—- 320 — 
2.M.maeroearpa Hooker. — Weisia Hook,; . Mielichhoferia 
Schimp. . ! MG. 
. Leaves entire short-acuminate acute or sometimes subobtuse; | 
the perichetial smaller, the inner indistinctly costate. Capsule 
as in the last. Branches clavate. Tufts about 1 c. m. high, - 
— Rocks r. Amer. Can. Rocky mts: Drummond 74, com. Ma- 
coun, oh ned 
B. Leaves short very small strongly imbricate; upper cells 
dilated. Peristome sometimes double, ve 
à. Uppermost leaves obtusate, acute or obtuse; costa us, — 
not percurrent. 
3.M.eompacta Hoppe et Hornschuch. — Weisia Hop. et Hsch.; 
Mieliehhoferia Kindb.; M. elongata Hornsch.; Limpr. orá 
Leaves gen. ovate-oblong, faintly serrulate near apex. Capsule 
us. deflexed when dry; teeth rudimentary r. present; segments 
distantly trabeculate, sometimes split in middle; pedicel yellow 
arcuate at least when young; spores somewhat larger than in 
M. nitida. Tufts us. low when fruiting, sometimes to 8—10 
c. m. high. — Growing as M. nitida but more often on wet 
rocks, r. Eur. Norway! Austria: Schimper. France: Husnot. 
4.M.ereeta Lindberg. — Pohlia (Cacodon) Lindb. revue bryol. 
1883; Mielichhoferia Kindb.; Oreas Kindb. Laubm. Sehwed. 
u. Norw.; Mielichhoferia defecta Sanio. ME 
Leaves as in the last. Capsule erect when dry; teeth densely - 
trabeculate; segments rudimentary or wanting; pedicel reddish 
sometimes arcuate when moistened. Tufts very low. — Alp. 
rocks r. Eur. Norway Wangsfjeld in Opdal: Kaurin. "o 
h. Leaves suddenly cuspidate; costa often percurrent. 
5.M.euspidifera Kindb. cat. Canad. m. y aal 
Leaves from broad-ovate base cuspidate, entire or near apex - 
slightly crenulate. Capsules unknown. Tufts about (2: c. m, 
high. — Damp alp. rocks .r. Amer. Can. Rocky. mts 1500 metr. 
a. sea: Macoun, at 
135. Orthodontium Schwægrichen. »» 3900 
1.0.gracile Wilson. — Bryum Wils.; Orthodontium Schw4 
Stableria Lindb. AI 
Leaves long very narrow sublinear or gradually subulate, 
flexuous nearly entire not reflexed; lower cells wider than the 2 
upper; costa not excurrent. Capsule greenish narrow suboblong 
cernuous when dry; neck not much narrower or shorter; pedi- 
cel pale sometimes longer than stem; teeth pale; lid rostellate. 
Tufts greenish about 1 c. m. or lower. Monoecious. or. pat 
