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‘W.commutata Limpricht. — Pottia Limpr.; Weisia Kindb. 
»Capsule often inclined; teeth very short. Leaves narrower 
 reflexed, sometimes suboval subobtuse. — Calcareous soil r. 
Eur. Istria: Weiss»: Limpricht. 
4.W.groenlandiea Kindb. in Hedwigia 1897 p. 65. 
Leaves: suboblong-linear or sublingulate very obtuse, only the 
 uppermost recurved; cells nearly smooth; costa not percurrent. 
Capsule oblong; lid long-conie much shorter; teeth none; pe- 
dicel reddish. — Habit of W. Starkei. — Arctic distr. r. 
. Amer. Greenl. Silch: Baur 1885, com. Roell. 
> dem III. Astomum Hampe (Systegium Schimper). 
A. Leaves channelled not involute. 
a Leaves with long-excurrent costa, crisped. 
. 5.W.Levieri Limpricht. — Astomum Limpr.; Weisia Kindb. 
Comal leaves and the outer perichetial long-subulate much 
larger than in W. crispa; inner perichetial short-acuminate much 
shorter. Capsule. globose-oval; pedicel very short; lid rostrate. 
— Clay soil r. Eur. Italy: E. Levier. 
E hb. Leaves with subpercurrent costa. 
. 8.W.multieapsularis Smith. — Phascum Sm.; Weisia Mitten. 
— Lower leaves distant; comal and perichetial larger, long-acu- 
. minate subulate, crisped; costa not or slightly excurrent. Cap- 
. sule subglobose or oval-oblong not much longer than pedicel. 
= Clay fields r. Eur. »Engl.»: Braithwaite. Lo 
— 7.W.Mittenii Bruch et Schimper. — Astomum B. S.; Weisia 
. Mitt. 
Lower leaves distant; the uppermost larger, subulate, shorter- 
acuminate than in the last, not or faintly crisped; costa not 
. exeurrent. Capsule subglobose; pedicel somewhat longer. — 
- Clay fields and banks r: Zur. »Engl»: Braithwaite. 
— &W.rostellata Bridel. — Phascum Brid.; Weisia Lindb. 
| Leaves crowded long-acuminate acute not distinctly subulate, 
. €tisped; costa short-excurrent. Capsule ovaloblong; pedicel 
2—3 times longer. — On earth r. Eur. Engl: Rogers. France: 
. Sebilles, com. Husnot. ADS BNI di 
— B. Leaves involute gen. carinate and long-acuminate, crisped. 
oa. Leaves with gen. long-excurrent costa: the lower distant. 
9.W.crispa Hedwig. — Phascum H.; Weisia Mitten. 
Comal and perichetial leaves long-subulate. Capsule sub- 
globose; pedicel shorter; lid us. with short beak. — Clay or 
Sandy soil. Eur, not r. Switzerl! Sweden: Lindberg; S. Har- 
din. Amer, Can.: Drummond n. 11, eom. Macoun. 
