ai) 1 SPECI.MES DE TORTULIS ITALICIS 



bot. gull. p. 565 , Savi bot. etr. 3. p. G/j, Bai.s. et De Not. pvodv. 

 bryol. mediol. p. \i^. 



Sjntrichia subtdata , Web. et Mohh. bot. tasch. p. 2il\. tab. 8. 

 Jig. 4- 5 ( pcrislomium sistens ), Schultz rccens. p. aa'j. tab. 34- 

 /ig. I. a. b. , BniD. bryol. i. p. S^g ( excl. var. 7), Huben. muse, 

 germ. p. 335 ( excl. 5 ) , Funck samml. n. 90 , Zenk. et Dietf. 

 muse, thuring. n. 12 , Brebiss. mouss. de Normand. n. 13, Bals. 

 et De Not. miisci medial, n. 72. 



Ad margines sylvarum, mures agrorum, rupes, pedes arborum 

 in plaaitiebiis, coUibus, montanisque totius Italiae vulgatissima. 



Dense caespitosa. Caulis brevis erectns simplex, demum sub apice 

 innovando, parce brcvitercjuc ramosus, basi radiculas ferrugineas 

 validas agens, quaruin ope viciiiis tenaciter adhaeret — Folia dense 

 imbricata, patentia, oblongo-lanceolata acuta, concaviuscula, lateque 

 undulata, marginibus inferne subrevolutis Integra, aiit obsolete eroso- 

 denticulata, nervo ultra apicem plus minusve produclo mucronala, 

 basi et margine toLo lineari areolata diapliaiia, ceterum opaca, areolis 

 subrotundis minutisque, in sicco complicato-contorla , vel tantum 

 appressa. Perichaetialia pauUo atnpliora — Vaginula cylindrica. Seta 

 recla crassiuscula, siccitate tortilis — Capsula elongala teres, erecta, 

 leiiiterque utplurimum curvala. Operculum elongate conicum obtu- 

 siusculum acutumve, rectum, capsula multo brevius. Calypti-a late 

 cuculliformis — Peristomii denies ultra medium connati. 



Long. caul, inter 5-6 mill, et i'\, cent: seta i ad 2'|, rent: 

 I'apsula cum opcrcul. 6-c) mill. 



Folia pallide vel saturate viridia, praeter infiraa decolora. Seta 

 plus minusve intense purpui'ca. Capsula badia. Denies supcrne rubri. 



Planta vere polymorpha climate et elevationi nullimode ])arcns; 

 variat proinde in iisdem localilaiibus: i.° statura sicuti c diincnsio- 

 nibus supra exhibitis videre est ; 3.° foliis late oblongo-lanceolalis , 

 vel angustioribus , inlegris aut denticulalis , siccitate quandoque 

 appressis nequa(|uara crispatis ; 3." nervo plus minusve conspicue 

 ullra apicem educto ; 4-° setis crassis, vel gracilcscenlib.us ^ 5." deuique 



