid leaves of this plant have a striking appearance, and resemble re- markably, in miniature, those of Polytrichum aloides, to which also their dense texture assimilates them, their upper half consisting almost entirely of the broad nerve, which below is much narrower, passing gradually on each side into the dilated base. 16. W. recurvata, Hook. and Taylor, (recurved Weissia); stems scarcely any; leaves. erect subulate,’capsule broadly ovate, seta curved, lid rostrate: Muse. Brit. ed. 1. p. 47. ed. 2. p. 85. t. 15. Drum. Muse. ‘Scot. v. 2. n. 836.—Grimmia recurvata, Hedw. St. Cr. v. 1. t. 88. Fl. Brit. p. 1188. E. Bot.t.1489. Turn. Muse. see encl- Mb. p. 24.—Bryum curvatum, Dicks. Rocks in the north of England, Wales and Scotland. Fr. June.— The fruitstalk of this plant, always arched when growing, or if moistened after being gathered, sufficiently distinguishes it from the following species. 17. W. pusilla, Hedw. (dwarf Weissia); stems scarcely any, leaves subulate erect, capsule pyriform, seta always erect, lid rostrate. Hedw. St. Cr. v. 2. t. 29. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 86. t. 15.—Grimmia pusilla, Fl. Brit. p. 1184. E. Bot. t. 2551. On white limestone. rocks, near Belfast, Mr. Templeton and Mr. Drummond. Youlgreave, Derbyshire, J. H. Bowman, Esq. Near Buxton, Mr. W. Wilson. Fr. May. 18. W. verticillata, Schwaegr. (whorled Weissia); stems elon- gated branched, leaves nearly erect linear-subulate with a strong nerve dotted, capsule ovate, lid conico-acuminate. Schwaegr. Suppl. v. 1. p. 71. t 20. Muse. Brit. ed.2. p. 86. t. 15.— Grimmia verticillata, Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 31. Fl. Brit. p.1191. Ei. Bot. t. 1258.— Weissia capillacea, Schwaegr—Bryum fasci- culatum, Dicks. — Bryum verticillatum, Linn.—Dill. Muse. t. 47. . BO. i On rocks among trickling water, not general. Fr. Aug.—This pretty Weissia, of a delicately pale and bright green colour, has the lower part of its stems frequently covered with a white earthy incrustation, which is found on the plant, whatever be the nature of the rock whereon it grows, whether micaceous schist, as at the Dargle, Ireland, or sandstone, as in the south of Ireland, or on calcareous rocks as in Yorkshire, and -