a E 
Leaves ovate-oblong subobtuse or ovate-lanceolate acute or | 
short-acuminate, abruptly contracted to a filiform point, us. sub- - 
erect when dry. Capsule cylindric suberect; lid obtuse. Tufts : 
golden glossy, r. greenish. Branches gen. simple. R. fruiting. - 
— Wet rocks and swamps in alps r. Eur. princ. in northern 2 
distriets. Norway! Amer. Can.: Macoun. L 
2.H.rufescens Dickson. — Hypnum D.; Holmgrenia Ldb. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate gradually long-subulate and filiform- : 
pointed, patent also when dry. Capsule cylindric erect; lid - 
obliquely rostellate. Tufts us. copper-glossy, sometimes green. 1 
Branches often divided. Less r. fruiting. — Wet rocks princ. 1 
in alps. Eur. not r., often in southern. distr. Norway, Switzerl.! . 
Amer. »Can.»: Lesq. et Jam. E 
* H.complanata Kindb. — Orthothecium Kindb. Laubm, Schw. 3 
u. Norw. in 
Leaves less patent, smaller and shorter with shorter acumen à 
and not long filiform point, faintly striate. Branches often com- d 
planate. Capsules unknown. — Alpine rocks r, Eur. Norway" -— 
S. O. Lindberg and E. Nyman. Id 
b. Leaves small, faintly or not striate, sometimes not recur- 
ved. Branches us. short. 
3.H.rubella Mitten. — Stereodon Mitt.; Holmgrenia Kindb.; 
H. binervula Molendo. 
Leaves ovate-oblong short-acuminate, abruptly contracted to 
a filiform point, us. recurved and faintly striate, more or less 3 
patent. Tufts copper-glossy or yellowish, r. olivaceous or green. E 
Capsules unknown. — Rocks often in crevices and caverns . 
princ. in alps, r. Eur. Norway! 
* H.strieta Lorentz. 
Leaves with shorter filiform point, less or indistinctly striate, 
us. not recurved, more appressed when dry. — Eur. r. Norway, 
Switzerl! Amer. r. Can.: Macoun. | 
B. Tufts intricate radiculose. Leaves not striate, pale or 
yellowish at insertion. Endostome longer than teeth. | 
4.H.irrorata Sendtner. — Leskea Sendt. 1848; Holmgrenia | 
Kindb; Hypnum C. M. syn.; Leskea intricata Hartman 1849 
Leaves small ovate-lanceolate, gradually long-subulate with 
gen. filiform point, not recurved, patent and us. green and 
silky glossy when dry. Capsule oval-oblong suberect; lid conic. 
Stem divided; branches short often curved. Perichetial leaves 
denticulate above. Very r. fruiting. — Crevices and caverns 0 
rocks princ. in alps, r. Eur. Norway, Switzerl.! Amer, Can.: Macotin. 
