ICONES MUSCORUM. 59 



ORTIIOTRICIIUM CONSIMILE, Mitten. . 



Tab. 43. 



Plants pusilla3, laxc casspitosse, fiavo-viridcs, basi plus mi- 

 nus fuscescente radiculosse, inter 0. pulehellum ct 0. cylindro- 

 earpum quasi ludcntes. 



Caulis 3-4 lineas altus, simplex vel parce ramoe-us. 



Folia conferta, madida recurvo-patentia, mollia, e basi ovali 

 vel ovali-suboblonga gradatim lineali-lanceolata, sulcato-carinata, 

 subcontinuo-costata, marginibus revoluta, liumilius papillosa, 

 rctis subdiapliaui cellulis basilaribus rectangulis, superioribus 

 I'otundatis ; pericliaitialia suberecta, angustiora. 



Flores monoici : masculi primum vero terminales, deinde 

 sajpius pseudo-laterales, gemmacese, rubescentes ; antlieridiis para- 

 physatis. 



Capsula ovalis vel suboblongo-ovalis, in pedicello ipsam su- 

 perante exserta, 8-striata, cellulis striarum intense luteis distincte 

 limitatis pacliydermicis, intermediis tenuibus multo miuoribus ; 

 sicca 8-costata, urceolata, stomatibus immersis ; peristomii den- 

 tibus eloiigato-lanceolatis basi per paria connatis 7 - 8-articulatis 

 pallide luteis utraque facie minutissime papillosis ; ciliis 8 

 denies longitudine asquantibus e basi expansa subulatis lasvibus; 

 operculo basi rubro-cincto depresso-conico apiculato ; calyptra 

 modice ramentosa. 



Orthotrichum consimile, Mitten in Proo. Linn. Soc. 8, p. 24. 



Hab. On trees, Vancouver Island, Lyall. 



This species resembles some small forms of Orthotrichum pul- 

 ehellum; but its capsule is shorter, the teeth of its peristome are 

 not vermiculate on their inner face, the cilia are only eight and 

 are entirely smooth, and the leaves arc uniformly papillose. 

 From 0. cyllndrocarpuiii it is distinguished by its shorter caji- 



