ne n 
inner basal shorter and dilated, alar hyaline or red. Capsi 
large arcuate; lid acute; pedicel very long. Tufts dirty green 
or yellowish sometimes glossy. — Wet places. Eur. common. 
Sweden (often fruiting), Germany, Switzerl.| Amer. not comm 
Can.: Macoun; Moser. 
IV. Scorpidium Schimper. 
7.C.seorpioides L. — Hypnum- L. E 
Leaves suboval-oblong not decurrent, us. very large; cells 
gen. linear, the lowest basal shorter and wider. Stem-leav 
obtuse sometimes apiculate; branch-leaves obtuse or acute. : Cap- 
sule large arcuate; lid apiculate; pedicel very long. Tufts us 
brownish with golden glossy branch-tops. R: fruiting. — Peat- 
bogs princ. in northern distr, Eur. Sweden, Norway (common 
Amer. Can.: Macoun. ; 
V. Pseudo-Limnobion Kindb. 
1. Badiiformia. : 
8.C.badium C. J. Hartman. — Hypnum Hartman. 
Stem-leaves suboval short-apiculate; cells gen. linear orangé- 
colored, the alar nearly indistinct; costa of some leaves sho 
double. Branch-leaves ovate-oblong short-acuminate acute; costa 
subpercurrent. Capsule not large, more or less curved; li 
obtuse; pedicel somewhat long. Stems sparingly divided, r. 
tufted; branches us. long and often loosed from stem, us. brown- 
red with golden glossy tops, r. green... Often growing together 
with C. sarmentosum or Hypnum revolvens. — Swamps in northern 
alps r. Eur. Norway fruiting! Sweden: R. Hartman. Finl: Bro- 
therus. Amer. Greenl.: Berggren. ! ; 
9.C.polare Lindberg. — Hypnum. Lindberg. di 
Leaves ovate-oblong, either obtusate (obtuse or acute) or 
short-acuminate and falcate, greenish or sometimes golden glossy; 
alar cells large hyaline, the others sublinear or the uppermost 
oblong-lanceolate; costa subpercurrent, Capsule slightly curved 
not large; pedicel short. Stems densely tufted but loosely co- 
hering; branches sometimes subjulaceous, — Sand and stones 
in alp. rivulets r. Eur. Norway! Sweden fruiting: E. Nyman. 
Spetsbergen: Berggren. France: Husnot. Amer. »Greenl.»: Berg- 
gren. 
2. Oechraceiformia. 
A. Leaves entire; costa £en. short us. double. Stem not 
rigid; branches often long, " 
10.C.ochraceum Turner et Wilson. — Hypnum T. et W.- à 
Stem-leaves broad-ovate obtuse not falcate; uppermost cells " 
