I^ECKERACEiE.] 213 \Fontinalis. 



262 (1800). Hedw. Muse, frond, iii, 32, t. 12 (1792), Sp. muse. 299 (1801). Swartz 

 Muse. suec. 72 (1799). Brid. muse. ree. II, P. Ill, 160 (1803), Sp. muse. Ill, 108 (1817), 

 Mant. 181 (1819), Bry. univ. ii, 657 (1827). Smith. FI. Brit. 1336 (1804), Eng. Bot. 

 1. 1861. Turn. Muse. hib. 199 (1804). Web. Mohr. Bot. Taseh. 376 (1807). Wahlen. 

 Fl. Lapp. 382 (1812). RoEHL. Deutseh. fl. iii. 122 (1813). Schwaeg. Suppl. I, P. II, 

 307 (1816). Hook. Tayl. Muse. br. 82 (1818). Funck Moost. 68, t. 53 (1821). Gray 

 Nat. arrang. i, 749 (1821). Hueben. Muse. germ. 701 (1833). De Not. Syllab. 2 (1838), 

 Epilogo 6i (1869). Br. Sch. Bry. Eur. fase. 16, t. 3 (1842). Rabenh. D. kr. fl. II, S. 3, 

 154 (1848). WiLS. Bry. Brit. 424 (1855). Schimp. Synops. 456 (i86o), 2 ed. 554. 

 Berk. Handb. 63, %. 3 (1863). Milde Bry. Siles. 276 (1869). Hobk. Synops. 185 ( 1873). 

 Juratz. Laub. Oester.-Ung. 356 (1882). Boulay Muse. Fr. 190 (1884). Husn. Muse. 

 gall. 286, t. 80 (1892). LiMPR. in Rabenh. D. kr. fl. Laubm. ii, 666 (1894). Dix. James. 

 Stud. Handb. 355 (1896). Cardot Monogr. 80^ 



Hypnum squamosum Neck. Meth. muse. 192 (1771). 



Pilotrichum squamosum C. Muell. Synops. ii, 149 (1850), 



Fontinalis arduennensts Gravet in Pire Nouv. rech. bry. fase. iv. (1871). 



Dioicous; dark green or black-green, glossy. Stem 10 — 16 in. long, 

 naked at lower part ; branches fasciculate incumbent, subulate at points. 

 Leaves 3-ranked, incumbent, slightly decurrent and somewhat auricled 

 at base, longish lanceolate, canaliculate-concave, rather obtuse with flat 

 entire margins; cells chlorophyllose, linear, straight, 10 — 12 times long as 

 broad, the basal yellow, and at angles inflated, oval and brownish. Peri- 

 chaetial bracts circular, apiculate, reaching mouth of capsule, lacerate 

 when old ; capsule oval, yellowish brown, the lid emergent, conical, pointed. 

 Peristome purple, the teeth papillose, endostome with coarse scattered 

 papillae. 



Hab. — Moorland streams, not uncommon. Fr. 7. 



Var. p. Curnowii Cardot Monogr. 84. 



Rather soft, yellowish-green, the stems elongated, branches elongated, with 

 few ramuli; leaves rather distant, erecto-patent. Perichsetial bracts abruptly 

 apiculate ; capsule quite immersed. 



Hab. — Penzance {Curnow 1865) ! ! Taxal, Derby {Rogers, 1878). Given in Raben- 

 horst's Bryotheca, no. 926. 



5. FONTINALIS DALECAELICA Schimp. 



Dioicous ; resembling F. squamosa but more slender, not glossy, with 

 filiform branches. Leaves narrow, lanceolate, concave, involute at margin. 

 Capsule immersed, endostome smooth with narrow fragile cross-bars. 

 (T. CXXIII, B.) 



Syn. — Fontinalis squamosa L. herb. see. Sehimper. 



Fontinalis dalecarlica Schimp. Bry. Eur. fase. 31, suppl. (1846). Synops. 457 (l86o), 2 ed. 

 554. Lesq. James Moss. N. Amer. 270 (1884). Cardot Monogr. 80 (1892). Limpr. 

 in Rabenh. D. kr. fl. Laubm. ii, 669 (1894). 



Pilotrichum dalecarlicum C. Muell. Synops. ii, 149 (1850). 



Fontinalis squamosa var. dalecarlica HusN, Muse. Gall. 287, t. 80 (1892). 



