Neckerace^] 208 [Climaciutn. 



CLEffACimH DENDROIDES (Z.) Web. Mohr. 



Dioicous ; leaves divergent, ovato-lanceolate, serrulate at apex, bisul- 

 cate, decurrent at angles, nerved ; cells very narrow. Capsules numerous, 

 erect, oblong, castaneous ; lid rostrate, systilious, peristome rufous, in- 

 curved when dry. (T. CXXI, D.) 



Syn. — Muscus dendroides elatior ramulis crebris minus surculosis, capitulis pedicuUs brevibus in- 

 sideniibus Ray Synops. 2 ed. 32, n. 23 (1696). 



Hypnum eredum arbusculam referens, ramuiis subrotundis confertim nascentibus Dux. in 

 Ray Synops. 3 ed. 81, no. 9 (1724). 



Hypnum dendroides seriaum, setts et capsuUs longioribus ereeUs Dill. Hist muse. 313, 

 t. 40, f. 48 (174 1 ) et Herb. "' 



Hypnum dendroides L Sp. plant 1128 (1753). Huds. F1. AngL 426 (1762). Oeder F1. 

 Dan. t. 823 (1780). Weiss Crypt Goett. 245 (1770). Neck. Meth. musa 187 (1771). 

 Wither. Bot arrang. ii, 687 (1776). Lightf. F1. Scot ii, 756 (1777). Weber Spic. 

 Fl. Goett 74 (1778). Relh. F1. cant. 413 (1785). Hoffh. Deutsch. Fl. ii, 70 (179S). 

 Sm. Fl. Brit. 1283 (1804), Eng. Bot. t 1565. Turn. Muse. Hib. 138 (1804). P. Beauv. 

 Prodr. 63 (1805). Hook. Tayl. Muse. Brit 101 (l8l8). Gray Nat arr. i, 758 (1821). 



Neckera dendroides Tihh. Prod. FL megap. 221 (1788). Roth Fl. Germ, i, 462 (1788). 

 Swartz Muse. Suae. 69 (1799). Brid. Muse. ree. H, P. II, 15 (1801). Schultz Fl. 

 Starg. 307 (1806). C MuELL. Synops. ii, 121 (1851). 



Leskea dendroides Heow. Sp. muse. 228 (1801). Lah. & Cano. FI. Franc, i, 516 (1805). 

 Wahlenb. Fl. Suee. ii, 714 (1826). De Not. Syllab. 62 (1838). 



Climacium dendroides Web. Mohr Reis. in Schwed. 96 (1804), Bot. Tasch. 252 (1807). 

 Wahlenb. Fl. Lapp. 370 (1812), Fl. Carp. 357 (1814). Roehl. Deutsch. Fl. iii, 84. 

 (1813). Brid. Sp. muse. II, 44 (1812), Mant. 142 (1819), Bry. univ. ii, 271 (1827). 

 Schwaeg. Suppl. I, P. II, 141, t. 81 (1816). FuNCK Moost 52, t 33 (1821). HUEBEN. 

 Muse. germ. 595 (1833). Br. Sch. Bry. Eur. fasc. 16, p. 5 (18^). Rabenh. D. kr. 

 fl. II, S. 3, 257 (1848). WiLS. Bry. Brit 325 (1855). Schimp. Synops. 517 (i860), 

 2 ed. 627. Berk. Handb. 140, t. 13 (1863). Milde Bry. Silas. 289 (1869). De Not. 

 Epilogo 201 (1869). HoBK. Synops. 142 (1873). Bouiay Muse. Fr. 153 (1884). 

 HiiSNOT Muse. Gall. 315, t 90 (1892). Limpr. in Rab. D. kr. fl. Laubm. iii, 34, f. 35S 

 (1896). Dk. Jahes. Stud. Handb. 388 (1896]. 



Dioicous ; plants associated, but detached from each other, bright 

 yellowish-green, slightly glossy; main stem subterranean, rhizomatoid, 

 radiculose, secondary stems erect, reddish, the leaves squamose, erect and 

 appressed, the branches crowded at the top, mostly simple, rigid and 

 divergent. Upper leaves crowded, erec to-patent, lingulate, coarsely serrate 

 at apex, biplicate, nerve vanishing below apex ; cells narrow and rhombic 

 above, lineal below, expanded and rhombic at angles. Perich. bracts erect, 

 ovate with long acute points, entire with a short nerve ; seta long, purple, 

 capsule erect, cylindraceous, castaneous ; calyptra long, enclosing all 

 capsule, lid half length of capsule, convex rostrate, united to columella 

 when cast off. Peristome of i6 papillose teeth united at base, lanceolate, 

 rufous ; endostome a very narrow basal membrane with i6 orange lineal 

 processes as long as the teeth, cleft in the middle nearly all the length, 

 without cilia. 



Hab. — Wet places in fields and moorlands, frequent. Fr. 1 1 — 2. 



