— 337 — 
short-acuminate, only the uppermost long-acuminate; elder 
. sheath-cells pale yellowish brown. — Wet meadows and swamps 
or r. on rocks, Eur. r. »Germany;: Limpricht. Amer. less r. 
. Can: Macoun. U. S.: Roell. 
. B5/T.bavariea Hessler. 
E Differs from the last: Nearly all leaves subconvolute serrate 
. in upper half; sheath-cells hyaline. — Crevices and caverns of 
rocks. Eur. not r. Norway! Amer. r. Can.: Macoun: 
— 151. Aulaeomnium Schweegrichen. 
I. Orthopyxis. Capsule red-brown often straight; pedicel 
not very long. Male flowers gemmiform.  Leaf-cells rotundate 
. green nearly uniform. Tufts green not high. Not growing in 
. Bwamps. 
IL. Gymnoeybe. Capsule brown not straight; pedicel very 
. long. Male flowers discoid. Upper leaf-cells round-angular, 
lowest basal larger us. brown. Tufts us. high large and yello- 
wish.  Dioecious. Growing in swamps. 
I. Orthopyxis Palisot de Beauvois. 
l.A.androgynum L: — Mnium L.; Aulacomnium Schwegrichen. 
=- ^ Leaves broader below, gradually tapering and sublinear sub- 
 Obtuse, dentieulate above, recurved below to middle. Capsule 
straight subcylindrie; teeth pale yellow; lid conic; pedicel longish. 
Often. with globose pedicellate buds. » Dioecious. — Rocks and 
stumps princ. in lower districts. Eur. common. Sweden, Ger- 
many! Amer. Can.: Macoun. 
-2.A.heterostichum Beauvois. — Orthopyxis Beauv.; Aulaco- 
 mnium Br. eur. 
‘stellate; pedicel not long. Monoecious. — On ‘base of trees. 
Amer. eastern states. Can.: Macoun. U. S.: Green, com. Cardot. 
; IL. Gymnocybe Ahnfelt et Fries. ` 
3.A.palustre L. — Mnium L.; Aulacomnium Schwegr. 
"Leaves not cucullate, serrulate above, gen. sublanceolate, very 
—papillose, us. twisted when dry. Inner perichetial leaves subu- 
late; costa exeurrent. Capsule often curved; lid rostellate. Tufts 
"us. tomentose, often with pseudopodia  (pedicellate buds). — 
Swamps common. Eur. Sweden, Switzerl.| Amer. Can.: Macoun; 
Waghorne. 2 | 
* A.papillosum C. M. in Flora 1875. ^ ^ ^ 
Leaves with longer papillz,.long-deeurrent; ;alar cells larger, 
