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

393. F. viridulus. L. St. ¼in. about; l. lanceolate acute, entire, bordered, crisped when dry, dorsal wing not reaching to base, nerved nearly to apex; caps. oval-oblong erect; lid conical with a blunt point; perist. immersed; barren fl. on a short branch.

Shady banks, rivulets on stones, &c. VIII. IX.

394. F. incurvus. Schw. St. ¼in. about, ascending from a decumbent base; l. lanceolate oblong apiculate, narrowly margined, nerve ceasing near the serrate apex; caps. oval oblique, curved, rarely erect, lid conical rostellate; perist. not immersed; barren fl. sessile at base of stem. [Schp. Syn. 104.]

Shady banks, Cheshire; Hurst-pier-point. II. III.

var. Lylei. l. scarcely margined, narrow; perist. immersed. Cheshire, rare.

395. F. pusillus. Wils. St. shorter; l. erect, acute, narrow; caps. sub-erect; perist. immersed.

Sandstone rocks.

396. F. crassipes. Wils. St. ¼–¾in.; plant more robust; l. larger, broader, and more numerous; caps. obovate-roundish on a short seta, erect.

Sluices. Sandford, near Oxford. X. XI.

397. F. bryoides. Hedw, St. ¼–½in.; l. lanceolate apiculate, with a thickened margin, dorsal wing reaching to, and broad at, the base, strongly nerved to or beyond apex; caps. elliptical erect, symmetrical; lid conical, acutely rostellate; barren fl. axillary.