la ClassisIjOrdoIV. 



rariùs ftipitata , ore ciliaro, opercule acuminato, calyptrâ mî*. 

 nutà. Canlis fimplex , bevis aut fubnullus. 



BUXBAUMIA,L. "Pyxis radicalis ftipitata aut fubrcfrills , hînc 

 gibba , indè mcmbranncea, 01*6 cilinri , operculo conico ïac- 

 cuUim interiorem polliniferum fDflinente, calyprrà Ixvi caducà. 



• Herha acaiilcs ; joUa. radicaita aut nulU. 



SPHAGNUM,Dill. L.*Muscus, T.* Pyxis axillaris, flipitata 

 ftipitcpcIJucLlo crafliufculo , fubovata , ore integro non ciliaro , 

 opercnlo brcvi , calyptrâ nullà , perichsetio iuconfpicuo. Herbx 



ramofx paluflres ; Jlipuis apex fub pyxïde tum'idus. 



III. Mufci rpiirii. 



PORELLA , Dill. L. * Pyxis axillaris TefTiIis oblonga , non ca- 

 lyptrara nec operculata, poris plurimis hiteralibus deliifcens, 

 fquamulis bafi cincla , fœta pulvcre t'arinofo. Herva ramofa , 

 foins diftichls. Genus foli notum Dillcnio. 



LYCOPODIUM, V. Dill. L.* Muscus, T.*Selago, Dill.* 

 Selaginoïdes, Dill.* Lycopodioïdes, 1l>\\\.* Lycopode. Cap- 

 fuIcE refllles inida; non operculatœ , intiis pulverulenta; ; in 

 plurimis i-loculares 2-valve.s Aibrotunda; aut reniformes, in 

 paucis (Selaginoïdes Dill^ 3-4-cocc«e 3-4-valves ; nunc diftindéç 

 ^Selago & Selaginoïdes DiU.') &: foHis axillares , nunc fpicatae 

 (Lycopodium & Lycopodioïdes Dill. ) inrrà fingulas fpicariim 

 fquamas imbricatas fingulae. Herbcc ramofx , repentes aut erecîa ; 

 foiiatio imbricatd circularis ^ aut pinnulaformis complanata ut in Ly- 

 copodioïde Dill. ; fpicigerarumfpicte ûmplices aut dichotomc partita, 

 fejjrles aut pcdunculatiC , terminales aut axillares. Pulvis capfuiirum 

 infljmmabilis y mafculus ex Linnceo 6- Hallero , {oemineus ex Kol- 

 reutero (ju'ia in aquà non intumefcit : an potiùs uterque commixtus f 

 Prceter capfulas ex Linnao tnafculas , alia fapè exftant organa per 

 caulem fparja axillari.i, qua gemma ex Hallero, perianthia ex Lin- 

 nao f^minea ^-p/iylla fœta corculo nudo cotyledonibus dcjlituto, 



' Obs. De Mufcorum naturâ & fcxu inter Autorcs ambigitur. Mi- 

 cliclius prior , neglcdâ pyxidc quam tamcn frudum minciipabat , 

 urrumquc prxrcicà in ftcllulis fcxiim dcrciipfciat, ncmpc- mafciilum fili- 

 formcmarciciilatiim , & fd-minciim fiiliformcm feu cilindricum. Pofthàc 

 01110010«; puivcrein pyxidis friiftra fatum idco mafciilum , & ftcllulas 

 féliciter pullulantes idcô fœmincas afliriicrat cxpciimcnt{s fuffulrus , 

 licct nondiim in omnibus Mufcis innntuilfcnt itclliil.r. IVxJidun Dil- 

 Icnii dcfcrmiiiationcm mox a Linn.ro dclii ab aliis diutilTimc admifTitfl 

 impunnârunt Cryptngamiftx rcccntiorcs. Hiliius poflhabitis ft^Iluîis, 

 pyxidem licrmapliroditam judicans, rilia Inijus margi'ûlia ft.Tmi'uim 

 mcirc mafcula & pulvcrcm in câ dclitcfrcntcm fœmineum aicbat ; 

 fcd dcFcclus ciliorum in Sphagno & aliis afTcrtioncm infirma:, 'i-cllula»; 

 cum Michclio hcrmaphroditas admirtunt Mecfius & Kolrcutcr. v^'ïuoad 

 pyxidem Mcc(ius Hillio confcntit. Kolrcutcr autcm , obfcrvacâ Polyr 



