APPENDIX.
Sphagnum laricinum.Spruce. (S. neglectum, Angst.) St. 4–6in. solid,the barkpale, of 2–3 layers of cells. Br. fascicles more or less crowded, of 3–4 br., of which one or two are divergent, the others pendent, but not appressed nor acute. St. l. small ovate, cucullate at apex, at last minutely fimbriate, patent or reflexed; basal cells hyaline utricular, the middle and lateral very narrow, the apical rhomboid, with scarcely any fibres or pores; br. l. sub-secund, recurved at point, ovate, shortly and bluntly acuminate, the point with 3–5 teeth, margin recurved above, rather broadly bordered; hyaline cells serpentine elongate, with many threads and pores; caps. scarcely exserted. [Dr. Braithwaite, Monthly Micros. Jour., 1872, p. 159.]
Deep bogs.
Terrington Carr, Yorkshire, 1846 (Spruce); Holyhead (Wilson); Braemar, 1868 (Hunt).
Dicranum undulatum.Ehr. St. naked and decumbent at base; l. patulous, upper falcato-secund or appressed and slightly secund from a broad oblong base, lanceolate, gradually narrowed into a dagger-shaped point ending somewhat abruptly in the acute apex, beautifully undulate in the upper half, carinate; margin revolute below, coarsely serrate above with spinulose irregular teeth; nerve flattened, narrow and extended to apex, narrowly two-winged andserrateat back; cells elongate oblong or elongate hexagonal, those of central base sub-quadrate and hyaline. [Dr. Braithwaite, inGrevillea, i., 108.]
Stockton Forest, near York, 1842 (Spruce); again 1872 (Mr. Anderson). It has doubtless been frequently overlooked or mistaken forD. scopariumorD. Bonjeanii(palustre).
Bryum (Webera) Breidleri.Juratzka. Dioicous. St. 1½in. reddish brown and procumbent below, light green above, l. ovate, decurrent, erecto-patent, concave, serrate towards apex, margin recurved, thinly nerved nearly to apex, areolæ narrow elongate, upper acute at both ends, lower quadrate; male fl. terminal discoid, outer perig. l. spreading elliptic-lanceolate, saccate at base, margin strongly recurved, apex cucullate serrate; inner obovate, suddenly acuminate; perich. l. linear-lanceolate, strongly nerved; caps. oval pendulous, glaucous green when young, pale reddish brown when ripe, on a slender seta geniculate at base. [Hunt. Mem. Lit. and Phil. Soc., Manchr., 1871–2, p. 101.]
Wetdebrisof slaty rocks near springs.VII. VIII.
Glen Callater, Loch-na-gar, Carnlochan Glen (Hunt).
Bryum. (Webera) Schimperi.Wils. (nonBry. Eur.) L. more rigid, erect, narrow, lanceolate, less decurrent, nerve stronger, continued almost to apex; areolæ a little longer and more obscure. [Hunt, l. c.]
Debrisof micaceous rock.VII.
Ben Lawers, Perthshire Mts., Snowdon.
No. 54.W. truncicolaDe Not. =
Dicranum montanum.Hedw. “Having shown the specimen to Prof. Lindberg during his recent visit, heinformed me that he was under the impression that Juratzka had referred it toDic. montanum; and on comparing the two I find they are truly identical. The species is, however, none the less an addition to our flora.... its place will be next toD. strictum.” [Dr. Braithwaite, inGrevilleai., p. 75.]
No. 71.Dicranum polycarpum.β.strumiferum=Oncophorus strumifer.Brid.
L. spreading flexuose from a sub-decurrent base; caps. cernuous incurved, neck shortly and widely strumose, not striate.
O. strumifer.Brid. “This is again restored to the rank of a species, as it differs fromO. polycarpus (Dicranum)in the caps. being more or less cernuous, constantly strumose at base, with a compound annulus, and in the leaves having papillæ only on the upper surface.” [Dr. Braithwaite, Jour. Bot.VIII.228.]
84.Dicranum heteromallum.δ.sericeum.
Add as a synonym,Dicranodontium sericeum. Schp.
85.D. Starkii.β.molle=
D. arcticum.Schp. Its general appearance better distinguishes it fromD. Starkiithan its microscopical characters. It isquite erect, growing in large loose patches, stems 3–4in., elastic, very robust; foliage of a fine purplish brown colour; leaf wider below, and more suddenly contracted upwards, with a thinner nerve; fruits earlier. [Hunt. l. c. p. 321.]
Ben-mac-dhui and Ben Nevis.
92.D. circinnatum.Wils.
Add as synonymsDicranodontium aristatum. Schp.D. asperulum.Mitt.
96.D. palustre.Brid. Dr. Braithwaite points out inGrevilleaI., 109, that La Pylaie’s specimens of this moss (Bridel Bryol. Univ.I.814) belong toCampylopus flexuosus, as shewn by De Notaris in his Epil. Bryol. Ital.; and that hence the nameD. Bonjeanii, De Not. is to be preferred. The synonymy would then stand:—
96.D. Bonjeanii.De Not. Syllab. Muse. 213 (1838); Muell. SynopsisI., 369 (1849).D. palustre.Bry. Eur. and Bry. Brit., p. 79 (nonBridel.)D. undulatum.Turn. Musc. Hib.
The following amended diagnosis of this species is from the same author (inGrev.i., 109):—“Seta solitary; st. erect; l. more or less erecto-patent, straight, from a broad linear flat base, broadly oblong-lanceolate, gradually narrowed into a strap-shaped point, tapering into an acute apex, lightly undulate above, canaliculate; margin acutely serrate above, teeth uniform in shape and direction; nerve very narrow, vanishing below apex,smoothat back; basal cells short quadrate, brownish, above elongate hexagonal or parallelogramic, uppermost elliptic-oblong.”
361.E. minimum, Hunt. is now ascertained to beSplachnobryum Wrightii, Muell., and can hardly be considered as indigenous, “for the spores have most probably been mixed with soil attached to some exotic, and thus accidentally scattered on the wall where it was found.”—[Braithwaite.]
SPLACHNOBRYUM. C. Muell. Verhand. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 1869. p. 501.
“Calyp. dimidiate, enclosing the whole theca and embracing spirally the upper part of the seta, cleft at side, smooth,fugacious. Perist. simple, arising below mouth of caps., teeth 16 very narrow, linear-lanceolate acicular, with the articulations remote. Columella immersed. Dioicous, male fl. gemmaceous, without paraphyses. Plants small slender, with distant spathulate leaves.”
S. Wrightii.Muell. l. c. (Entosthodon minimus, Hunt. l. c.Amblyphyllum Hibernicum, Lindb. MS.)
“St. ¼–⅓in. simple sub-flexuose, pale red, slightly radiculose; l. bright green distant (base narrow, slightly decurrent), patent, flattish, obovate or spathulate, rounded at apex, margin reflexed below, entire or minutely serrulate in male, crenulate above in female plant, nerve thick, prominent at back, vanishing below apex; cells large lax, pellucid, smooth, incrassate, rhombo-rectangular at base, rhomboidal above, smaller and nearly circular at margin; caps. erect, obconical at base, sub-cylindrical, wide-mouthed, pale brown; seta slender, twisted to left; lid conical acute.” [Dr. Braithwaite, l. c.]