. 

 [Mnium. 



Bryum rostratnm SCHRAD. Spic. fl. eerm i -72 ljtn.\ p^ r-i 



{1800). SM. Fl. brit. 1369 ('1804), iSzTBot t 7, 9 - 4) ' H T g< \T '%*' T ' 2 r 

 t. 30 (,8i6). HOOK. Fl? s'cot. p 4) ' 2) ^ ( Jg* ^f^ $>' brit. ,26, 



M nium ellipticum HOFFM. D. fl. ii, 52 (1795). 



Mnium punctatum Var. 2. WITH. Bot. arr. 4 ed. iii, 806 (1801). 



Mnium longirostre BRID. Muse. rec. II, P. HI, IO 6 (1803), Sp. muse. Ill, 51 ( l8 i 7 ). 



Hypnnm rostratum WEB. MOHR Bot. Tasch. 296 (1807). 



Bryum longirostre BRID. Mant. 119 (1819). 



Mnium serpyUifolhim ft. rostratum WAHLENB. Fl. suec. ii, 723 (1826). 



Bryum (Polla) rostrata BRID. Bry. univ. i, 700 (1826). 



Astrophyllum rostratum LINDB. Muse, scand. 13 (1879). 



Synoicous; in loose dark green trailing tufts, with short erect 

 fertile stems. Leaves shortly decurrent, broadly obovate, the comal 

 spathulate, recurved and undulated when dry, obtuse or slightly 

 mucronate, limbate, teeth solitary obtuse, or sometimes almost 

 obsolete, nerve strong, confluent with the limb in the apiculus ; cells 

 incrassate, irregular rounded. Capsules several in one perichsetium, 

 inclined, oval, leptodermous, yellowish, the seta purple, arcuate at 

 top; lid pale yellow, convex-conic, rostrate, calyptra persistent, 

 reddish ; peristome yellow, endostome orange. 



HAB. Shady banks and rocks by streams, not uncommon. Ft. 4. 



ii. MNIUM STELLARE Reich. 



Dioicous ; stem and shoots erect. Leaves oval oblong, acuminate 

 not limbate, serrate in the upper half, nerve vanishing below apex. 

 Caps, ovate, cernuous, lid hemispherical, obtuse. (T. LXXXII, D.) 



SYN. Mntum Serpilli foliis tenuibus pellucidis DILL. Hist. muse. 232, t. 31, f. 2 A (1741), et 

 Herbar. 



Mninm stellare REICH. Fl. mceno-franc. ii, 125 (1778). HEDW. Sp. muse. 191, t.45,f. 14 

 (1801). BRID. Muse. rec. II, P. Ill, 102 (1803), Sp. muse. Ill, 46 (1817). P. BEAUV. 

 Prodr. 77 (1805). SCHULTZ Fl. starg. 346 (1806). SCHWAEG. Suppl. I, P. II, 128 (1816). 

 MART. Fl. cr. erl. 66 (1817). HUEBEN. Muse. germ. 420 (1833). BR. SCH. Bry. eur. 

 fasc. 5, p. 33, t. 12 (1838). DE NOT. Syllab. 137 (1838), Epilogo 367 (1869). RABENH. 

 D. kr. fl. ii, S. 3, 228 (1848). C. MUELL. Synops. i, 166 (1849). WILS. Bry. brit. 257 

 t. 51 (1855). SCHIMP. Synops. 396 (1860), 2 ed. 487. BERK. Handb. br. m. 185 (1863). 

 LINDB. Not. ur Saellsk. Fl. Faun. fenn. foer. ix, 68 (1867). MILDE Bry. sites. 230 (1869). 

 HOBK. Synops. 123 (1873). HUSN. Mouss. n.-ouest 129 (1873), Muse. gall. 256, t. 70 

 (1889). JURATZ. Laubm. oest.-ung. 299 (1882). BOULAY Muse. fr. 244 (1884). LESQ. 

 JAMES Moss. N. Amer. 247 (1884). LIMPR. Laubm. ii, 482 (1893). 



Bryum stellare SCHRAD. Syst. samml. kn gew. i, 15 in obs. (1798)- ROTH Fl. germ, iii, 

 P. I, 240 (1800). VOIT Muse. herb. 92 (1812). BRID. Mant. 119 (1819). 



Hypnnm stellare WEB. MOHR Bot. Tascb. 294 (1807). 

 Bryum Polla stellaris BRID. Bry. univ. i, 691 (1826). 

 Aslrophyllum stellare LINDB. Muse, scand. 14 (1879). 



