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ORTHOTRICHUM PROREPENS.
Orthotrickum caule repente, ramis erectis, foliis ovato-
attenuatis obtusis dorso carinatis, nervo excurrente,
seta longiuscula exserta, capsula exacte ovali lævi, calyptra
pilosa. (Tab. CXX.)
Hab. In sinu Dusky bay dicto apud Novam Zeelandiam.
D . Menzies, 1791.
Caulis repens, valde ramosus, ramis brevibus, erectis, simplicibus
vel iterum divisis. Folla undique imbricata, erecta, (siccitate
vix torta,) sordide fusca, ovata, attenuata, obtusa, dorso insigniter
cariiiato, nervo intense fusco in apiculum breve excurrente
instructa. Perichætialia latiera, oblonga, obtusa, margine
parum undulata. Seta e caulis innovationibus lateralis,
3 ad 4 lineas longa. Capsula rufo-fusca, exacte ovalis. Pe-
ristomium simplex (?) e dentibus 16, pallidis, per paria approximatis.
This plant comes nearer to 0 . apieulatum (Tab, XLV.) than
any other species of this curious family ; the principal differences
consisting in its much smaller proportions ; its shorter, denser,
and more erect branches ; in the different shape of the leaves ;
and above all, in its very pilose calyptra. The operculum I have
never had the opportunity of examining.
Fig. 1, plant, nat, size. Fig. 2, portion of a fructified branch.
Fig. 3, leaf. Fig. 4, apex of ditto. Fig. 5, perichætial leaf.
Fig. 6, young calyptra,—magn.
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