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OETHOTRICHUM CUPULATUM, yak. MINUS. 



Tab. 44. 



A forma typica recedit, statnra duplo fere minore, colore 

 atro-viridi iiullo rubidiiic siiffuso, foliis laxiiisculis angustioribus 

 sublingidato-lanccolatis paulo amplius ai'colatis, capsiila 8-stri- 

 ata, peristomii dcntibiis sordide albesccntibus puiictulatis vel 

 piinctiilato-striolatis, basi externa liaud lamelloso-appendiculatis 

 intus magis ramulosis, calyptra breviore, vaginula copiose para- 

 physophora, et al. 



Okthotrichum Le? cuKir, Austin, Musci Apalach. No. 163. 



Varietates alia; 0. cupidati, species quain maxime jioljmorpha', seqmintur, 

 viz : — 



Var j3 PecHl; capsula subovata 8-striata; peristomii dcntibus punctulato- 

 striolatis basi exappendiculatis ; calyptra eximie pilosa. 



Ortiiotrichum Peckii, Sulliv. & Lesqx. in Musci Apalach. No. 162; 

 0. cupulatum? Drumniond, Muse. Anier. Coll. 2, No. 81. 



Var y Porteri ; capsula 8- raro 16-striata oblongo-subovata longius pedicellata; 

 peristomii dentilius punctulatis basi baud appendiculatis. 



Orthotrichum Porteri, Sulliv. & Lesqx. in Musci Apalach. No. IGl. 



Var 6 parvitlum; statura minore; capsula 8-striata; peristomii dcntibus 

 striolatis basi exappendiculatis ; foliis angustioribus. 



Orthotrichum pauvulum, Mitten, Proceed. Linn. Soc. 8, p. 25. Or- 

 thotrichum Sturmii, ex parte, Sulliv. & Lesqx. Muse. Exncc. Amer. 

 (ed. 1), No 117. 



Hab. Dry shaded rocks, Northern New Jersey and Soutliern 

 New York (the var. e minus), Austin. Yar. ^, New York, 

 Peck. Yar. 7, Pennsylvania, Porter. Yar. S, New Mexico, 

 C. Wright. 



Typical specimens of 0. cupulatum, Hofifm., from Tennessee, 

 are given in SiiUivaiit ct Lcsquereux's Mnsci Exsiccati Ameri- 

 cani ; and also from British America in Dj-mnmond's Musci 



