XXIV. Some Corrections of the general Defcription of Polytrichum 
rubellum, p.79, with an Account of another new Species of the Jame 
Genus. By Mr. Archibald Menzies, F.L.S. 
Read March 6, 1798. 
1h 
IN the general defcription of Polytrichum rubellum, at page 79, 
line 8 from the bottom, for “an inch to two inches,” read 
* half an inch to about an inch.” At page 80, line 1, for “ from 
an inch to an inch and half,” read “ about an inch;” and in 
line 6, for “long and fubulate,” read “‘ flat, but in the centre 
flightly pointed.” 
Thefe miftakes happened in confequence of my having con- 
fidered the following from New Zeeland, on a flight comparifon, to 
be the fame: but in examining more perfect {pecimens, fince the 
paper on the genus Po/y/richum went to the prefs, I have been in- 
duced to make it a diftin&t fpecies, which ought to have come in 
between P. rubellum and P. dentatum; but which I now beg leave 
to add: 
14—15. Poryrricnum /ubulatum, fol. lanceolatis carinatis cartila- 
gineo-ferratis dorfo denticulatis, capfulis cylindricis erectiuf- 
culis, operculo fubulato. Tas. 6. Fic. 5. 
Hab. in Nova Zeelandia. Nclf{on. 
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