Fam. 1. Crypheacee. 
1. Hedwigia Ehrhart. 
I. Eu-Hedwigia. Capsule immersed. Leaves us. denticu- 
late at acumen. Stem r. flagelliferous. Tufts us. glaucous green. 
II. Braunia. Capsule exserted. Leaves entire, Stem often 
flagelliferous. Tufts brown. Perichetial leaves. not ciliate. 
I. Eu-Hedwigia. 
i 1. H. albicans Weber. — Fontinalis Web.; Hedwigia Lind- 
ere. |: 
Leaves broadly ovate-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, distinctly 
papillose, hyaline at the denticulate, us. prolonged acumen, re- 
curved below; upper cells us. suboblong, sinuous at the walls. 
Perichetial leaves long-ciliate. Capsule piriform, wholly immersed. 
Stem not flagelliferous. — On stone, common (r. in northern 
alps). Eur.*) Sweden, Norway, Germany, Switzerland! Amer. 
Canada: Macoun. »U. S.»: Lesq. et Jam. man. 
* H. subnuda Kindberg catal. Canad. musci. 
Leaves green, broad-ovate, indistinctly hyaline at the short and 
nearly entire acumen, recurved nearly all around; upper cells 
subquadrate. — Rocks r. Amer. Canada: Macoun. ! 
2. H. imberbis Esenbeck et Hornschuch. — Schistidium Es. 
et Hsch.; Hedwigia Spruce. E 
Leaves subovate, faintly papillose, entire, not hyaline, recur- 
ved; upper cells suboblong, sinuous. Perichetial leaves not ciliate. 
Capsule round-oval, subemergent. Stem often flagelliferous; leaves 
of the flagelle hyaline at apex. — Rocks r. Eur. France! 
IL Braunia Schimper. 
3. H.alopecura Bridel. — Leucodon Brid.; Hedwigia Kindb. 
_Leaves ovate, faintly papillose, not hyaline, striate; cells less 
distinctly sinuous, the upper quadrate, the inner basal rectan- 
gular. Capsule oblong without neck; pedicel short. — Stones r.; 
ur, Austria: Venturi. : 
4. H. californica Lesq. — Braunia Lesq., Sull. icon. m., 
Hedwigia Kindb. yr ; ; 
*) The mark! indicates, that the author is the collector; the cited col- 
lectors have contributed to my collections, 
