FISSIDENTACE^.] 83 [Fissidens. 



7. FISSIDENS BRYOIDES (L.) Hedw. 



Ante, p. 71. JURATZ. Laubm. oesterr.-ung. 60. HUSN. Muscol. gall. 47, t. 14 (1884). 

 Var. f3. intermedius Rut he. 



Leaves more oblong, with broader points suddenly acutate, and narrower 

 border, the imfer. lam. vanishing at or below the middle of the vag. lam. 

 (T. XII.* D.) 



SYN. Fissidens bry aides Var. exilis SCHIMP. Bry. eur. fasc. 42, Suppl. 



F. bryoides Var. intermedius RUTHE in RABENH. Bryoth. eur. n. 1160 (1872). 

 Fissidens impar MITT. Journ. Linn. soc. Bot. xxi, 554 (1885). 



HAB. Three bridges, Sussex (Mitten 1845) ! ! Botanic Garden, Dublin 

 (Moore). 



This variety evidently forms part of Hedwig's figures of F. bryoides in 

 Muse, frond, iii, t. 29, and the specimen from Mr. Mitten, which I have 

 figured, has no axillar $ infl. but it is radical on a very short branch, and 

 Ruthe states it also occurs as naked antheridia in the upper axils as well as 

 on separate plants. 



8. FISSIDENS CURNOWII Mitt. 



Autoicous ; robust, pale green. Leaves multijugous, long, lanceo- 

 late, narrowly limbate. Caps, short, inclined, ovate-oblong, pale ; lid 

 conic-rostellate. (T. XII* G.) 



SYN. Fissidens bryoides var. ccespitans SCHIMP. ante, p. 72. HUSN. Muse. gall. 47, t. 14 

 (1884). 



Fissidens Curnowii MITT. Journ. Linn. soc. Bot. xxi, 556. 



Autoicous ; in dense extended matted tufts, interwoven with long 

 purple radicles, pale green, glaucescent. Stems i ii in. high, erect, 

 sparingly branched. Leaves 10 2O-jugous, long linear-lane, thin, the 

 limb strong, vanishing below the apex, which is sometimes minutely 

 serrate. Caps, small, inclined, leptodermous, pale greenish-brown, on 

 a red seta, ovate or oblong; lid conic, rostellate, acute. Male infl. 

 axillary. 



HAB. Coast about Penzance (Curnow) ! ! Lundy island and Lyme regis (Mitten). Bolton 

 woods, Yorks. (Wild 1876). Tyn-y-groes (Holt). 



Although this moss comes very near F. bryoides, its general habit and 

 texture are so different that I have followed Mr. Mitten in regarding it as a 

 species, though probably it is connected with F. bryoides by intermediate 

 forms. 



9. FISSIDENS FONTANUS Schimp. 



Dioicous or autoicous ; tall, dull lurid green. Leaves multijugous, 

 lineal-lingulate, the limb stout, vanishing below apex. Caps, erect, lid 

 conico-rostellate. (T. X, D, 0.) 



