— 297 — 
17.E.ciliata Hedwig. — Leersia H.; Encalypta Hoffmann. 
. Leaves lingulate subacute not long; costa nearly smooth at 
back, often excurrent to a yellowish point. Capsule with short 
less distinct neck and pale mouth; teeth orange erect when 
moist, appressed to mouth when dry, faintly papillose and us. 
brittle. Calyptra fringed also when old, us. glabrous r. rough 
at beak. Spores about 0,03 m. m. — Earth and stones also 
in alps. Eur. common. Sweden, Norway, Switzerl.! Amer. 
. »Greenl.»: Berggren. 
*E.microstoma Balsamo et Notaris. 
~ »Capsule with narrow mouth and distinct neck; teeth irre- 
gular us. wanting. — Earth in alps r. Eur. Austria; Switzerl.»: 
Limpricht. 
18.E.Maeounii »Austin»: Macoun. —— Leersia borealis Kindb. 
Laubm. Schwed. u. N. 
Leaves gen. narrowly lingulate; costa longer-excurrent than 
in the last. Capsule with distinct often somewhat long neck 
and brown mouth; teeth brown-red or red, erect when dry, 
appressed to mouth when moist, distinctly papillose and not 
brittle. Calyptra as in the last. Spores about 0,04 m. m. — 
Rocks. Eur. in alp. regions not common. Norway! Switzerl.: 
Husnot mi. Gall; H. Forssell. Amer. Can. not r: J. Macoun 
(also original specimen determined by Austin). Alaska: J. M. 
 Macoun. U. S.: Roell. 
B. Capsule distinctly sulcate when dry. 
19.E.alaskana Kindb. cat. Canad. m. 
Leaves short subobovate subobtuse; costa nearly smooth, 
scarcely excurrent. Capsule with very short neck and brown 
mouth; teeth as in the last. Spores about 0,02 m. m. Calyptra 
not seen. — Arctic district r. Amer. Alaska; J. M. Macoun. 
194. Mereeya Schimper. I 
lM.ligulata Spruce. —  Encalypta Spruce; Merceya Schimp. 
— "Leaves lanceolate-lingulate cucullate arrounded af apex, re- 
flexed below but not limbate, not or indistinctly papillose; 
 Wpper' cells small round-quadrate, the basal rectangular; costa 
. not exeurrent. Capsule oblong; teeth none; pedicel long. Stem 
simple or bifureate. Tufts dense, brownish below, yellow-green 
at the tips, 2—4 c. m. high. — Wet rocks r. Eur. France: 
Renauld; Jeanbernat. Austria: Breidler. 
2.M.latifolia Kindb. bull. Torr. club XVI. - 
Leaves broadly spathulate-ingulate obtusate obtuse or sub- 
acute, slightly reflexed near base, broadly limbate by — 
