[CONES Mi SCORUM. 



ORTHOTRICIIUM TEXANUM, Sulliv. 



Tab. 34. 



Plants elatiuscula?, csespitulosse vel pulvinulatoc, fusco- vel 

 atro-virides, infernc radiculosae. 



Caulis subuncialis, robustiusculus, innovando-ramosus, laxius 

 foliosus. 



Folia lincari-lanceolata, sicca erecto-patentia, madida recurvo- 

 patula, c medio ad apicem subcomplicata, plus minus plicato- 

 implana, margine toto reflexa, carinato-costata, superne opaca 

 punctiformi-areolata papillulosa ; cellulis basilaribus oblongi- 

 oribus pellucidis : perichaetialia longiora erectiuscula, basi tenui- 

 reticulata. 



Flores monoici : masculi gemmacei, axillares ; antheridiis 

 longe pedicellatis paraphysatis. 



Capsula immersa, oblongo-obovata, brevicolla, exsiccatione 

 per totam longitudinem prominenter 8-costata ; operculo brevius 

 recti-rostrato ; calyptra fere totam capsulam tegente valde 

 pilosa ; peristomii dentibus 8 bigeminatis vel 16 geminatis per 

 paria approximatis pallide luteolis, ciliis sedecem rudirnentariis 

 baud raro interpositis. 



Ortiiotriciium Texanum, Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 33 ; Sulliv. & 

 Lesqx. Muse. Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 122 (diagnosis falsa) ; Lesqx. 

 Muse. Calif, in Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. Philad. (1863), p. 6. 



Hab. Texas, Wright. Santa Fe, New Mexico, Fendler. Near 

 San Francisco, California, Bolander. 



Near O. Sturmii, H. 8f H., but a larger moss, with longer, 

 narrower, and more recurved-spreading leaves, a more hairy 

 calyptra, and a longer capsule prominently 8-ribbed throughout 



