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Figure 31- Ortkotrickum anomalum (From Bry. Eur.)- 

 a, 3, 4 and 5. I^eaves; x and x' indicate where the sections 3x and 3x' 

 were made. 11. Vaginula. 



culum rostellate ; peristome of 8 teeth, which when dry are 

 recurved rather than reflexed, as the tip of the tooth some- 

 times touches the capsule wall in a way to remind one of the 

 handle of a mug. The spores mature by October, but I have 

 collected operculate capsules in March. 



O. SORDIDUM S & L. somewhat resembles the preceding- in 

 leaf characters. It is at once distinguished by the immersed or 



