Bryace^.1 147 [Pohlia. 



4. POHLIA CRUDA (L.) Lindh. 



Polyoicous ; csespitose. Lower leaves ovato-lanc, upper linear- 

 lane, patent, serrate at apex. Caps, cernuous, oblong-pyriform with a 

 short neck, cilia perfect. (T. LXVII, A.) 



Syn. — Bryum pendulum hornum moUe,foliis et lanceolatis et gyamiveis Dili,. Hist. muse. 401, 

 t. 51, f. 70 (1741), et Herb. 



Mnium cnidum L. Sp. plant. 1112 (1753), Syst. nat. ii, 700, Syst. veg. 947. With. Bot. 

 arr. ii, 667 (1776). Lightf. F1. scot, ii, 712 (1777). Hedw. Fund. muse. H, 94 (1782k 

 Muse. fr. i, C.9, t. 37 (1787), Sp. muse. i8g (1801). Roth Tent. Fl. germ, i, 475 (1788). 

 HoFFM. Deutsch, fl. ii, 48 (1795). Brid. Muse. rec. II, P. Ill, 85 (1803), Sp. muse. Ill, 

 47 (1817). P. Beauv. Prodr. 73 (1805). Schultz Fl. starg. 345 (1806). Roehl. 

 Deutseh. fl. iii, 93 (1813). Schwaeg. Suppl. I, P. II, 127 (1816). Mart. Fl. cr. erl. 65 

 (1817). FuNCK Moost. 50, t. 32 (1821). 



Bryum crudum HuDS. Fl. angl. 415 (1762). Schreb. Spie. fl. lips. 83 (1771). Neck. 

 Meth. muse. 223 (1771). Vill. PI. Dauph. 888 (1786). Swartz Muse. suae. 49 

 (1798). Hull Br. fl. P. 2, 266 {1799). Roth Fl. germ, iii, P. I, 242 (1800). Sm. Fl. 

 trit. 1361 {1804). Eng. bot. t. 1604. Turn. Muse. hib. 130 (1804). Hook. Tayl. 

 Muse. br. iig, t. 28 (1818). Brid. Mant. 119 (1819). Hook. Fl. scot. P. 2, 150 (1821), 

 Br. fl. ii, 58 (1833). Hartm. Seand. fl. Gray Nat. arr. i, 768 (1821). Mack. FI. hib. 

 P. 2, 31 (1836). 0E Not. Syllab. 133 (1838). Br. Sch. Bry. eur. fasc. 6 — 9, p. 37, 1. 13 

 (1839). Rabenh. Deutsch. kr. fl. ii, Sect. 3, 209 (1848). C. Muell. Synops. i, 333 (1849). 

 WiLS. Bry. br. 224, t. 28 (1855). Husn. Mouss. nord-ouest 120 (1873). Hobk. Synops. 

 no (1873). BouL. Muse, de Fr. i, 283 (1884). 



Hypnum crudum Wee. Mohr Bot. Tasch. 290 (1807). 



Webera intermedia Schleich. Cat. pi. helv. Cent. IV, n. 18 (1807). 



Bryum Polla cruda Brid. Bry. univ. i, 693 (1826). 



Webera cruda Schwaeg. Sp. muse. 50 (1830). Hueben. Muse, germ. 425 (1833). Schimp. 

 CoroU. 65 (1856), Synops. 337 (i860), 2 ed. 398. Berk. Handb. br. m. 202 (1863). 

 MiLDE Bry. siles. 202 (1869). De Not. Epilogo 424 (1869). Juratz. Laubm. oester.- 

 ung. 253 (1882). Lesq. James Moss. N. Amer. 218 (1884). Hobk. Synops. 2 ed. 154 

 (1884). Husn. Muse. gall. 228, t. 61 (i88g). Limpr. in Rabenh. D. kr. fl. Laubm. ii, 

 247 (1892). 



Lamprophyllum crudum Lindb. Revis. erit. ic. fl. dan. 87 (1871). 



Pohlia cruda Lindb. Muse. Seand. 18 (1879). 



Autoicous, sometimes dioicous, paroicous or synoicous ; csespitose, 

 erect i — 3 in. high, with simple reddish stems. Lower leaves broadly 

 ovato-lanc, entire with plane margins, gradually accrescent upward, 

 comal patent, long linear-lane, remotely serrate at apex, all golden 

 glossy or glaucous green, with the nerve red at base, vanishing below 

 apex ; cells firm, narrow and elongated. Caps, cernuous or horizontal, 

 on a flexuose reddish seta, leptodermous, oblong-pyriform, often 

 ventricose, with a short neck, before sporing fuscous-yellow, when 

 empty pale brown, narrowed at mouth ; lid convex, apiculate, 

 peristome pale yellow, cilia 2 — 3 perfect, half the length of processes. 



Hab. — Clefts of rocks and sandy banks in mountains. Fr. 7 — 8. 



An elegant moss frequent in Scotland and growing especially fine and 

 abundant in Teesdale, where it adorns the scarrs with its golden glistening 

 tufts. 



