Hypnace^.] 133 [Myurella- 



Isothecium apictilatum Hueb. Muse. germ. 598 (1833). 



HypnuiH apiculaium Thed. in Hartm. F1. scand. 5 ed. 326 (1849). 



Hypnum julaceum forma gracilior C. Muell. Synops. ii, 466 (1831). 



Myurella apiculata Schimp. Bry. eur. fa^c. 46—47, p. 4, t. z (1851), Synops. 485 (i860), 

 2 ed. 593. Berk. Handb. xxxv (1863). De Not. Epilogo 240 (i86g). Hobk. Synops. 

 2 ed. i8g (1884). Boulay Muse. Fr. 170 (1884). Lesq. James Moss. N. Amer. 300 

 (1884). HusN. Muse. gall. 300, t. 85 (1892). Limpr. in Rabenh. D. kr. fl. Laubm. 

 ii, 752 (1895). Dix. James. Stud. Handb. 372 (1896). 



Leskea apiculata Hobk. Synops. 143 (1873). 



Dioicous ; in loose fragile glaucous-green tufts, or intermixed with 

 other mosses, very slender, with a few simple branches. Leaves laxly 

 imbricated, erecto-patent when moist, ovate, with a recurved apiculus, 

 deeply concave, margin flat, denticulate with the projecting ends of cells, 

 nerves none ; cells slightly papillose at back. Perich. bracts sheathing, 

 serrate in the margin above. Seta red, smooth, capsule erect, ochreous, 

 lid conical, pointed. 



Hab. — Crevices of rocks and on peaty soil with other mosses. Very rare. 



Ben Lawers and Craig Chailleaeh, sterile (Gardner) ! ! 



An elegant and very slender little moss, only found in small quantity and 

 interwoven among Blindia and other mosses. 



2. MYURELLA JULACEA {Vill.) By. Sch. 



Dioicous ; in small pale tufts. Leaves closely imbricated, rounded- 

 ovate, muticous, nearly smooth. Capsule pale brown, with an orange 

 lid. (T. CIX, B.) 



Syn. — Hypnum julaceum Villars PI. Dauph. iii, 909 (1789) (excl. syn. Dillen). Schwaeg. 

 Suppl. I, P. n, 216, t. 89 (1816). Brid. Mant. 162 (1819). Funck Moost. 58, t. 39 

 (1821). Rabenh. D. kr. fl. II, s. 3, 262 (1848). C. Muell. Synops. ii, 465 (1851). 



Pterigynandrvm fragile Schleich. Cent. IV, no. 6. 



Leskea julacea Schwaeg. in Schult. Reise auf d. Glockner II, 363 (1804). Web. Mohr 

 Bot. Tasch. 251 (1807). 



Hypnum moniliforme Wahlenb. FI. Lapp. 376, t. 24 p.p. (1812), Fl. Suec. 702 (1826). 

 Hook Tayl. Muse. Brit. 96 (1818). Gray Nat. arrang. i, 755 (1821). Hook. Br. Fl. 

 ii, 81 (1833). 



Pterogonium rotundifolium Sm. Eng. Bot. t. 2525. 



Isothecium ? julaceum Brid. Bry. univ. ii, 365 (1827). 



Isothecium moniliforme Hueben. Muse. germ. 597 (1833). 



Myurella julacea Br. Sch. Bry. Eur. fasc. 46—47, p. 3, t. i (1851). Schimp. Synops. 484 

 (i860), 2 ed. 593. Berk. Handb. 144 (1863). Milde Bry. Siles. 259 (1869). De Not. 

 Epilogo 240 (i86g). Boulay Muse. Fr. 169 (1884). Lesq. James Moss. N. Amer. 300 

 (1884). Hobk. Synops. 2 ed. 189 (1884). Husn. Muse. gall. 300, t. 85 (1892). Limpr. 

 in Rabenh. D. kr. fl. Laubm. ii, 749 (1895). 



Leskea moniliformis Wilson Bry. Brit. 328, t. 24 (1855). Hobk. Synops. 143 (1873). 



