a ge 
acuminate; costa subpercurrent. Capsule oblique; teeth red with 
prominent ribs also below; segments well-evolute; lid not um- 
bonate; pedicel us. very long. Spores about 0,01 m. m. — 
On bare. earth common. Eur. Sweden etc.! Amer. Can: J. 
Macoun. 
* F.calvescens Schwegrichen. 
Leaves lanceolate short-acuminate not convolute, crisped. 
Stem higher. — Eur. Switzerl.! Greece: Orphanides. Amer. Can. 
Vanc. isl.: Macoun. ; i 
* F.Ravenelii Austin. 
»Comal leaves narrower, spreading; costa percurrent. — Amer. 
U. S.»: Lq.: et Jam. 
2.F.convoluta Hampe. e 
Differs from F. hygrometrica: Capsule smaller, finally furrowed; 
teeth yellowish; endostome often rudimentary; lid umbonate. 
Leaves sometimes short-acuminate. — Amer. r. U. S. Paeif. 
distr. near Washington: Roell. 
3.F.aretiea Kindb. n. sp. —. F. hygrometrica var. arctica 
Berggren. 
Resembling a small state of F. hygrometrica with smaller 
leaves and capsules. Differs from it: Spores twice as large, 
about 0,02 m. m. Leaves ovate mostly obtuse. Peristomial | 
teeth with prominent ribs only near apex; pedicel short. — - 
Earth in arctic distr. r. Amer. Greenl: Berggren. 
4.F.mierostoma Bryol. eur. if911908 
Resembling F. hygrometrica, Differs from it: Capsule smaller, 
less rugose often pale; pedicel short; endostome very short or - 
rudimentary; spores 0,02 m. m. Leaves smaller, more or less 
acuminate. — Wet sand or clay in alps r. Eur. Switzerli |. 
Austria: Breidler. France: Brébisson. Amer. »U. S.»: Lq. et Jam. 
5.F.flavieans Michaux; Lesquer. et Jam. Rio Me 
Leaves ovate-oblong or obovate, abruptly attenuate to a long | 
subulate or acicular point; costa sometimes excurrent. Capsule 
not or slightly rugose when dry; teeth with prominent ribs 
only at point; endostome rudimentary; lid umbonate; pedicel 
not long. Spores about 0,02 m. m. or larger. — Amer. f. 
U. S; Vasey, com. Macoun. bue 
2. Exannulate. epo 
A. Capsule oblique; endostome nearly as high as teeth. — 
6.F.serrata Beauvois; Sulliv. icon. muscor. dent 
Leaves ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, gen. short-acuminate, 
serrate above; costa subpercurrent. Capsule slightly rugose when 
