— 318 — 
long (as in other species), often emergent above tufts. Stem - 
often high. — Wet calcareous alp. rocks r. Eur. Austr; 
Breidler. LE 
* A.Sendtneri Bryol. eur. $ 
Leaves brown more crisped; costa not excurrent. Pedicel — | 
not emergent above tufts. — Eur. r. Switzerl: Schimper. 
Fam. 28. Meeseacee. 
130. Paludella Ehrhart. 
1.P.squarrosa L. — Bryum L.; Paludella Bridel. 
Leaves decurrent crowded; lamina serrulate ovate acute or | 
short-acuminate; costa subpercurrent. Perichetial leaves long- __ 
acuminate. Capsule suboblong; lid mamillate; pedicel red very 
long. Male flowers discoid. Dioecious, Tufts high tomentose. 
— Very wet swamps. Eur. Sweden and Norway common! ~ 
Spetsbergen: Malmgren, Austria: Venturi. Amer, r. Alaska:  — 
J. M. Macoun. Can.: J. Macoun. 
131. Meesea Hedwig. 
A. Leaves from dilated base tapering to a gradually atte- — 
nuate acumen, decurrent, not reflexed; basal cells larger than —— 
the upper. Pedicel very long. 
B Annu L. — Bryum L.; Meesea Aongstroem; M. tristicha 
r. eur, 
Leaves tristichous denticulate nearly around or entire, sprea- — — 
ding from nearly appressed base. Dioecious. Male flowers  . 
subdiscoid. — Deep swamps. Eur. Norway! Sweden: K. F. 
Dusén. France: Husnot, Amer. Can.: Macoun; Dearness. ——— 
2.M.longiseta Hedwig. | a 
_ Leaves plurifarious less spreading, entire or near apex Spa 
ringly dentate. Synoecious. — Swamps gen. r. Eur. Sweden: 
Lindberg; R. Hartman; M. Huss. Norway: M. N. Blytt. Amer. 
Can.: Macoun. i: 
B. Leaves sublinear more or less reflexed; nearly all cells 
equal in size. Pedicel often shortish. 
3.M.trichodes L. — Bryum L.; Meesea Spruce; M. uliginosa 
Hedwig. e 
Leaves plurifarious entire not or scarcely decurrent, us. obtuse, 
suberect or open-erect when moist. Capsule shorter than im 
the last; teeth yellow. Inflorescence variable. — Swamps 4 
wet rocks princ. in alps. Eur. common in alps. Norway, 
Switzerl.! Amer. Greenl: Berggren; Vanhoeffen, Can.: Ma- 
coun; Waghorne, = 
