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  vanishing 
  below 
  apex 
  ; 
  cells 
  of 
  the 
  areolation 
  incrassate, 
  

   lower 
  elongated, 
  narrow, 
  subsinuose, 
  upper 
  roundish 
  or 
  sub- 
  

   hexagonal, 
  slightly 
  papillose- 
  Capsule 
  exserted 
  on 
  a 
  long 
  

   pedicel 
  (4-6 
  mm.), 
  oblong, 
  2 
  mm. 
  long, 
  .^^ 
  mm. 
  broad, 
  8- 
  

   striate 
  when 
  dry, 
  suddenly 
  contracted 
  to 
  the 
  pedicel 
  ; 
  sto- 
  

   mata 
  immersed; 
  lid 
  depressed, 
  rostrate. 
  Teeth 
  8, 
  bigemi- 
  

   nate, 
  or 
  16 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  connected 
  in 
  pairs, 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  mi- 
  

   nutely 
  granulose, 
  striolate 
  lengthwise, 
  truncate 
  and 
  split 
  at 
  

   apex, 
  reflexed 
  when 
  dry; 
  cilia 
  16, 
  long, 
  nodulose, 
  nearly 
  

   smooth, 
  Calyptra 
  large, 
  plicate, 
  naked, 
  smooth, 
  lobulate 
  at 
  

   base. 
  Spores 
  papillose. 
  Flowers 
  moncecious- 
  

  

  Oregon 
  : 
  Coast 
  Mts», 
  on 
  bushes, 
  with 
  the 
  preceding 
  spe- 
  

   cies 
  (Z. 
  K. 
  Henderson). 
  

  

  The 
  leaves 
  crispate 
  when 
  dry 
  and 
  the 
  long 
  pedicelled 
  

   capsule 
  give 
  to 
  this 
  moss 
  quite 
  the 
  facies 
  of 
  an 
  Ulota, 
  but 
  the 
  

   large, 
  naked 
  calyptra, 
  lobulate 
  at 
  base, 
  and 
  the 
  immersed 
  

   stomal 
  a, 
  compel 
  us 
  to 
  place 
  it 
  among 
  the 
  Orthotricha, 
  Mr. 
  

   Venturi 
  thinks 
  that 
  it 
  maybe 
  proved 
  identical 
  with 
  O. 
  cohim- 
  

   bictim 
  Mitt., 
  but 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  description 
  given 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Mitten 
  in 
  yoiirn. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  viii, 
  26, 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  quite 
  distinct 
  

   species, 
  of 
  smaller 
  size, 
  with 
  the 
  capsule 
  short 
  pedicellate 
  and 
  

   only 
  8 
  cilia 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  peristome. 
  Sullivant 
  considers 
  it 
  as 
  

   a 
  variety 
  of 
  O. 
  ftdchclhim 
  Brunt. 
  (Cfr. 
  Lesquereux 
  and 
  

   James, 
  Manual^ 
  ^75)- 
  \ 
  

  

  OrthoiricJmm 
  fnlcJiellttfn 
  Brunton 
  var. 
  productijjes. 
  — 
  Much 
  

   more 
  robust 
  than 
  the 
  type, 
  with 
  larger 
  leaves, 
  a 
  longer 
  pedi- 
  

   cel 
  (4-6 
  mm.), 
  and 
  the 
  teeth 
  of 
  the 
  peristome 
  larger 
  and 
  

   paler. 
  

  

  Oregon 
  : 
  Portland, 
  trees 
  and 
  shrubs 
  (Z. 
  F. 
  Henderson). 
  

  

  Perhaps 
  identical 
  with 
  the 
  O. 
  fulchellimi 
  var, 
  longipes 
  

   Sulk, 
  but 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  this 
  last 
  variety, 
  in 
  Manual^ 
  175, 
  

   is 
  too 
  incomplete 
  to 
  allow 
  a 
  positive 
  identification. 
  

  

  Funaria 
  calcarea 
  Wahl. 
  var. 
  occidentalism 
  — 
  Differs 
  from 
  

   the 
  type 
  in 
  the 
  leaves 
  mere 
  shortly 
  and 
  broadly 
  acuminate 
  

   and 
  the 
  longer 
  pedicel 
  (16-22 
  mmj. 
  

  

  Oregon 
  : 
  Oregon 
  City, 
  wet 
  mud-banks 
  (Z. 
  F. 
  Ilende^'son). 
  

  

  This 
  plant 
  closely 
  resembles 
  the 
  F. 
  coiivexa 
  Spr., 
  from 
  

   south 
  Europe, 
  which 
  is 
  also 
  merely 
  a 
  var. 
  oi 
  F. 
  calcarea; 
  

   it 
  diifers 
  onlj' 
  from 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  longer 
  pedicel 
  and 
  the 
  capsule 
  a 
  

   little 
  narrower. 
  

  

  Webera 
  eruda 
  Sch. 
  var. 
  minor. 
  — 
  Differs 
  from 
  the 
  type 
  in 
  

   the 
  much 
  smaller 
  size, 
  the 
  narrower 
  capsule 
  and 
  the 
  conic 
  

   lid. 
  

  

  Oregon 
  : 
  without 
  locality 
  (Z. 
  F. 
  Henderson). 
  

  

  