The English flora - SeaweedAfrica

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66 MUSCI-ACROCARPI-PERJSTOMr. [Bartramia.
—Named in honour of J. C. Timm, a German, and author of
a Flora Megapolitana.
1. T. megapolitana, Hedw. (3Iechlenburg Timmia.)— a. capsule
inclined. T. megapolitana, Hedw. St. Cr. v. 1. 1. 31. Schwaegr.
Suppl. v. 1. P. II. p. 84. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 191. Suppl.
t. 6.— T. cucidlata, (the veil persistent on the seta). Mich. Am.
v. 2. p. 304. (3. capsule cernuous. T. austriaca, Hedw. Sp.
Muse. p. 176. t. 42. /. 1—7. Schwaegr. Supjilv. 1. P. i/.jD. 84.
Rocks on the banks of the Islay, above Airly castle, Angus-shire ; discovered
by Mr. Drummond in 1824 :
dense tufts, 3—4 inches high, erect,
always barren. This grows in
slightly branched, brown below,
green above. Leaves linear-lanceolate, erecto-patent, plane or somewhat
recurved at the margin, serrated, slightly carinate, with a strong
nerve reaching to the point, crisped when dry. Capsule oblongo-obovate.
Lid hemispherical, slightly mammillate.—The American state of the
plant is remarkable for having the seta passing through the fissure of the
calyptra, which then remains attached to it.
29. Bartramia. Hedw. Apple-Moss.
Seta terminal. Capsule subglobose. Peristome double : the
outer of 16 teeth; the inner of a membrane divided into 16
bifid segments. Calyptra, dimidiate. (Muse. Brit. t. 3.)—Named
in compliment to John Bartram, an American Botanist and
traveller.
* Seta elongated, straight.
1. B. pomiformis, Hedw. (common-Apple-Moss) ; leaves patent
subulate strongly serrated twisted when dry, the nerve reaching
to the summit. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 144. t. 23. x. minor ;
stems short, leaves flexuose. B. pomiformis, Hedw. Sp. Muse,
p. 164. Fl. Brit. p. 1340. E. Bot.t. 998. Turn. Muse. Hib. p.
108. Schwaegr. Suppl. v. 1. P. Up. 145. t. 58. Hobs. Br. Mosses,
v. 1. n. 60. Drum. Muse. Scot. v. 1. n. 65.—B. crispa, Sw.
—Bryum pomiforme, Linn.—Dill. Muse. t. 44. /. 1. |3. major ;
stems much elongated branched, leaves longer crisped especially
when dry. Hook, in Fl. Lond. cum Ic.—B. crispa, Brid. Muse,
v. 2. P. III. t.l.f. 4.
P. II. p. 146. t. 59.
E. Bot. t. 1526. Schwaegr. Suppl. v. 1.
Heaths and dry banks. /3. Principally in subalpine countries. Fr.
Apr. May.
2. B. ithyphylla, Brid. {straight-leaved Apple-Moss); stems
short, leaves rigid erecto-patent subulato-setaceous almost en-
tire, the nerve half-way up passing into the substance of the
leaf, straight when dry, seta much elongated. Brid. Muse. v.
2. p. 1. t. 6. E. Bot. t. 1710. Schwaegr. Suppl. v. I. P. II. p.
51. *. 60? Hobs. Br. Mosses, v. 2. n. 53. Drum. Muse. Scot.
v. 1. n. 66. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 145. t. 23.
Dry banks, in mountainous situations. Fr. Spring.
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Stems tufted, as
in all of this genus. Distinguished from the preceding by its straight