Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...green above, fuscous below: stems simple or branched: leaves when dry incurved and imbricated, when moist spreading from the base, recurved, from a broadly ovate base elongated lanceolate, channelled, margin recurved in lower half, folds more distinct, nerve strong, distinct to apex; cells incrassate and rounded quadrate from base, only lowest elongated oval, obscure above, papillose: perichaetial leaves lanceolate, recurved from a long, lax-celled base: seta red; capsule erect, cylindric, slightly curved, castaneous with a red mouth; annulus of 3 to 5 rows of small cells; lid short rostrate, nearly half length of capsule; peristome short, teeth red, on a very short orange basal membrane, scarcely twisted. Braithw. Brit. Moss Flora 1; 266.--On earth by a brook: Lytton, . C. 140. Barbula psendo-rigidula Kindb.--Agrees with B. rigidula in tufts fuscescent: leaves from a short erect base, patent or recurved, contorted when dry, long lanceolate, revolute below, nearly smooth; basal cells pellucid and rectangular; costa brown, nearly filling narrow acumen: differs in leaf borders not thickened, inner perichaetial leaves from an oblong base, narrow acuminate with a long excurrent costa: peristome pale and distinctly contorted. Mac. Cat. 264.--On earth by a brook: Lytton, . C. 141. Barbula circlnnntula C. M. & Kindb.--Nearly allied to B. cylindrica or rather intermediate between . elata and B. virescens: differs in upper leaves green, circinnate-twisted when dry: peristome paler and annulus simple: leaf cells more distinct. Mac. Cat. 56.--On earth on rocks: Agassiz, . C. 142. Barbula horridifolia C. M. & Kindb.--Densely tufted: plants about 3 cm. high, green above, rusty red below, more or less branching: ..."
