ORTHOTRICHUM. 40L 



convoluto-concava, integerrima, marginibus lcviter revolutis, 

 vena medium ultra evanida praedita, areolis minutis oblongis 

 vel rotundatis, summa minora, cordate, brevissirne acuminata 

 obtusa. 



Perichaetialia subconformia paullo mapra a medio supra reflexo- 

 pateutia, valde acuminata, marginibus insigniter revolutis, 

 vena sursum ampliata excurrenti ibidemque scabrella per- 

 cursa. 



Vaginula (saltern nuda) brevissima rubro brunnea, Farapliyses 



Pisti.Iaque pauca. 

 Seta brevissima, esserta et vaginula subnulla. 

 Capsula sublcevis, ore valide eonstricto, fuscoviridescens. Mem- 



brana interna adnata. 

 Peristomium e dentibus 16, brevibus, erectis, fragilibus, albis, 



punctulato-opaciusculis, marginibus scabrelb's, lineis trans- 



versis conspicuis, centrali longitudinali subobsoleta. 

 Columella cylindracea, apiculata, inclusa. Sporula majuscula, 



uniformia, globosa, laevia, immersa opaciuscula. Operculum 



conicum breve, rubrum. 

 Solum est inter Orthotrieha Khasiyensia forma boreali gaudens. 



1. Plant magnified. 



2. Cauline leaf. 



3. Perichaetial leaf. 



4. Capsule. 



5. Mouth of capsule and peristome. 



6. Portion of peristome and capsule seen internally. 

 J. Sporula. 



8. Operculum. 



2. Orthotnchum Moorcroftii, PI. LXXVI. Fig. IV. 



Hook et. Grev. 



Fig. IV. in Edinb. Journal of Science, 1S24. 1 p. 1 16, 

 e. Bridelio. Leiotheca Moorcroftii, Brid. Bryol. Unir. 

 vol. I. App. p. 7-7- 



Hab : In rupibus arboribusque per lotos colles Khasiyanos in- 

 ter Churra Punjee et Nunklow. 



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