MNiACEiE.j 235 [Mniuni. 



Syn. — Mnitim stellare sylvarum capitulis magnis nutantibus Vernonis Ray Synops, 2 ed. 35 (1696). 



Bryum nitidum capitulis majoribus reflexis calyptra imum vergente, pediculis oblongis e 

 cauliculis novis egredientibus Dill, in Ray Synops. 3 ed. 102 (1721). 



Bryum stellare horniim sylvarum capsulis magnis nutantibus Dill. Hist. muse. 402, t. 51, 

 f. 71 (1741) et Herb. 



Milium hornum L. Sp. pi. 1112 (1753). With. Bot. arr. ii, 667 (1776). Lightf. F1. scot, 

 ii, 711 (1777). Hedw. Fund. I, t. 11, et II, t. i (1782), Sp. muse. 188 (1801). Roth 

 Fl. germ, i, 475 (1788). Abbot F1. bedf. 233 (1798I. Brid. Muse. rec. II. P. Ill, 87 (1803K 

 Sp. Muse. Ill, 47. ScHULTZ Fl. starg. 342 (1806). P. Beauv. Prodr. 75 (1805). 

 Roehl. Deutseh. fl. iii, 94 (1813). Schwaeg. Suppl. I, P. II, 128 (1816). Funck 

 Moost. 51, t. 32 (1821). HuEBEN. Muse. germ. 416 (1833). De Not. Syllab. 138 

 (1838), Epilogo 364 (i86g). Br. Sch. Bry. eur. fasc. 5, p. 22, t. 4 (1838). Rabenh. D. 

 kr. fl. II, s. 3, 225 (1848). C. MuELL. Synops. i, 165 (1848). Wils. Bry. brit. 256, t.3C 

 (1855). ScHiMP. Synops. 391 (i860), 2 ed. 481. Berk. Handb. br. m. 184 (1863I. 

 LiNDB. Not. ur Saells. Fn. Fl. fenn. ix, 54 (1867). Milde Bry. siles. 230 (1869). 

 HoBK. Synops. 123 (1873). Husn. Mouss. n.-ouest 129 (1873), Muse. gall. 255, t. 70 

 (i88g). Juratz. Laubm. oester.-ung. 300 (1882). Boulay Muse. fr. 237 (1884). 

 Lesq. James Moss. N. Amer. 245 (1884). Limpr. in Raben. D. kr. fl. Laubm. ii, 452 

 (1893)- 



Bryum hornum Huds. Fl. angl. 415 (1762). Schreb. Spic. fl. lips. 83 (1771). Neck- 

 Meth. muse. 215 (1771). Weber. Spic. fl. goett. 115 (1778). Curt. Fl. Lond. I, t. 71- 

 Relh. Fl. cant. Supp. 17. Vill. PI. Dauph. iii, 888 (1786). Sibth. Fl. oxon. 290 (i794)- 

 SwARTZ Muse. suee. 48 (1798). Hull Br. fl. P. 2, 266 (1799). Roth. Fl. germ, iii, 

 P. I. 237 (1800). Smith Fl. brit. 1350 (1804), Eng. Bot. t. 2271. Turn. Muse. hib. 128 

 (1804). Hook. Tayl. Muse. br. 127, t. 31 (1818). Brid. Mant. 119 (i8ig). Gray 

 Bot. arr. br. pi. i, 773 (1821). Hook. Fl. scot. P. 2, 152 (1821). 



Mninm hornum a. serratifolium Weiss PI. cr. Gottin. 149 (1770). 



Mnium stellatum Lam. Fl. fr. i, 39 (1778). 



Hypnum hornum Web. Mohr Ind. mus. pl. cr. (1803), Bot. Tasch. 293. 



Bryum stellatum Lam. De C. Fl. fr. 3 ed. ii, 507 (1805). 



Bryum Polla horna Brid. Br. univ. i, 695 (1826). 



Astrophyllum hornum Lindb. Muse, scand. 14 (1879). 



Dioicous; densely csespitose, i — 3 in. high, deep green above, 

 reddish brown and tomentose at base. Stems simple, dense-leaved, 

 erect. Leaves gradually accrescent upward, erecto-patent, slightly 

 decurrent, somewhat twisted when dry, the lowest squamiform, entire 

 at margin, median oval-o'blong, upper oblongo-lanc, nerve ending below 

 apex, serrate at back of apex, all acutely acuminate, limb and teeth 

 rufous when old, the latter geminate ; cells not seriate, rounded 

 angular, perich. bracts narrow, lingulate-spathulate. Capsule on a long 

 subflexuose purple seta, arcuate above, drooping and horizontal, oblong- 

 ovate, yellowish-brown with a red mouth, lid convex with a pointed 

 papilla ; teeth of peristome pale greenish-yellow, endostome pale 

 orange. Male plant shorter, infl. discoid, inner bracts broadly oval, 

 ventricose, laxly areolate, suddenly acuminate, simply toothed. 



Hab. — Damp shady banks and in woods, common. Fr. 5 — 6. 



The swan's-neck curvature of the seta is a striking feature in the present 

 plant, and the elegant peristome adds still more to its beauty; it is 

 singularly free from variation, and in habit closely resembles M. stellare. 



