ORTHOTRICHUM TEXANUM, Sulliv.
Tab. 34.
Plantæ elatiusculæ, cæspitulosæ vel pulvinulatæ, fusco vel atro-virides, inferne radiculosæ.
Caulis subuncialis, robustiusculus, innovando-ramosus, laxius foliosus.
Folia lineari-lanceolata, sicca erecto-patentia, madida recurvopatula, c medio ad apicem subcomplicata, plus minus plicato-implana, margine toto reflexa, carinato-costata, superne opaca punctiformi-areolata papillulosa; cellulis basilaribus oblongioribus pellucidis: perichætialia longiora erectiuscula, basi tenui-reticulata.
Flores monoici: masculi gemmacei, axillares; antheridiis longe pedicellatis paraphysatis.
Capsula immersa, oblongo-obovata, brevicolla, exsiccatione per totam longitudinem prominenter 8-costata; operculo brevius recti-rostrato; calyptra fere totam capsulam tegente valde pilosa; peristomii dentibus 8 bigeminatis vel 16 geminatis per paria approximatis pallide luteolis, ciliis sedecem rudimentariis baud raro interpositis.
Orthotrichum Texanum, Sulliv. Mosses U. States, p. 33; Sulliv. & Lesqx. Musc. Bor.-Amer. Exsicc. (ed. 1), No. 122 (diagnosis falsa); Lesqx. Musc. Calif, in Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. Philad. (1863), p. 6.
Hab. Texas, Wright. Santa Fe, New Mexico, Fendler. Near San Francisco, California, Bolander.
Near O. Sturmii, H. & H., but a larger moss, with longer, narrower, and more recurved-spreading leaves, a more hairy calyptra, and a longer capsule prominently 8-ribbed throughout
