= 937 = 
8. Capsule large subcylindric; pedicel about 2 c. m. long. 
Leaves long gradually acuminate acute or subacute carinate, 
often with hairpoint; costa gen. percurrent. Stem r. with short 
nodose branchlets. 
6.R.varium Mitten. — R.oreganum Ren. et Card. 
Leaves yellowish green recurved nearly all around, subacute 
at apex, not appressed when dry; cells also the upper rectan- 
gular; costa greenish; hairpoint not long. Peristomial teeth 
partite. Stem sometimes with short r. numerous branchlets. 
— Wet stones in woods r. Amer. Pacif. distr. Can.: Macoun. 
U. S.: Henderson, com. Cardot. 
7.R.speciosum C. Mueller. 
Leaves green recurved nearly all around, subacute at apex; 
upper cells gen. subquadrate, often greenish; hairpoint often 
long. Peristomial teeth partite. Stem without short branch- 
lets; leaves more appressed than in the resembling last. — 
Rocks in woods r. Amer. Pacif. distr. Can.: Macoun; Roell, 
com. C. Mueller. 
8.R.Levieri Kindb. n. sp. 
Leaves dark green or finally blackish brown, acute at apex, 
not recurved above or at one side, appressed when dry; upper 
cells subquadrate, the lower rectangular; costa finally brown; 
hairpoint none. Perichetial leaves more or less acuminate; costa 
percurrent or slightly excurrent. Peristomial teeth deeply cleft 
not. partite. Stem without short branchlets. Tufts blackish 
brown when dry. — Alp. granitic rocks r. Hur. Portugal: 
E. Levier. 
. b. Capsule small gen. suboval; pedicel about 1.9, m. eor 
Shorter. Leaves gen. without hairpoint us. carinate. 
^. aa. Leaves not recurved above or at one side, obtuse or 
subobtuse at apex; upper cells subquadrate; hairpoint none or 
indistinct. Peristomial teeth deeply cleft not partite. Stem 
without nodose branchlets. eS 
9.R.protensum Braun. — Trichostomum Braun; Racomitrium 
Huebener. 
Leaves somewhat long and at apex obtuse, recurved below, 
appressed when dry; hairpoint none; costa finally brown not 
 pereurrent. ^ Perichetial leaves short-acuminate; costa ghort. 
Capsule suboval exserted; pedicel 5—8 mm. long. Tufts dark 
"green finally blackish brown. — Wet rocks. Hur. not r. Swe- 
den, Switzerl.! Portugal: Levier. Amer. »Greenl.»: Lange. 
