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and made a separate species by Montague, on account of 

 tlie larger and somewhat differently formed leaves and struc- 

 ture of the cells, as well as the character of its fruit ; origi- 

 nally described in 'London Journal of Botany' for 1845, p. 

 18G. Found on the trunks of "Willows, by the Ouse, near 

 York, by Mr. Spruce, and subsequently in similar habitats 

 by other botanists. 



10. Orthotrichum striatum, Hedw. {Common Bristle 

 Moss.) Stems erect; leaves lanceolate, patent, straight 

 when dry; capsule ovate, smooth; cilia torulose; calyptra 

 slightly hairy. — Mif/. FL p. 55; 3Iiill. Syn. pt. 1. p. 708. 



Stems of trees. Tr. June. This species has a peculiar 

 inner peristome composed of moniliform joints, which are 

 broad, pale-coloured, and frequently jointed, and which arise 

 from the inner membrane of the capsule, as in Hi/pnum. 



11. Orthotrichum Lyellii, Hook, and Taylor. {Mr. 

 Li/ell's Bristle Moss.) Stems erect, elongated; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, subundulate, carinated, very acute, crisped 

 Avhen dry ; capsule oblong, farrowed ; ciHa fiHform ; calyp- 

 tra very hairy. — Eng. FL p. 55 ; Milll. Spi.pt. \. p. 709. 



Discovered on trees in the New Forest, Hants, by Mr. 

 Lyell. Found since in various parts of England, and fre- 

 quent in the subalpine districts of Scotland. Its long nar- 



