DiCRANACE^.] 154 [Dicranum. 



Hab. — Holwick Scarr, Teesdale [Spruce, 1843) ! Hills behind Dunoon (Stirion, 



1865) ! ! 



D. fuscescens is somewhat like a small state of D. scoparium, but is readily 

 known by its slightly curled leaves with short cells free from transverse pores, 

 and its pale striated capsule. It is very variable in size and colour, and 

 also in the curving of the leaves. 



13. DICRAHTJM ELONGATUM Schleich. 



Dioicous ; compactly tufted, stems slender, elongated, leaves lan- 

 ceolate-acuminate, entire, nerve excurrent ; capsule ovate, cernuous, lid 

 virith a long oblique beak. (T. XXIII, A.) 



Syn. — Dicranum elongatum Schleich. PI. crypt, helv. Cent. Ill, a. 27 (1806). Schwaeg. 

 Suppl. I, P. I. 171, t. 43 (1811). Brid. Mant. 60 (1819), Bry. univ. i, 429 (1826). 

 FuNCK Moost. 28, t. ig (1821). De Not. Syll. muse. 215 (1838), Epil. briol. ital. 622 

 (i86g). Hartm. skand. fl. Br. Sen. Bry. eur. fasc. 37-40,p. 35, t. 28 (1847). C. Muell. 

 Synops. i, 365 (1849). Schimp. Synops. 86 (i860), 2 ed. 88 (1876). Milde Biy. 

 siles. 68 (1869). Ferguss. in Scot. Nat. V, 129 (1879). Juratz. Laubm. Oesterr- 

 ung. 45 (1882). 



Die. sphagni Wahlenb. Fl. lapp.''337 (1812). Brid. Mant. 68 (1819), Bry. univ. i, 

 461 (1826). 



Dioicous ; in compact cushioned tufts, densely interwoven with 

 ferruginous tomentum, yellowish green above, rufo-fuscous below. Stems 

 3 — 6 in. high, slender fastigiate-branched ; leaves secund and erecto- 

 patent, appressed when dry, from an oblong lanceolate base, subulate 

 acute, entire or faintly toothed at apex, the wings convolute above ; nerve 

 narrow, excurrent, lower cells elongate-rectangular, the angular orange, 

 quadrate, upper minute oblong. Perich. bracts cylindraceo-vaginant, 

 suddenly subulate ; caps, on a short pale brown seta, subcernuous, sub- 

 gibbous-ovate, with a distinct neck, lightly striate, greenish brown, 

 annulus narrow, lid conic with a pale subulate beak longer than caps, 

 teeth irregular, rufous-red. 



Male pi. very slender, intermixed with the fem. or in separate tufts ; 

 infl. secund, bracts ovate, subulate. 



Hab. — Peaty places on mountain rocks ; rare. Fr. 8. Corrie Ardor, Inver- 

 ness (Barker S^ Roy, 1870). Little Craigandal, Braemar (Fergusson &> Roy, 

 1873). 

 Readily known by its long straight stems densely compacted up to the 



coma with rusty sponge-like tomentum, and by its acute leaves, entire or with 



a few irregular teeth at apex. 



14. DICRANUM MONTANIIM Hedw. 



Dioicous ; in dark green cushioned tufts. Leaves curled when dry, 

 lanceolate-subulate, papillose at back, nerved to apex, margin crenulate 

 above. Caps, erect, cylindric-oval, lid rostrate, oblique. (T. XXIII, B.) 



Syn. — Dicranum montanum Hedw. Sp. muse. 143, t. 35, f. 8-13 (1801). P. Beauv. Prodr. 54 

 (1805). Brid. Sp. muse. I, 200 (1806), Mant. 65 (i8ig), Bry. univ. i, 454 (1826). Web. 

 MoHR. Bot. Taseh. 179 (1807). Schwaeg. Suppl. I, P. I, 178 (1811). Wahlenb. Fl! 



