ORTHOTRICHUM Hutchinsia?.
Long-stalked Bristle-moss.
CRYPTOGAMIA Musci.
Gen. Char. Caps, oblong, terminal. Outer fr in g e
of 16 teeth: inner of 8 or 16 bristles; or none.
V e i l angular, mostly clothed with erect hairs.
Spec. Char. Stem branched. Leaves lanceolate,
obtuse, keeled, revolute, much shorter than the
fruitstalk. Veil crenate. Inner fringe of eight
teeth. Capsule ovate.
T h is new Orthotrichum, was gathered near Bantry by Miss
Hutchins, a lady whose numerous discoveries in the more difficult
departments of Botany justly entitle her to commemoration
in the specific name.
The habit of the plant is most like 0 . anomalum, 1. 1423,
but its fruitstalk is more elongated than even in that species,
and much.more so than in any other British one, except the
very dissimilar 0 . crispum, t. 996. The leaves much resemble
those of anomalum, and like them , soon become very dark-
coloured. Our t. 1423 was drawn from young vigorous plants.
The capsule is somewhat more ovate or tumid when ripe, and
the fringe essentially different in being double; the outer of
eight pair of combined teeth; inner of eight inflexed bristles.
Veil crenate, often split, densely covered with upright tawny
hairs. Lid with a short conical beak. •