Muscologia Britannica;: Containing the Mosses of Great Britain and Ireland, Systematically Arranged and Described; with Plates Illustrative of the Characters of the Genera and Species;

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Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1827 - Botany - 272 pages
 

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Page i - Bryologia Britannica Containing the Mosses of Great Britain and Ireland systematically arranged and described according to the Method of Bruch and Schimper; with 61 illustrative Plates. Being a New Edition, enlarged and altered, of the Miucotogift Britannica of Messrs. Hooker and Taylor. Svo. 42s. ; or, with the Plates coloured, price £4.
Page 127 - ... Ludwigii, afterwards on ascertaining that it had no internal peristome, referred it to O. clausum of Hornschuch's MSS. We have quoted the latter plant, with a mark of doubt, though we cannot help believing, from our own experience, that the plant of Mougeot and Hornschuch is the same as ours, agreeing with it in every respect, save in the alleged absence of an inner peristome. We have quoted, also dubiously, the figure of Sturm, as it by no means agrees with any of our specimens, whether foreign...
Page xviii - S. angustatum, which is commonly met with upon dung, we once saw growing vigorously upon the foot of an old stocking, near the summit of Ingleborough, Yorkshire; the same species was found by a friend of ours, covering the half decayed hat of a traveller who had perished on the mountain of St.
Page 126 - Very numerous specimen* of this plant, both natives of the continent and of our own country, that we were enabled to ascertain the presence of an inner peristome. It is composed of eight exceedingly slender cilise, arising from the sides of the teeth, and, from their highly formed of a single row of elongated cellules.
Page 200 - ... on the bank of some lake in Ireland, the only station for this fine plant in the British dominions being thus vaguely specified by him. The discrepancy is in some degree accounted for by the admission of Messrs. Hooker and Taylor, " that the differences between this moss and D. mnium ctesjriticium are almost insufficient, and that it is more distinguishable by its larger size, proliferous habit, and brown or purple hue, than by any more essential characters.
Page 135 - The specific name was given to this plant in allusion to its being employed by the Swedes to fill up the spaces between the chimney and the walls, and thus, by excluding the air, prevent the action of the fire.
Page 164 - H. proliferum, stems mostly tripinnate, leaves serrated papillose on the back, the cauline ones cordato-acuminate striated, with the nerve running nearly to the point, those of the branches more ovate with a single or double nerve at the base.
Page 106 - Ortluitricluim, especially in the approximation of its teeth to one another in pairs. We know of no species of that genus, however, in which the teeth are of so firm and rigid a texture, of so bright a red colour, or so strongly transversely striated. Upon the calyptra we consider the essential character to rest; this, even when the capsule has arrived at its full size, envelops the whole, embracing with its base the summit of the seta.
Page v - Britannica" of Drs. Hooker and Taylor, the professed object of which work is, " to fix this department of Botany upon a firmer basis ; and by facilitating the investigation of one of the most beautiful parts of the creation, to place in a clearer light the wonders of the Divine hand.
Page x - In. a brief sketch, like the present, it will not be expected that we should enter at any length into the question of Sir 58 Isaac's religious opinions.

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