ICONES MUSCORUM 37 



LEPTOTRICHUM SCHIMPERI, Lcsqx. 



Tab. 24. 



Plants laxe caespitosae, stramineo-virides, humiles. 



Caulis 1-2 lineas altus, erectus vel subinclinatus, simplex, 

 basi tan turn radiculosus. 



Folia cauliiia erecto-patentia, fiexuosa vel falcato-secunda, e 

 basi ovato-lanceolata longe subulata, aiigusta, apice taiitum den- 

 ticulata ; costa tenui vix totam subulam occupante ; perichse- 

 tialia late amplectentia, interna tubulosa, iu subulam longissi- 

 mam sensim attenuata. 



Flores monoici: masculi axillares e basi caulis ad apicem 

 usque dispositi ; gernm^ masculae graciles. 



Capsula in pedicello flavescente breviori vix ultrapollicari 

 erecta, robusta, oblongo-cylindrica, brunnea ; operculo elongato- 

 conico obtusiusculo recto vel subobliquo ; peristomii dentibus e 

 membrana basilari latiuscula fugaci pulclierrime aurantiaca 

 oriundis gracilibus pallide luteis linearibus irregulariter divisis 

 basin versus laceratis vel pertusis trabeculatis nee articulatis ; 

 annulo simplici ; sporis maximis. 



Leptotrichum ScHiMPERi, Lesqx. Mem. Calif. Acad. 1, p. 9. 



Hab. On the ground, Coast Range, near Mendocino City, 

 California, Bolander. 



This species is much like L. pallidum^ Hampe. It is easily 

 distinguished, however, by its greenish color, the shorter and 

 broader capsule with shorter and thicker pedicel, and the erect 

 obtuse operculum. The peristome is far different : the basilar 

 membrane is broader and of a bright orange color ; the leaves 

 longer, etc. 



