Mniace^.J 248 [Mninm. 



Brynm niiidum, Scrpilli rotundis ct latioribus foliis pellucidis Dill, in Ray Synops. 3 ed. 

 103 (1721). 



Bryum pendulum, Serpilli folio roiundiore pellucido, capsuUs ovatis Dill. Hist. muse. 416, 

 t. 53, f. 81 (1741) et Herb. 



Milium serpyllifolium a. M. punctatum L. Sp. pi. 1113 (1753). 

 Bryum serpyllifolium a. punctatum HuDS. Fl. angl. 417 (1762). 



Mnium serpyllifolium Neck, in Act. ac. Theod.-palat. il, 444 (1770). Lightf. Fl. scot, ii, 

 713 (1777). WiLLD. Fl. berol. prodr. 332 (1787). Hoffm. Deutsch. Fl. ii, 52 (1795). 

 Wahlenb. Fl, lapp. 353 (1812), Fl. upsal. 366 (1820), Fl. suec. ii, 723 (1826). Lindb. 

 Not. ur saells. Fn. et Fl. fenn. ix, 56 {1867). 



Bryum serpyllifolium Neck. Meth. muse. 216 (1771). Swartz in W.-Ak. nya Handl. xvi, 

 253 ('795). et Muse. suae. 51 (1799). 



Bryum punctatum ScAreb. Spic. fl. lips. 85 (1771). Web. Spic. fl. goett. 116 (1778). 

 SiBTH. Fl. oxon. 291 (1794). Roth Fl. germ, iii, P. I, 245 (i8jo). Smith Fl. brit. 1368 

 (1804), Eng. Bot. t. 1183. Turn. Muse. bib. 132 (1804). Voit Muse. herb. 8g (1812). 

 Hook. Tavl. Muse. br. 125, t. 30 (1818). Brid. Mant. 119 (1819). Hook. Fl. scot. 

 P. H, 151 (1821). Gray Nat. arr. Br. pi. i, 772 (1821). Mack. Fl. bib. P. 2, 33 (1836). 



Mnium punctatum Reich. Fl. moeno-franc. ii, 126 (1778), et in L. Syst. pi. iv (1780). 

 Hedw. Fund. H, 94 (1782), Sp. muse. 193 (1801). Wither. Bot. arr. 3 ed. iii, 803 

 (1796). Brid. Muse. ree. n, P. HI, no (1803). P. Beauv. Prodr. 76 (1805). Schultz 

 Fl. starg. 349 (r8o5). Roehl. Deutsch. fl. iii, 97 (1S13). Schwaeq. Suppl. I, P. H, 15 

 (1816J. HuEBEN. Muse. germ. 413 (1833). De Not. Syllab. 142 (1838), Epilogo 362 

 ?i86g). Br. Sch. Bry. eur. fase. 5, p. ig, t, 2 (1838). Rabenh. D. kr. fl. U, S. 3, 224 

 (1848). C. MuELL. Synops. i, 155 (1849). WiLS. Bry. brit. 258, t. 30 (1855). Schimp. 

 Synops. 3gg (i860), 2 ed. 48g. Berk. Handb. br. m. 186, t. 17, f. 6 (1863). Milde 

 Bry. siles. 223 (i86g). Hobk. Synops. 124 (1873). Husn. Mouss. n.-ouest i2g (1873), 

 Muse. gall. 257, t. 71 (i8go). Juratz. Laubm. oester.-ung. 312 (1882). Boulay Muse. 

 Fr. 242 (1884). Lesq. James Moss. N. Amer. 248 (1884). Limpr. in Rabenh. Laubm. 

 ii, 487 (1893). 



Hypnum punctatum Schranck Bayers. Fl. ii, 470 (1789). Web. Mohr Bot. Tasch. 296 (1807). 



Bryum Polla punctata Brid. Bry. univ. i, 706 (1826). 



Astrophyllum punctatum Lindb. Muse, scand. 13 (1879). 



Dioicous ; in loose tufts, dark green above, reddish below, with 

 reddish-brown tomentum. Stems rigid, i — 3 in. high, with many erect 

 shoots. Leaves distant, patulous and reflexed, upper 4 — 6 in a rosette, 

 broadly obovate-spathulate, slightly emarginate and very minutely 

 apiculate at apex, lower from a very narrow base, rounded obovate, 

 limb rufescent, incrassate, cartilaginous, of 2 — 4 rows of incrassate cells, 

 nerve purplish, ending abruptly below or in the point ; leaf-cells 

 angular-oval, highly chlorophyllose. Caps, horizontal or inclined, oval 

 or ovate, yellowish-green becoming fuscescent ; lid reddish-yellow, 

 acutely rostrate ; peristome yellow. Male plant more slender with 

 fewer leaves. 



Hab. — Wet rocks and sandy detritus of rivulets ; common. Fr. 2—3. 



Var. /3. elatum Schimp. 



Taller, more densely tufted. Leaves larger, thinner, with a narrower 

 thinner limb, and without an apiculus. 



Syn. — Schimp. Synops. 398, 2 ed. 489. Limps, op. c. 489. 



