The English flora - SeaweedAfrica

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Tortula.] -MUSCI-ACROCARPI-PERISTO.MI. 45
On walls and stones, very frequent. Fr. April. — An annulus is
present at the mouth of the capsule of this species.
7. T. ruralis, Sw. (great hairy Screiv-Moss) ; stems elongated,
leaves ovato-oblong keeled patent recurved, the nerve
ending in a long point, capsule cylindrical erect slightly curved, lid
subulate,
middle.
lower half of the peristome tubular as far as the
a. vulgaris; leaves rather acute, the hair-like points
generally scabrous. T. ruralis, Sir. Muse. Suec.— Turn. Muse.
Hib.p.'bO. Fl. Brit. p. 1254. E. Bot t. 2070. Schwaegr.
Suppl. r. 1. p. 137. t. 34. Hobs. Br. Mosses, v. 1. n.2'2. Drum.
Muse. Scot. v. 2. n. 18. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 56.— Syntrichia
ruralis, Brid.—Barbula ruralis, Hedw. Sp. 3Iusc. p. 121
Bryum r urate, Linn—Dill. Muse. t. 45. f. 12.— 3. hcvipila; leaves
more obtuse contracted in the middle, hair-like point generally
smooth. Syntrichia IcevipUa, Brid.— Schwaegr. Suppl. 2. P. 1.
p. 66. t. 120.
Roofs of houses, especially such as are thatched with straw ; on walla
and on the ground, rarely on trees. /3. On clay-slate, near Truro, Rev.
J. S. Tozer. Fr. April.— Mr. Lyell finds in Hampshire and Mr. Wilson
at Finlarig, Perthshire, a variety growing on trees (especially the
Sycamore), in which the nerves are gemmiferous, the genuncc clothing
the upper-side of the nerve, near the middle of the leaf, of a roundish
or oblong form, green, reticulated ; the nerve, however, is by no means
so dilated as that of the gemmiferous Gymnostomum oval inn.
8. T. subuldta, Hedw. (awl-shaped Screw-Moss) ; stems
very short, leaves erecto-patent oblongo-lanceolate apiculated
the margin plane, capsule cylindrical erect slightly curved, lid
subulate, peristome tubular almost to the extremity.— a. leaves
acuminated. T. subuldta, Hedw. Sp. Muse. p. 122. t. 27, Turn.
Muse. Hib.p. 44. Fl. Brit. p. 1255. E. Bot. t. 1 101. Schwaegr.
Suppl. v. 1. /;. 135. t. 38. Hobs. Br. Mosses, v. 1. n. 23. Drum.
Muse. Scot. r. 2. n. 21. Muse. Bnt. ed. 2. p. 57. t. 12
Barbula subul. Moug. oine\\hat succulent, pellucid and reticulated
in their lower half, curie, I when dry. The peristome is a bright
red twisted tube, the teeth, or cilia, live only at the end, where they form
a twisted tuft.
!). T. unguiculdta, Hook, ami Taylor, (SireTs-claw Screw-
Moss); >tenis elongated branched} leaves oblongo-lanceolate
Bubcarinated obtuse apiculated their margins slightly recurs ed,
capsule oblongo-ovate, lid Ion-- rostrate. Muse. lint. ed. 2.
r
/f. . )^. /. 12. Hobs. Br. \f08SeS; r. I. ,/. 24. Drum. Muse. Sent.
r. 2. //. 25.— Baibula unguiculata, Hedw. .v. ( v. p. I. '. 23.
Schwaegr. Suppl. r. I. p. 123. Ihll. Muse, t 48. f. 48. 49.—
Barbula acumin