Musctr ExorTici.—Gardneriani. 
OCTOBLEPHARUM SERRATUM. 
Octoblepharum caule erecto ramoso, foliis erecto-paten- 
tibus ovatis serratis cuspidatis, capsula pyriformi, oper- 
culo hemisphzerico apiculato, calyptra mitriformi longe 
pilosa. (Tas. CXXXVI.) 
Octoblepharum serratum. Bridel Musc. Suppl. v. 1. 
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Sraiadon. Bory de St. Vincent. (fide Beauv.) 
Bryum orthodontum. Beaw. Prodr. d Atheog. p.48. 
Splachnum squarrosum. Hook. in Linn. Trans. v. 10. 
p- 308. t. 26. f. 2. 
Has. In insula Bourbon ad terram humidam prope truncos aver- 
sos. Bory de St. Vincent. In Nepaul abunde legit D. Bu- 
chanan, M.D. et Hon. D. Gardner. 
Caules unciales, cespitosi, inferne dense ferrugineo-tomentosi, 
erecti, subramosi. Folia lutescente-viridia, undique laxe dis- 
posita, erecto-patentia, apice seepe tortuosa, ovata vel ovato- 
lanceciata, paululum carinata, margine argute serrata, nervo 
ultra apicem in acumen longum producto instructa. Periche- 
tialta paululum longiora. Seta unguicularis, terminalis, cro- 
cea. Capsula crocea, pyriformis, vel, si mavis, ovata, a ophysi 
obconica capsula paululum longiore insidens. Calyptya capsula 
brevior, mitriformis, membranacea, pellucida, albida, basi ven- 
tricosa, quadrifida, superne attenuata, superficies pilis longis, 
flexuosis, articulatis, patentibus albis. Operculum hemisphx 
ricum, apice in acumen angustum attenuatum. Peristomium 
e dentibus 8, lanceolatis, humectate incurvis, siccitate erectis, 
subcoriaceis luteis, transversim striatis, atque linea media lon- 
gitudinali obscure notatis. 
. incent’s name of Orthodon. The calyptra is a very 
striking object, and rendered more so by the long hairs spreading 
every e whole plant inclines remarkably to yellow. 
Fig. 1, plants, nat, size. Fig. 2, single plant. Fig. 3,3, leaves. 
Fig. 4, capsule. Fig. 5, operculum. Fig. 6, calyptra. Fig. 7, hair 
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of calyptra. Fig. 8, peristome, as seen when dry.—magn, 
