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3.M.subglobosum Br. eur i [o 
^ Leaves. green spathulàte at least the upper; inner cells gen. 
large. Inner perichetial leaves ovate subobtuse; cells oblong- 
oval. Stem often tomentose. — Swamps princ. in northern 
alps. Eur. not common. Norway, Switzerl. Sweden: R. Hart- 
man, Spetsbergen: R. Gyllencreutz. Amer. r. Greenl: Van- 
.hoeffen... Can.: J. Macoun. : Alaska: J. M. Macoun. 
«Bic Leaves broadly limbate by 8— 4 often red cell-rows, not 
decurrent. Capsule us. large suboval. Dioecious. 
4.M.punetatum Schreber. — Bryum Schreb.; Mnium Hedwig. 
Leaves broad-oval or round-oval finally blackish or reddish; 
innermost cells larger than the outer. Inner perichetial leaves 
ovate-lanceolate acuminate; cells sublinear. Stem us. tomentose. 
— Wet places. Eur. common. Sweden, Norway, Switzerl! 
Amer. not r. Can.: J. Macoun. U. S.: Wetherby. Alaska: J. 
M. Macoun. 
5.M.glabreseens Kindb. note on Canad. bryol. 1893. 
Leaves ovallingulate green or pale red, not nigrescent; the 
uppermost suboblong or oblong-lanceolate; cells smaller than in — 
the last. Perichetial leaves as in M. subglobosum. Stem nearly — 
glabrous. Pedicel often longer than in M. punctatum, — Earth 
and old logs. Amer. Pacif. distr. not uncommon. Alaska: J. - 
M. Macoun. Can: J. Macoun; Dawson. U. S. Calif.: Marshall - 
A. Howe. E 
* M.ehlorophyllosum Kindb. n. subsp. 
Capsule (unripe) narrowly oblong. Leaf-cells very chloro- 
phyllose. Stem tomentose. — Wet rocks r. Amer. Can. On- 
tario: Macoun. ó ji ! 
i .9. Stellariformia. 
6.M.stellare Reichard; Hedwig. 
Leaves not or indistinctly limbate oblong-oval us. entire or the - 
uppermost (of fruiting stem) denticulate above; shoot-leaves of 
ten distichous. — On rocks and base of trees. Eur. not un- - 
common. Sweden, Norway, Switzerl.! Austria: C. E. Kindberg. — 
Amer. Can.: Macoun; Moser. Ea 
7.M.Blyttii Bryol. eur. viii poe 
Leaves. (at least on fruiting stem) red-limbate often doubly - 
dentate, us. larger than in the last, not distichous. R. fruiting. - 
— Rocks in northern alps r. Eur. Norway! Amer. Can.: .Ma- 
coun. 
4. Cuspidatiformia. de 
A. Leaves crowded dentate all. around, spreading when 
