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44 MUSCI-ACItOCARPI-PERJSTOMI. [Tortilla.
rigid the margins involute, lid rostrate about half the length of
the oblong capsule. Turn. Muse. Bib. p. 43. Hobs. Br. Mosses,
v. 1. n. 21. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 53./ 12. GW. £W. Or. Fl.
v. 6. *. 348. Bnjum rigidum, Buds—Bill. Muse. p. 49./. 55.
On clay-banks, in the South-East of England. Wall-top, near Dublin,
Brummond. Fr. Nov.— The peristome of this moss is shorter and less'
twisted than that of most other Tor t nice ; hence Mougeot and Nestler
have published it as a Tric/wstomum, and under the appropriate
specific name of T. aloides.
f
** Leaves more or less membranous.
Perichcetial leaves convolute, sheathing.
4. T. convoluta, Sw. (convolute Screw-Moss); stems rather
short, leaves oblongo-lanceolate acute their margins plane those
of the perichsetium remarkably involute, capsule oblong, lid
rostrate. Sw. Muse. Suec. Fl. Brit. p. 1253. E. Bot. t.
2382. Turn. Muse. Bib. p. 149. Bobs. Br. Mosses, v. 2. n. 19.
Drum. Muse. Scot. v. 1. n. 23. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 54. f. 12.—
Barbula convoluta, Hedw. St. Cr. v. I. p. 87. /. 32. Schwaegr.
Suppl. v. 1. p. 127.—Bnjum convolution, Dicks.—.Dill. Muse.
t. 48. f. 44.
Banks and upon turf-walls; not uncommon in the north. Fr.
Spring.—Thereto are pale-coloured, like those of Didymodon pallidus]
the whole foliage is of a yellowish hue, and the perichcetial leaves are
strikingly convolute.
5. T. revoluta, Brid. (revolute Screw-Moss); stems short, leaves
lanceolate acute their margins remarkably revolute those of the
perichsetium sheathing involute, capsule oblong, lid rostrate
shorter than the capsule. Brid. in Schrad. Journ. 1800. Drum.
Muse. Scot. v. 2. n. 22. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 54. t. 12. T.
nervosa, E. Bot. t. 2383.—-Barbula revoluta, Mohr.Schwaegr.
Suppl. v. 1. p. 127. t. 32.—;3. obtusifolia, Schwaegr. Suppl. v. 1.
t. OL.
Banks and sandy places. Fr. Spring.
ff Leaves uniform.
6. T. murdlis, Hedw. (wall Screw-3Ioss); stems mostly short,
leaves patent narrow oblong the margins recurved, the nerve
strong running out into a hair-like point, capsule oblongo-cylin-
drical, lid conical acuminate—«. vulgaris; leaves carinated
tipped with a long white hair-like point. T. muralis, Hedw.
Sp. Muse. p. 123. Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 50. Fl. Brit. p. 1257.
E. Bot. t. 2033. Hobs. Br. Mosses, v. 2. n. 16. Drum, Muse.
Scot. v. 2. n. 24. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 55. t. 12.—Barbula
muralis, Mohr.Schwaegr. Suppl, v. I. p. 132.—Bryum mural*,
Linn.—Dill. Muse. t. 45. /. 14.—/3. brevipila ; leaves nearly
plane scarcely piliferous. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 55.—Barbula
cestiva, Web. et Mohr, Cr. Germ, p. 207.—8. cimeifolia, Funck,
Deutschl, Moose, L 15. f. 12.