The Journal of Botany - v. 2,nos. 9-16 Author:William Jackson Hooker Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 25. D. vaginatum (Hook, in Wall. Cat. n. 7571); foliis sub- ulntis, falcato-secundis siccitate crispatis involutis vaginatis, vagina latissima oblonga, capsula c... more »ylindracea, operculo ros- trato—Hook. Ic. Plant, t. XVIII. Jig. 4. a, not. size; b, b, leaves; c, capsule; d, portion of perislome:—magnified. 11 Ms. Nepal.—2-3 inches high. Leaves variously twisted when dry, distant, patent, their long sheaths clasping the stem. Teeth of the peristome combined at the base. 26. D. cirrhifolium (Hare.); foliis longissimis subulalis flexuosis patentibus siccitate crispatis basi vaginatis, vagina ovata, capsula oblonga, operculo conico-acuminato.—Hook. Ic. Plant, t. XVIII. Jig. 5. a, not. size; b, b, leaves; c, capsule; d, portion of peristome.-—magnified. Hab. Nepal.—Nearly allied to D. capillaceum, but easily distinguished by the much crisped and curled leaves when dry. f 27. Grimmia laxifolia(Hook.Jil.); caulibus elongatis caes- pitosis, foliis mollibus lurido-virescentibus oblongo-lanceolatis carinatis integerrimis acutis siccitate crispis, seta elongata, capsula elliptica oblonga brevi—Hook. Ic. Plant, t. CXCIV. B. Jig. 1. plant, not. size; f. 2. plant, magnified; f. 3, 4. leaves; f. 5. capsule laid open, showing the columella:—magnified. Hab. Himala mountains.—Very dissimilar in general appearance from any known species of Grimmia, although a careful examination of the peristome has induced us to refer it to that genus.—Stems very lax, somewhat branched. Leaves flaccid and laxly set. Seta springing from short lateral shoots. Capsules red-brown, with large, angular reticulations. Teeth short, yellow above, red beneath. Columella large, sub- clavate. 28. Dicranumbryoides. Swartz.—Fissidens, Hedw.Sp. Muse. I. p. 164. Wall. Cat. n. 7580.—Hab. Nepal. 29. D. taxifolium. S...« less