304 BO TANICA. 
OCTOBLEPHARUM ALBIDUM. — (Hedw.) 
O. caule erecto ramoso, foliis e basi latiore lineari-lingulatis mucronulatis, capsula ovata erecta, 
operculo hemispherico-subulato. 
Syn. Bryum albidum, Linn., Sp. PL, p. 1583; Swartz, Obs. Bot., t. XI, fig. 1; 
Dill., Hist. Musc., p. 364, t. 46, fig. 21. — Octoblepharum albidum, Hedw. ; 
Musc. Frond., MY, p. 15, t. vi; Brid., 7. c., p. 137; Spreng. 7. c., p. 149; 
Hornsch., F7. Bras. Fasc., I, p. 5. 
Han. 4d cortices, lignum putridum ipsamque terram, ad radices arborum in Cuba insula aonisque 
tropicis frequens. 
TORTUL A. — (Hoof.) 
Peristomium simplex. Dentes sedecim ad triginta duo capilliformes distincti vel basi in membrana 
plus minusve longa tessellata aut intessellata contexti , apice spiraliter simul. contorti. Capsula, 
subequalis cum et absque annulo. Operculum longe conico-subulatum. Calyptra cuculliformis. Flos 
terminalis monoicus dioicusve. Masculus disciformis subterminalis vel gemmiformis, lateralis, ex 
antheridüis sex ad viginti et ultra paraphysibusque filiformibus cequaliter articulatis ea stipantibus 
constans. Femineus terminalis ex pistillis sex ad octodecim cum paraphysibus masculi compositus. 
Musci perennes, rarius annui, ad terram, sawa aut arborum in toto terrarum orbe ccspitose 
crescentes. 
Svw. Barbula, Wedw., Sp. Musc., p. 115; Brid., Bryol. univ., I, p. 527. — 
Tortula, Medw., /. c., p. 122. — Syntrichia, Web. et Mohr, Taschenb., 214; 
Brid., /. c., p. 578.— Tortula, Hook. et Grev., Monogr. in Edinb. Journ. 0 
Scienc., 1824, T, p. 294. 
TORTULA AGRARIA. — (Swartz.) 
T. caule simplici, foliis spathulato-lanceolatis fastigiatis rigidis, capsula erecta cylindrica, oper- 
culo subulato. 
Syn. Bryum agrarium, Swartz, Prodr., p. 139. — Bryum stellatum, Dicks., P/. 
Crypt. Fasc., V, p. 6.— Barbula agraria, Hedw., Musc. Frond., MI, p- 17, 
t. vi; Schultz, Rec. de Barbul., p. 7, t. 32, fig. 4; Spreng., Z. c., p. 178; Brid., 
Bryol., 1, p. 532. — Barbula stellata, Brid., Mant. Musc., p. 88. — Tortula 
stellata, Smith, Fl. Brit., p. 1954; Eng. Bot., t. 2384; Hook. et Tayl., Musc. 
Brit., p. 58, t. 12. — Tortula agraria, Swartz, EA Ind. Occ., MI, p. 1763. 
Has. 4d terram nudam argillosam inter surcula Bryi coronati et in consortio Funarize hygrome- 
tricze in Cuba insula lecta. 
