. Manual of the mosses of North America [microform]. Mosses; Mousses. pp 174 [Orthotricfntm,. II I! ally Ioniser from the base upward, oMoiig-lanceolatc, apic late at tlie blunt ajK'x, the Ijorders revolute; arcolation coinpai tivdy loose, the upper cells round, i^raiiulose and minutely j)apiil(>se, the lower quadrate near the borders, (juadrani^ular-oblonLj near the costa: caly|)tra laru;e, nake<l: capsule subiininersed, broadly oval or globose, cyUndrical-oblong when empty, thin, with a thin whitish epiearp, not striate nor plicate; lilano-convex, obtuse; teeth 10, geminate,
. Manual of the mosses of North America [microform]. Mosses; Mousses. pp 174 [Orthotricfntm,. II I! ally Ioniser from the base upward, oMoiig-lanceolatc, apic late at tlie blunt ajK'x, the Ijorders revolute; arcolation coinpai tivdy loose, the upper cells round, i^raiiulose and minutely j)apiil(>se, the lower quadrate near the borders, (juadrani^ular-oblonLj near the costa: caly|)tra laru;e, nake<l: capsule subiininersed, broadly oval or globose, cyUndrical-oblong when empty, thin, with a thin whitish epiearp, not striate nor plicate; lilano-convex, obtuse; teeth 10, geminate, granulose; cilia 8, short, very slender.— Trans. Amer. Phil. h>oc. xiii. 110; Sulliv. nilocarpum, with a description, were distributed by James as early as 1858. 24. O. exiguum, Sulliv. Plants extremely small, in loose dark green tufts; stems five long, simple or fastigiate- Lranching: leaves linear-oblong, obtusely acimiinate, open, erect, sliglitly recurved on the borders, punctiform-areolate and mi- nutely pa|)illose in the upper part; basilar cells loose, quadran- gular or ((uadrate-oblong: flowers dia'cious; male plants gennni- form, terminal in smaller jdants than the fertile: calyptra naked, or rarely with a few apjircssed hairs: capsule subimmersed, oblong-oval, broadly and obscurely costate, truncate at the broad orifice; lid hemispherical-apiculate; peristonu^ double, the outer of 10 geminate teeth, the inner of 8 lanceolate cilia, broader than the teeth, white, ])unctulate, comj)()sed of a double scries of cells. — Mosses of U. States, 33, and Icon. Muse. 55, t. 35. Hab. Base of trees, Santee Canal, South Carolina (Itavenel). ^ nf iif ii^ n? Outer peristome of 10 teeth., the inner of % or 10 cilia ; capsule not ribbed., smooth ichen dry: plants large: fowers momecious. 25. O. leiocarpum, Bruch & Schimp. Plants of me<lium size, loosely fasciculate, cespitose: leaves o}»en, reciu'ved when moist, ovate at base, long-lanceolate above, the borders revo
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