74 ICONES MUSCORUM. 



OKTHOTRICHUM KINGIANUM, Lesqx. 



Tab. 55. 



Plants mediocres, caespitoso-pulvinatse, obscure virides, iii- 

 ferne brunneae. 



Caulis pollicaris, parce divijiiis. 



FoLTA humida erecto-patentia, e basi ovata superiie lanceolata, 

 obtuse acuta, medio revoluta, costa infra apicem desinente cari- 

 nata, superne cellulis quadrato-rotundatis granulosis papilloeis 

 areolata. 



Flores monoici : masculi axillares, gemmis angustis gracilibus. 



Capsula in pedicello subpollicari sensim defiuens, obovata, 

 exserta, brunuea, Isevis, vacua cylindrica, elongata, ore parum 

 ampliata ; peristomii dentibus 16 pallidis gerainatis distincte 9- 

 10-articulatis punctatis ; ciliis 8 brevioribus robustiusculis ; oper- 

 culo e basi conica rostellato ; calyptra ampla parce ramentos-a 

 capsulani usque ad coUum tegente. 



OuTHOTKiCHUM KiNGiANUM, Lefqx. Mi'iTi. Calif. AoaH. 1, p. 18. 



Hab. On rocks near the Axils of the Yoscniite, California, 

 Bolander. 



The species differs from the 0. loivigatum, Schimper, Suppl. to 

 Bryol. Eur. p. 2, tab. 2, by the ciliate internal peristome, the 

 longer and narrower capsule, the longer and more acute leaves, 

 etc. 



TAB. 55. — OrTHOTRICHUM KlXGfANUM. 



1. V\dntx nalurali magnitudine. 7. Cap.sula vacua. 



2. Pars plantte cum capsula calyptrata. 8. Peritomiuni clansum. 



3. Folia. 9. Areolatio capsulae. 



4. Eorumdem sectiones transversales. 10. Pars peristomii. 



5. Areolatio baseos et apicis folii. 11. Columella cum operculo. 



6. Capsula operculata cum pedicello, 12. Antheiidium, paraphysi,s, et fo- 



archegoniis, et gemma mascula. lium perigoniale. 



