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Hypnum velutinum Dillen. Hist. Musc. pag. 326, T. 42, f. 61. — 

 Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1595. — ■ Brid. Bryol. univ. II, p. 457. — 

 G. Mïill. Synops. II, p. 399. — Steph. Enum. stirp. p. 

 53. — Mart. Pr. FI. mosq. p. 198. ~ Weinm. Syllab. II, 

 p. 4-74. 



Var. Brachythecium intricatum Bryol. eur. et G. Miïll. 1. c 

 Hypnum intricatum Hedw. Musc. fr. IV, T. 38, — Brid. Bryol. 

 univ. 



Habit, in sylvis ad arborum radiées truncosve, in ter- 

 ra, mûris vetustis, ruderatis, tectis stramineis; Montes Pas- 

 serini, Kunzovo (Goldb.); Stepankovo — in sylvaticis ad 

 'truncos Populi tremulae atque Quercus peduneul., vulga- 

 re. Herb. Boschn. Var. § ad terrain argillaceam in mon- 

 tosis, legit Goldbach. 



Fruct. maiur. vere. 



2. Br. rutabula. 



4». Brachythecium rutabulum Schpr. 



Robustius, laxe caespitosum; caespites saturate vel îu- 

 tescenti - virides, minus sericei. Caulis prostratus reptans, 

 plus minus elongatus, ramis ramulisque erectis apicem 

 versus plerumque sensim attenuatis. Folia undîque paten- 

 ta, late ovato-lanceolata, sensim acuminata, ad insertio- 

 nem angustata anguîis haud excavatis, obsolète sulcata, 

 toto margine serrata, costa paulum ultra médium evani- 

 da, laxius rhomboidea-texta, areolis basilaribus latioribus 

 ad angulos haud quadratis; perichaetialia e medio recur- 

 vo-squarrosa, flexuose filiformi-apiculata. Flores monoici. 

 Capsula in pedicello valido, purpureo, scaberrimo multi- 

 formis, cernua, horizontalis, turgide ovata, subareuato- 

 oblonga, solida, castanea, aetate atro - brunnea, operculo 

 magno, convexo-conico, acuminato, annulo e duplici sé- 

 rie eellularum composito. Peristomii dentés validi, inferne 



