ToRTULACE^.J 223 [Tortula. 



Tortula rotundifolia Hartm. Skand. fl. 5 ed. 381 (1849). C. Muell. Synops. ii, 

 632 (1851). 



Barbula papulosa C. Muell. Synops. i, 598 (1S49). Milde Bry, siles. 127 (1869). 

 HusN. Mouss. nord.-ouest. 80 (1873). Schimp. Synops. 2 ed. 231 (1876). Lesq. James 

 Mosses N. Amer. 133 (1884). 



Barbula rotundifolia Jens. Bry. dan. no, t. 6, f. 30 f. g. (1856). 



Syntrichia papulosa ]v^k.T:z. Laubm. oester.-ung. 141 (1882). 



Dioicous; short, tufted, dull olive green or brown, slightly 

 branched, fastigiate. Leaves erecto-patent, soft, lower obovate, upper 

 obovate-spathulate, p_anduriform, very concave and subcochleariform, 

 very slightly acuminate at apex, or rounded or obcordate ; margin 

 strongly involute ; nerve thick and spongy, rufescent, excuri'ent in a 

 macro, or shoit smooth hair, with long papillae at the back; and in 

 front at the upper end in the younger leaves bearing chlorophyllose 

 subglobose 2-4-celled gonidia, the wings papillose at back ; cells above, 

 rounded hexagons, at base lax, quadrate or hexagono-rectangular, 

 hyaline. Caps, erect short, on a short seta, cylindraceous, rufescent, 

 lid conico-subulate, oblique ; per. pale, half length of caps, its lower 

 third tubular. 

 Hab. — Trunks of tree, not uncommon but always sterile. 



Rumsey churchyard, Hants. {Lyell 1818). Marl, Conway {Wilson 1844) ! ! Near York 

 {Spruce) ! Hurstpierpoint {Mitten). Castle Howard {Spruce 1844) ' Newtimber 

 {Davies 1857) ! ! Dailly, Ayr {Shaw 1861) ! Isle of Man {Holt 1881) ! ! Levens 

 {Barnes 1868) ! Witney {Westell). Silverdale, Lane. {Nowell) ! Stone walls at 

 Perth. Killin {Hunt 1866) ! Noran, Forfar {Anderson 1868) ! Dublin, Powerscourt 

 and Belfast {Moore). Watford {Holmes) ! ! 



The fruit of this moss has only been found at Sealer's Cove, Australia, 

 by Baron Mueller, and Canterbury, New Zealand, by Sinclair and Haast. 

 The gemmae are very easily detached, and must be looked for on the upper- 

 most leaves. 



18. TORTULA LAEVIPILA (Bnd.) Schwaegr. 



Autoicous ; in lax deep green tufts. Leaves spathulate-oblong, 

 obtuse, nerve reddish, excurrent in a white smooth reflexed hair. 

 Caps, subcylindric, curved ; per. contorted, tubular in lower third. 

 (T. XXXII, F.) 



Syn. — Syntrichia Icevipila Brid. Mant. muse. 98 (1819), Bry. univ. i, 586 (1826). Schultz 

 Rec. Barb, et Syntr. 230, t. 34, f. 4 (1823). Wallr. Fl. cr. germ, i, 193 (1831). 

 HuEEEN. Muse. germ. 340 (1833). Ahnf. in Fries Fl. scand. 240 (1835). Juratz. 

 Laubm. oesterr.-ung. 140 (1882). 



Tortula Icevipila Schwaeg. Supp. II, P. I, 66, 1. 120 (1823). Spruce Ann. mag. n. h. 

 2 ser. iii, 376 (1849). Hartm. Skand. fl. 5 — 8 edd. p.p. WiLS. Bry. Brit. 133, t. 43 

 (1855). Berk. Handb. br. m. 252 (1863). Lindb. de Tort. 245 (1864). Hobk. Syn.br. 



' m- 71 (1873). 



Tortula ruralis P- lavipila Hook. Grev. in Ed. J. sc. i, 293 (1824). Hartm. Skand. Fl. 

 3 — 4 edd. Arn. in mem. soc. d'hist. nat. ii, 286 (1825). Hook. Br. fl. ii, 45 (1833). 



Barbula Imvipila Br. Schimp. Bry. eur. fasc. 13 — 15, p. 40, t. 25 (1842). Rabenh. 

 Deutsch. kr. fl. ii, s. 3, iii (1848). C. Muell. Synops. i, 638 (1849). Jens. Bry. dan. 

 109 (1856). Schimp. Synops. i8g {i860), 2 ed. 226. Milde Bry. siles. 127 (1869). 

 HusN. Mouss. hord-ouest 86 (1873). Ltsq. James Mosses N. Amer. 132 (1884). 



