ago SPECIMEH DE TORTULIS ITALICIS 



producliore oblique rolniidata, reaiginibus rc\olulis integra, nervo 

 valido in pilum longum denticulatuin foliimi subaequante ])roducto 

 instrucla; inferne quo traclu caiili adinoveulur, lineari-areolata dia- 

 phana, reliqiia parte areolis minutissimis opaca, in sicco mavgini- 

 bus involulis appressa, summa contorta — Vagtnula conoidea. Seta 

 erecta, siccttate valde tortllis, flexuosaque — Capsula terell-oblonga 

 crecta, \ix arcuata. Operculum elongate conicum obtusum mucro- 

 n\do praeditum , obliquum, capsulac circiter dimidiae longitudinis. 

 Denies pcristoniii a basi ultra medium in tubum subdiaplianum la- 

 tiuscule strialo-tessellatum connati. 



Long. caul. 3-3'|, centim: setae 10-11-12 mill: caps, cum 

 opercul. 4-5 mill. 



Folia inferiora ferrugineo-fusca , superiora fusco-viridia : sela in- 

 tense purpurea, capsula rutilans — Flos masciUus terminalis in di- - 

 verso individuo. 



3. Tor tula riiralis virescens. 



Tortula ruralis , Bals. et De Not. prodr. brjol. mediol. p- 11^ 

 ( pro maxima parte ). 



Ad truncos arborum praesertim populoi'um et ulmorum in Italiac 

 superioris planiliebus frequentissina. 



Lxxe scd late caespitosa, pulvinataquc. Caulis elongatns, erectus 

 Tel ascendens basi et apice ramosus: ramis brevibus fastigialis — 

 Folia laxiuscula imbricata patenti subrecurva oblonga, carinata la- 

 teque undulala, obtusisslma subemarginataque, marginibus sub- 

 recm-vis, apicc eroso-denticulaio planiusculis vel incurvis, nervo in 

 ptium longum dcnliculattim excurrenle praedita, basi diapliana ob- 

 longo, caetcrum rotundo-areolata subpellucentia, teiniia, flaccida, 

 in sicco subcomplicala, contorlaque — Vaginula conoidea. Seta ere- 

 cts, torlilis — Capsula tereti-oblonga erecta — Operculum elon- 

 gate conicum snbaculum, capsulae dimidiae longitudinis. Calyplra 

 late caculliformis striata, basi hinc inde Cssa. 



Long. caul. i3-i5 mill: set. 13; caps, cum opercul. 4 miU- 



