-Musci Exorict.—Schmidtiani. 
TORTULA MEMBRANIFOLIA. 
Tortula subacaulis, foliis late ovatis membranaceis (albis) 
longe piliferis, nervo (viridi) latissimo, capsula oblonga, — 
operculo rostrato. (Tas. XXVI.) 
Has. Sepibus lapidibusque regionis aride Orotave, Teneriffe. 
Prof. C. Schmidt, 1815. 
Radix dense cespitosa, tomentosa, fusca, Caulis vix ullus. Fo- 
lia late ovata, concava, imbricata, erecta, membranacea, alba, 
margine integerrima, subundulata, apice in pilum longum de- 
sinentia, nervo viridi Jatissimo ad basin pili attingente instructa. 
Seta semiunciam longa, erecta, flexuosa. Capsula suberecta, 
oblonga. Operculum rostratum, rostro curvato. Peristomium 
rubrum, e ciliis per totam longitudinem divisis, spiraliter tortis 
constans, 
Settee maul 
This is one of the many interesting discoveries made by Pro- 
fessor Schmidt in the Canary Isles, whence he returned in the 
year 1815, to embark in the ill-fated expedition to explore the 
sources of the Zaire, He made the request that I would give his 
cryptogamic plants to the public in some shape or other. 
Fig. 1, plants nat. size. Fig. 2, single plant. Fig. 3, 3,3, 3, 
leaves. Fig. 4, capsule.—magn, 
