Mniace^e.] 243 [^fnium. 



Btyum rostratmn Schrad. Spic. fl. germ, i, 72 (1794). Roth F1. germ, iii, P. I, 241 

 (1800I. Sm. FI. brit. 1369 (1804), Eng. Bot. t. 1475. Hook. Tayl. Muse. brit. 126, 

 t. 30 (i8i6). Hook. Fl. Scot. P. 2, 151 (1821). Gray Nat. arr. i, 772 (1821). 



Milium cWpticum Hoffm. D. fl. ii, 52 {1795). 



Mnium punctatuiit Var. 2. With. Bot. arr. 4 ed. iii, 806 (i8oi). 



Mninm longirostre Brid. Muse. rec. H, P. HI, 106 {1803), Sp. muse. Ill, 51 (181;). 



Hypnum rosiratum Web. Mohr Bot. Tasch. 296 (1807). 



Bryum longirostre Brid. Mant. iig {1819). 



Mninm scrpyllifolinm y8. rosiratum Wahlene. Fl. suec. ii, 723 (1826), 



Brynm (Polla) rostrata Brid. Bry. univ. i, 700 (1826). 



AitrofhylUtm rostratiim 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, calypti'a persistent, 

 reddish ; peristome yellow, endostome orange. 



Hab. — Shady banks and rocks by streams, not uncommon. Fr. 4. 



II. MNIUM STELIARE 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. — Milium Serpilli foliis temiibns pellucidis Dill. Hist. muse. 232, t. 31, f . 2 A {1741), et 

 Herbar. 



Mnium stellare Reich. Fl. njceno-franc. ii, 125 (1778). Hedw. Sp. muse, igr, t. 45, f. i — 4 

 (1801). Brid. Muse. ree. 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. er. erl. 66 (1817), Hueeen. Muse. germ. 420 (1833). Br. Sch. Bry. eur. 

 fase. 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 (i860), 2 ed. 487. Berk. Handb. br. m. 185 (1863). 

 Lindb. Not. ur Saellsk. Fl. Faun, fenn.foer. ix, 68 (1867). Milde Bry. siles. 230 (i86g). 

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

 (i88g). 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. kr: gew. i, 15 in obs. (1798). Roth Fl. germ, iii, 

 P. I, 240 (1800). VoiT Muse. herb. 92 (1812). Brid. Mant. 119 (1819). 



Hypnum stellare Web. Mohr Bot. Tasch. 294 (1807). 



Bryum Polla stellaris Brid. Bry. univ. i, 6qi (1826). 



Aslrophylliim stellare Lindb. Muse, scand. 14 (1879). 



