ICONES MUSCORUM. 39 



BARTRAMIA MENZIESII, Hooh 



Tab. 26. 



Plants late laxeque ca^spitosse. 



Caulis elatus, bi-tripollicaris ct ultra, simplex vel parce inno- 

 vante ramosus, ultra medium tomento radiculoso brunneus, su- 

 perne amoene viridis. 



Folia arete imbricata, appressa vel subaperta, e Imsi cava pli- 

 cata margine reflexa ovata lauceolato-subulata, dentata, nervo 

 valido in subulam exeunte dorso scabra. 



Flores dioici : plantse fem. simplices, floribus innovando-late- 

 ralibus vel terminalibus gemmaceis. 



Capsula in pedicello innovando-laterali semipollicari pallide 

 rubello vel obscure stramineo sinistrorsum torto erecta, late 

 ovalis, aequalis, pallide rufescens ; peristomii dentibus 16 lanceo- 

 latis irregulariter articulatis fusco-rubellis quandoque rudimen- 

 tariis ; operculo conico obtuso ; foliis perichastialibus caulinis con- 

 formibus, perigonialibus e basi late ovata concava subito longe 

 subulatis scabris ; antheridiis curvatis fusco-luteis parapliysi- 

 busque numerosis filiformibus. 



Bartramia Menziesii, Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 67; Bridel. Bryol. Univ. 

 2, p. 48; Schvva!gr. Suppl. 3, t. 260; MuUer, Synop. 1, p. 505; Sulliv. 

 et Lesqx. Muse. Exsiec. Amer. (ed. 2), No. 259. 



Hab. California, Bolander. On shaded rocks in woods, the 

 normal form ; the variety on exposed dry rocks ; common. 



This species is very variable, according to its habitat. On dry 

 exposed rocks the stems are shorter ; the slightly shorter and 

 narrower leaves are pressed against the stem when dry, and open- 

 erect when moistened ; the capsule is somewhat longer ; the per- 

 istome is more generally deficient, or marked merely by a pellu- 

 cid membrane, generally more or less irregularly lacerated. This 



