TAXA DESCRIBED BY STEUDEL FROM THE LABRADOR PLANTS COLLECTED BY THE MORAVIAN MISSIONARY ALBRECHT AND DISTRIBUTED BY HOHENACKER

Types of names of seven taxa described by Steudel in his Synopsis plan tarum glumacearum from the Labrador collections of the Moravian missio nary Albrecht were examined. Information compiled from the specimen la bels as well as biographic and bibliographic sources suggest this mate rial was collected at Hopedale between 1846 and 1848. Samples of the h andwriting of Albrecht, Steudel, and possibly Hohenacker are presented . Reinterpretation of the types is provided and a lectotype of Calamag rostis hirtigluma is designated. Biographical information on C. G. Alb recht, as well as several poorly known Moravian missionaries, is prese nted.