G4 ICONES MUSCORUM. 



ORTHOTRICHUM BOLANDERI, SuUlv. 



Tab. 46. 



Plant^e ctespitosffi, e basi parce ramosjB, atro-virides. 



Caulis siibpollicaris, crassus, dciise foliosus. 



Folia arete imbrieata, madida rccurvo-patcntia, oldongo-lance- 

 olata, obtusiuscule acuta, basim versus tantum margine reflexa, 

 liuuiile papillosa ; areolatione superne e cellulis subrotuudis bi- 

 stromaticis densis, versus basim ovalibus laxioribus composita. 



Flores monoici : masculi axillares. 



Capsula semi-emersa, oblougo-ovalis, sub ore 8-costata, in 

 pedicello brevi ipste tertiam partem metieutc coarctata, brevi- 

 colla ; vaginula pilifera ; peristomii duplicis deutibus IG gemi- 

 uatis elougatis deltoideo-lanceolatis transverse dense punctulato- 

 lineolatis opacis luteolis 18 -20-articulatis ; ciliis 8 robustis 

 jHuictatis e duplici serie cellularum formatis longitudine dentes 

 a^quantibus ; operculo convexo rostellato ; calyptra ramcutosa. 



OuTHOTRICriUM BOLAXDKRI, Sulliv. MSS. 



Hab. On rocks, California, Bolander (1868). 



A fine and very distinct species related to 0. rupestre, Scldei- 

 cbcr; but differing in the marlving of the teetli of tlie ])eristonic, 

 the longer capsule, and the Instromatic cells of the leaves, etc. 



TAB. 46. — OuTiroTRiciiuM Bolandeki. 



1. n u'iiv iiiiKrali mrif/nitud'me. 9. Operculum. 



'> Pars fiuilis ciiiii f'oliis et eapsiila. 10. Pars peristomii cum deiitiliiis et 



:<. Fnlinm. (■ilii'*. 



-1. Kjiis iiMii sectionos transversales. 11. Ca{)siila^ areola! io et stoma. 



;"),(). Areolatio fblii. 12. Calyptra rainentosa. 



7. Capsula deoperculata, plena. 13. Antlieridium et parapliys-is. 



8. Capsula vacua. 14. Rauieutum calyptra?. 



