440 ( Flora der Melville's Insel.) 



Hooker scot pars 2. p. 127. Richardson in Frank- 

 tin's journ. p. *j55. 



Barbula ruralis, Hedw. sp. muse. p. 121. TVah- 

 lenb. Lapp. p. 5 18. 



Obs. Specimina duo tantum et ea sine fructifi- 

 catione. 



88. Syntri'chia mucronifolia , caule ramoso , 

 foliis ovato- oblongis siccitate adpressis ; pilo inte- 

 gerrimo latitudine folii breviori, Capsula cylindracea 

 inaequilatera erecta duplo longiore operculo subu- 

 lato-conico. 



Tortula mncronifolia , Schwaegr. suppl. 1. sect. \. 

 p. 1 56. t. 55? Waldenb. lapp. p. 5i7. ? {Schultz in Nov. 

 Act. Ac. N. Cur. y. XI. pars 1. p. 228. t. 54. f. 2.) 



Descr. Muscus v. caespitosus v. aliis intermix- 

 tus. Caules erecti , breves , semper ramosi , ramis 

 fastigiatis , dense foliati. Folia concava , margini- 

 bus integerrimis infra medium leviter recurvis , mi- 

 nute areolata , areolis baseos paullo laxioribus, ner- 

 vo valido in pilum integerrimum excurrente ; ma- 

 jore erecto -patentia , siccitate imbricata, adpressa 

 nee contorta, pilo parum flexo. Seta Capsula haud 

 duplo longior, concolor, siccitate tortilis. Capsula 

 saturate castanea , laevis. Operculum badium , per 

 lentem pluries augentem spiraliter striatum , dimi- 

 dium capsulae vix aequans. Peristoma membrana 



alba, pulchre reticulata, longior ciliis contortis. Ca- 

 lyptra novella tantum visa, laevis. 



Obs. Syntrichia subgenus tantum esse videtur 

 Barbulae (s. Tortulae), cuius dentes e membrana 



