Handbook of British Mosses; Comprising All That Are Known to Be Natives of the British Isles
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§■ Wils. t. xxv. ; Eng. Bot. t. 1424. ; (Plate 9, fig. 1) ; Moug. # Nest. n. 42. On the ground, in woods, etc. Common. Bearing fruit, but rarely, in April. Dioicous ; forming loose tufts several inches in length. Stems with frequent and often repeated innovations, which are bi-tripinnate ; leaves glossy, elliptic, smooth, those of the stem with a long point, those of the branchlets pointed but blunt, serrated, two-nerved at the base, where the margin is reflected; fruitstalks generally two or t...hree together, even, about an inch long ; sporangium ovate, cernuous ; lid large, rostrate. A noble species, sometimes attaining the length of a foot, but bearing fruit rarely in the southern counties. In the south of Europe it is alpine and subalpine, but proceeding northwards it descends to the plains. 55. H. umbratum, Ehr. ; stem suberect, irregularly bipin- nate, clothed with branched paraphylla; leaves cordate or ovate, acuminate, sharply toothed, more or less plicate ; nerve often forked ; fruitstalk even ; sporangium ovate, cernuous ; lid conical, acute.
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