A Synopsis of the British Mosses / Containing Descriptions of All the Genera and Species, (With Localities of the Rarer Ones) Found in Great Britain and Ireland, Based Upon Wilson's "Bryologia Britannica," Schimper's "Synopsis," Etc.

by Charles C. P. Hobkirk

67. TAYLORIA. Hooker.

387. T. serrata. B. & S. St. scarcely 1in.; l. erecto-patent, recurved above, oblong-obovate, lower ovate-lanceolate acuminate, serrate above, not nerved to apex; caps. oval on a long tapering apophysis; lid convex obtuse.

var. γ. tenuis. “l. broader and shorter, caps. smaller on a more slender stalk, much contracted when dry, columella exserted.” Wils.

Normal form not found in Britain—only var. γ on turfy soil on Scotch mountains. VII. VIII.