— 175 — 
dry; teeth yellowish brown loosely appressed when dry; lid 
convex; pedicel somewhat thick. — In bogs or on base of trees. 
Eur. not r. in southern alps. Switzerl.! Austria: Schimper. Amer. 
Can. J. Macoun; Moser. Alaska: J.: M. Macoun. 
3.T.tenuis Dickson. — Splachnum Dicks. Tayloria Schimper. 
Differs from the last: Capsule shorter, brownish, suboval or 
finally subglobose and much thicker than neck when dry; teeth 
blackish brown strongly appressed when dry; pedicel thinner. 
— Turfy soil princ. in northern distr., r. Eur. Norway! Swe- 
denl; E. Adlerz; A. Grape. Switzerl: Schimper. Amer. Can.: 
Macoun; Waghorne. 
b. Peristomial teeth soon partite, deflexed or patent, very 
hygroscopic. 
4.T.splachnoides Schleicher. — Hookeria Schl.; Tayloria Hooker. 
Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate us. short-acuminate. Cap- 
sule us. oblong-cylindric; neck much narrower but. us. not 
longer; columella often long-exserted; teeth dark red; lid us. 
conic often rostellate; pedicel thin. — Peat-bogs or wet earth 
on rocks in alps r. — Eur. Norway! Amer. Can.: Allen, com. 
Macoun. 
*T.acuminata (Huebener as var.) Hornschuch. 
Leaves long-acuminate. Capsule suboval often shorter than 
neck; columella not exserted; lid sometimes convex. — Bogs 
in alps r. Eur. Norway! Amer. Can.: Macoun; Drummond n. 
47; Waghorne in herb. C. M. 
82. Oedipodium Schwegrichen. 
l.0e.Griffithii Dickson. — Bryum Dicks; Oedipodium Schw. 
Leaves obovate not recurved, often with sinuous borders. 
Capsule subglobose orange-brown; lid subconvex; columella not 
 exserted; neck 1—-2 c. m. long. Stem often with obovate 
axillary buds — Crevices of rocks and wet peaty soil in alps 
r Eur. Scotl: H. Boswell; T. Rogers. Sweden and Norway: 
E. Nyman. Amer. »Greenl.»: Berggren. 
Fam. 21. Dicranacee. 
| 88. Octoblepharum Hedwig. 
1.0.albidum Hedwig. i 
Leaves patent from short broad base abruptly narrow to 
. the slightly channelled linear short-acuminate near apex serrate 
. Acumen; outer basal cells rhomboidal hyaline, the others some- 
. What dusky subquadrate. Capsule small oval long-rostrate. 
