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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    inch in length. The var. g. has the stems branched with innovations, each bearing a very short seta, which gives the plant a remarkable appearance. 10. P. nanum, Hedw. (dwarf round-headed Hair-Moss); stems short, leaves linear-lanceolate obtuse their margins and the summit of the keel serrated principally at the extremity, capsule nearly erect subglobose. Hedw. St. Cr. v. 1.4.13. Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 89. Fl. Brit. p. 1379. £. Bot. t. 1625, Schwaegr. Suppl. v. 1. p. 324. Hobs. Br. Mosses, v. 1. n. 20. Drum. Muse. Scot. v. 2. n. 20. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 50. t. 11.—P. sub- rotundum, Menz.—Fl. Brit. p. 1378. H. Bot. t. 1624.—P. pu- milum, Sw. Muse. Suec. t. 9. f. 19. Hedw. Sp. Muse, t. 21.— Dill. Muse. t. 55. f. 6. Moist sandy banks, frequently with P. aloides. Fr. Dec.—It will be seen that this differs in no particular from the preceding but in its rounded capsule. (See Entosthodon and some Orthotricha in DirLorERIsToMI.) Div. II. Peristome double. DipLoPeRistomi.! A. Internal peristome composed of distinct tecth or cilia, (in Eu- | tosthodon obsolete.) 23. EnréstHoDON. Schwaegr. Entosthodon. Seta terminal. Peristome double? the outer of 16 remote teeth, arising from within the mouth of the capsule, horizontal and slightly oblique; the znner obsolete or wanting.’ Capsule pyri- form, with an apophysis. Calyptra dimidiate, inflated below.— Named from: evroc9ov, within, and odwy, a tooth, on account of the insertion of the peristome. i. E.! Templeténi, Schwaegr. (Mr. Templeton’s Entosthodon), Schwaegr. Suppl. 2. p. 44.t. 1138.—Funaria Templetoni, E. Bot. t. 2524.— Weissia Templetoni, Musc. Brit. ed. 1. p. 42. ed. 2. p. 77.t.14. Hook. in Fl. Lond. cum Ic. Hobs. Br. Mosses, v. 2. nN. 27 Moist banks in a tenacious soil, in many parts of Ireland, the West of Scotland and Wales, Wilson. Near Kilmun, Argyleshire, Mr. G. Lyon. Fr. July.—At the suggestion of my intelligent and accurate friend Mr. Wilson, who has seen, though very imperfectly, traces of a double peristome in some Welsh specimens, I place this plant in the “ Diploperistomi,” and near to Funaria, wit which it has a very great affinity, especially with the F. Fontainesii.“~’The leaves are ovato-lan- ceolate, acute, entire; capsule narrow, pyriform (including the apophysis,) the lid nearly plane. I have never seen more than a single peristome, and that has appeared to me to arise from the membrane lining the capsule, whose mouth is not oblique as in Funaria. 24. FunAr1IA. Schreb. Cord-moss. Seta terminal. *Peristome double, oblique : the outer of 16 compact teeth ; the inner of as many cilia opposite to the teeth of the outer. ’ Capsule pyriform, its mouth oblique. ° Calyptra 1 Sirdos, double, and wecioroen, the peristome,