MOT ee ee a. ee SS eee 
* =- fs 
Musct Exorict.—Swartziant. 
BARTRAMIA TOMENTOSA, 
Bartramia caule subpinnatim fasciculatimque ramoso, 
foliis ovato-lanceolatis longe acuminatis serrulatis 
striatis nervo attingente, seta longa recta demum la- 
terali, capsula horizontali ovato-rotundata sulcata, 
(Tas. XTX.) 
Mnium tomentosum. Swartz Prodr.p.139. Fl. Ind. 
Occ. p. 1837. 
Hax, ad latera sylvarum in montibus altissimis Jamaice. Swartz, 
Caules t to fe i densissime obsiti digitales ad palmares, 
vage ramosi, ramis hic illic tomentosis, subpinnatim divisis, 
sepe fasciculatis, gracilibus. Folia dense imbricata, horizon- 
taliter patentia, subrecurva, nitida, flavescentia, ovato-lanceo- 
lata, longe acuminata, serrulata, striata, margine inferne sub- 
incrassata, nervo tenui, percursa. Sefa, per innovationes 
caulis, lateralis, unciam longa, erecta, stricta. Capsula magna, 
horizontalis, ovato-rotundata, sulcata, fusca. Peristomii dentes 
ext. 16, breviusculi, transversim striati, fuseo-rubri: iat, mem- 
brana crassiuscula, reticulata, 16-laciniata, laciniis bifidis, 
transversim striatis, non raro segmentis iterum apice fissis, 
atque linea media longitudinali notatis, 
We are unwilling to lose the opportunity of figuring this beau- 
tiful plant, which was beat made a ee and then a Bryum 
by the excellent Swartz; and afi msidered by Schwae- 
grichen as a synonym to Bartramia arcuata, from which the 
great length of the footstalk, its erect (never curved) direction, 
and the decidedly sulcated capsule will always keep it distinct. 
Fig. 1, plant naé. size. Fig. 2, leaf. Fig. 3, capsule. Fig. 4, 
teeth of ext, peristome, Fig. 5, teeth of iaé. ditto.—magn. 
