Musci Exorici.—WMenziesiant. 
ORTHOTRICHUM LONGIROSTRUM. 
Orthotrichum eaule repente, ramis erectis, foliis lanceo- 
lato-acuminatis striatis siccitate tortis, seta longa, 
capsula ovali-elliptica suleata, calyptra glabra multi- 
fida, ciliis nullis, dentibus 16 vix per paria approxi- 
matis. (Tas. XXV.) 
Has. In sinu Dusky Bay dicto, in Nova Zeelandia. D. Men- 
ates, 1791. 
Caulis repens, ramosus, ramis erectis, simplicibus vel divisis. Fo- 
fia aureo-lutescentia, nitoris expertia, undique denseque im- 
bricata, erecto-patentia, siccitate torta, lanceolata, acuminata, 
integerrima, longitudinaliter plicata, sub lente punctata. Pe- 
richetialia reliquis similia, sed plicis nullis. Sef@ numerose, 
semiunciam longi, erect, flexuosa, flavescentes. Capsula 
ovato-elliptica, siccitate precipuc longitudinaliter sulcata, rufo- 
fusca. Operculum subulatum, capsuda subeque longum, Ca- 
lyptra badia, striata, glabra, mitriformis, a basi usque ad me- 
dium in lacinias longas tenues fissa. Peristomium simplex, 
16-dentatum, dentibus vix per paria approximatis, madore 
erectis vel declinatis, siecitate reflexis, sordide flavis, transver- 
sim striatis, linea media longitudinali notatis. 
This is another species with the same habit as that figured at 
Tas. XXIV., and with the same remarkable calyptra. A similar 
calyptra Mohr has attributed to a moss which he says is nearly 
related to Anictangium cirrosum of Hedwig, and to another from 
Oronoko; but in both these, which he has included in his gents 
Ulota, there is an inner fringe exactly as in Neckera. The pre- 
sent plant differs from O. longipes in the lengthened narrow leaves, 
the shorter fruitstalks, and distinctly sulcated capsules. 
Fig. 1, plant nat. size. Fig. 2, leaf. Fig. 3, point of ditto. 
Fig. 4, capsule with the operculum. Fig. 5, capsule with the 
peristome. Fig. 6, calyptra, Fig. 7, portion of peristome. 
