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1. 0. obtusifolium. 



2. 0. affine, fastigiatum, pallens, tenellwm, fallax, strammetm. 



3. 0. speciosum. 



4. O. diaphanum. 



5. 0. leiocarpum, Lyellii. 



6. O. pulchellum. 



7. 0. Sprucei, rivulare. 



8. O. eupulatum, Sturmii, rupestre, anomalum. 



71. ULOTA, Mohr. 



Sporangium and peristome as in Orthotrichum ; veil multi- 

 plicate, hairy ; leaves more or less crisped when dry ; leaf- 

 cells at the base narrow ; ocrea indistinct. 



a. Peristome single, or inner very obscure. 



1. IT. Drummondii, Brid. ; stem creeping; branches erect ; 

 leaves ovate at the base, linear-lanceolate, slightly crisped 

 when dry ; margin nearly plane ; sporangium exserted, ob- 

 longo-pyriform, obliquely striate. — Hook, fy Wils. t. xxxiv.; 

 Grev. Sc. Crypt. Fl. t. 115. 



On trunks of trees, especially birch. Scotland, Ireland, 

 and Yorkshire. Bearing fruit in autumn. 



Forming v ello wish- green tufts, with creeping matted stems. 

 Fruitstalk twisted ; teeth sixteen, spreading when dry, often 

 united in pairs at the tip ; lid acicular. 



2. TJ. Ludwigii, Brid.; stem creeping; leaves linear-lan- 

 ceolate, spreading, slightly twisted when dry ; sporangium ex- 

 serted, clavato-pyriform, striate above, plicate when dry, and 

 much contracted at the orifice ; veil hairy. — Hook. & Wils. t. 

 xxxiv. ; Grev. Sc. Crypt. Fl. t. 133. ; [Moug. fy Nest. n. 617). 



On trees, especially young Oaks, in alpine glens. Scotland 

 and Ireland. - Bearing fruit in autumn. 



