AN s 
quadrate. Lid of capsule convex neither apiculate nor mamil 
late; teeth sometimes rudimentary. Perichetial leaves» with 
somewhat long hairpoint; basal cells short- rectangular. Tufts 
cohering brown-green about 2 c. m. high. — Rocks in higher 
subalp. region r. Eur. Norway in Dovrefjeld! Austria: Kern. 
VY. Schistidium Bridel. 
1- Platyphylloidese. a 
À. Leaves not appressed when dry; hairpoint wanting. 
a. Leaves denticulate near the obtuse apex, broadly 
minate. 
62.G.rivularis Bridel. Us 
Leaves large ovate-lanceolate; cells large. Perichetial leaves 
broadly obtusate; costa abbreviate. Capsule obovate finally - 
turbinate; teeth red, larger than in G. apocarpa; lid short-poin- 
ted; calyptra cucullate. Tufts loose. Stem decumbent, 3—6 
c. m. or longer. — Stones in water not common. Bur. Finl. 
Brotherus. France: Husnot. Amer, Can.: Macoun. 180 
b. Leaves entire nearly subulate. 
63.G.maritima Turner. yes 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate recurved crowded. us. erisped when 
dry; the upper with us. excurrent costa. Capsule as in the 
last; teeth orange; lid rostellate; calyptra us. cucullate. Tu 
dense pulvinate 1—2 c. m. high. — Rocks near sea or larger 
lakes. Eur. not r. Sweden! Ireland: Schimper. | France 
Jolis.. Amer, Can.: Macoun; Roell; Waghorne. das 
*G.Agassizii Sulliv. et Lesq. — Schistidium S. L.; Grimn 
Lq. et J.; G. erassinervis C. M. wi i 
Leaves less crisped; costa not or indistinctly. exeutrent. ` 
of capsule sometimes with shorter point. — Amer, Can: 
Macoun; Waghorne. Alaska: J. M. Macoun. m 
64.G.cinclidodontea C. Mueller. nir 
Leaves narrowly ovate-lanceolate not recurved, loosely dispo 
sed, falcate when moistened; costa long-excurrent. =» Capsule 
subglobose; teeth red; lid rostellate; calyptra mitriform»: €. 
Tufts not cohering; stem about 4—5 c. m. long. — Amer. 
Pacif. distr. .U, S.: Roell, com. C. Mueller. wn 4 
B. Leaves entire nearly or completely appressed when ry 
often rie "epis Stem erect. ; ;igl 
à. Stem-leaves short obtuse ovate or ovate-oblong: 
65.G.platyphylla Mitten. Poe pec 
Leaves subovate muticous more or less recurved and 
large, appressed when dry, not curved when moistened}. 
