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A Synopsis of the British Mosses Containing Descriptions of All the Genera and Species, (With Localities of the Rarer Ones) Found in Great Britain and Ireland, Based Upon Wilson's "Bryologia Britannica," Schimper's "Synopsis," Etc.

Hobkirk, Charles C. P. (Charles Codrington Pressick), 1837-1902· 13 chapters· 41,710 words

A SYNOPSIS OF THE BRITISH MOSSES, CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE GENERA AND SPECIES, (WITH LOCALITIES OF THE RARER ONES) FOUND IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, BASED UPON WILSON’S “BRYOLOGIA BRITANNICA,” SCHIMPER’S “SYNOPSIS,” ETC.

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6. Part 6

210. G. UNGERI. Juratzka. Compact irregular blackish green, hoary tufts; st. short simple or dichotomous; l. erecto-patulous, lower smaller muticous, upper larger lanceolate fro...

8. Part 8

329. (38) B. ERYTHROCARPON. Brid. _non_ Schw. (_B. atropurpureum._ W. & M.) St. ¼–½in. branched; l. erecto-patent, ovate concave, pointed, margin reflexed, entire, lower often r...

9. Part 9

397. F. BRYOIDES. Hedw, St. ¼–½in.; l. lanceolate apiculate, with a thickened margin, dorsal wing reaching to, and broad at, the base, strongly nerved to or beyond apex; caps. e...

5. Part 5

158. T. MUCRONATA. Brid. [_Cinclidotus riparius_ β. _terrestris_. Bry. Brit.] St. 1–2in. radiculose, branches fastigiate; l. erecto-patent, long lingulate, concave, minutely pap...

4. Part 4

101. C. CYLINDRICUS. B. & S. St. ¼in. gregarious; l. subulate from a dilated ovate amplexicaul base, flexuose, minutely toothed above, nerve predominant; caps. cylindrical, smoo...

7. Part 7

270. A. UNDULATUM. P. Beauv. St. 1–2in. l. ligulate, margin undulate, thickened, with bi cuspid spinulose teeth, which also occur on back near apex, where lamellate nerve ceases...

11. Part 11

511. H. RUGOSUM. Dill. St. 2–3in. rigid, erect, densely tufted; br. recurved; l. crowded, falcato-secund, serrulate and recurved at margin, lanceolate acuminate from a broad bas...

3. Part 3

43. G. RUPESTRE. Schw. St. ½in. densely tufted, slender, dichotomous; l. linear-lanceolate, spreading obtuse keeled, nerved nearly to apex; capsule erect oval, lid flattish, sud...

12. Part 12

BRYUM. (WEBERA) SCHIMPERI. Wils. (_non_ Bry. Eur.) L. more rigid, erect, narrow, lanceolate, less decurrent, nerve stronger, continued almost to apex; areolæ a little longer and...

10. Part 10

457. H. (EURYNCHIUM) CRASSINERVIUM. Tayl. St. creeping, branches erect; l. spreading ovate, sharply pointed serrate concave, margin reflexed, nerve thick, reaching more than hal...

2. Part 2

AMBLYODON (56). Caps. clavate or sub-pyriform, incurved sub-erect; perist. outer, 16 short, erect, obtuse teeth; inner (longer) a membrane divided into 16 carinate processes, wi...

1. Part 1

A SYNOPSIS OF THE BRITISH MOSSES, CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE GENERA AND SPECIES, (WITH LOCALITIES OF THE RARER ONES) FOUND IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, BASED UPON WILSO...

13. Part 13

A Second Century of Orchidaceous Plants, selected from the Subjects published in Curtis’s “Botanical Magazine” since the issue of the “First Century.” Edited by JAMES BATEMAN, E...