DiCRANACEiE.J 114 [Anisothecium. 



Dicranella Schreberi Schimp. Coroll. 13 (1855), Synops. 70 (i860), et 2 ed. 72 (1876). 

 Berk. Handb. Br. m. 281 (1863). Milde Bry. siles. 57 {1869). Hobk. Syn. Br. m. 

 42 (1873). 



Anisothecium crispum Lindb. op. c. 26 (1878). 



Dioicous ; gregarious and csspitulose, \ — i in. high ; yellowish green. 

 Leaves squarrose, from a dilated semivaginant base, narrowly lanceolate, 

 carinate, irregularly denticulate toward apex, not glossy ; areolation 

 firm, narrow, elongated ; perich. bracts more shortly sheathing. Capsule 

 on a purple seta, cernuous, oblong with scarce any neck, not striate, 

 exannulate ; lid conic, obliquely rostrate, large, purple ; peristome 

 purple. Male plant small, simple. 



Hab. — Damp clay soil, sides of ditches and bare places in fields ; not 

 common. Fr. 9. 



Mangerton (Miss Huichins). S. of Ireland (Mackay). Loch More, Ross (Hooker 1828) ! 

 Glen Lena, Argyle (Hooker 1837) ! Cauldron Snout, Teesdale (Black 1854) ! Ramsden 

 Clough, Todmorden (Nowell) ! ! Banks of R. BoUin at Bowdon and Ashley (Hunt 

 1864) ! ! Lancaster (Hunt 1865) ! Rochdale (Holt 1878) ! ! Killin and Stirling (Holt 

 1880) ! ! 



Var. p. elatum [Schimp.) 



Densely csespitose ; much taller ; leaves broader, more laxly areolate, 

 more distinctly serrated. 



Syk. — Dicranella Schreberi Var. j8. elata Schimp. Synops. 2 ed. 72. 

 Dicranella lenta WiLS. MSS. 



Hab. — Stirrup wood, Mottram (Nowell i860) ! Walton Swamp, Warrington (Wilsoti) ! ! Broken 

 brow, Prestwich (Hunt 1863) ! ! By R. BoUin at Ashley (Hunt) ! Near Melrose 

 (yerdon) ! The Dran, Rochdale (Holt 1880) ! ! 



The variety exactly resembles in appearance a poor starved form of the 

 next species, but is readily separated by the structure of the leaf point ; fertile 

 specimens are rare and approach nearer the typical form. 



5. anisothecium: SaUAEROSUM {Starhe) Lindb. 



Dioicous ; tall, robust. Leaves squarrose, broadly oblong at base, 



oblongo-lanceolate, obtuse and eroso-crenulate at apex ; nerve narrow, 



vanishing at apex. Capsule cernuous, ovate, with a short neck, lid 



conic, obtuse. (T. XVI, F.) 



Syn. — Muscus trichoides palustris, capsulis erectis, foliis reflexis DooDY. Ray Syn. St. Brit. 2 ed. 

 app. 338 (i6g6). 



Bryum erectis capitulis brevibus, foliis reflexis Dill, in Ray Syn. 3 ed. 95, n. 18 {1724) ; 

 Hist. muse. 365, T. 46, f. 24 (1741). 



Bryum pellucidum p. L. Sp. pi. ii, 1118 {1753). 



Bryum palustre Dicks. PI. crypt, fasc. iv, 11 (1801). 



Dicranum squarrosum Starke in. litt. Schrad. Journ. Bot. v, 68 (1802). Sm. F1. Brit, 

 iii, 1215 (1804) ; Eng. Bot. t. 2004. Turn. Muse. hib. 6g (1804) Brid. Sp. muse, i, 194 

 (1806) ; Mant. 55 (1819). Web. Mohr Bot. Tasch. 183 (1807). Schwaegr. Suppl. I, P. 

 I, 182, t. 47 (1811). VoiT Muse, herbip. 49 (1812). Roehl. Deutsch. Fl. iii, 73 (1813). 

 Hook. Tayl. Muse. Brit. 55, t. 17 (1818). Funck Moost. 30, t. 21 (1821). Gray Nat. 

 arr. Br. pi. i, 736 (1821). Hook. Fl. Scot. P. 2, 133 (1821.); Br. Fl. ii, 40 (1833). 

 HuEEEN. Muse. germ. 271 (1833). Mack. Fl. hib. P. 2, 23 {1836). Rabenh. Deutsch. 

 Kr. Fl. ii, S. 3, 138 (1848). Br. Sch. Bry. eur. fasc. 37-40, p. 17, t. 5 (1847). Wils. Bry. 

 Brit. 68, 1. 17 (1855). HusN. Mouss. nord-ouest 49 (1873). Hobk. Syn. Br. m. 42 (1873). 



