41)0 A. HESSELBO 



173. Mnium stellare Reich. 

 Astrophyllmn stellare Lindb. 



E. Iceland: Berufjordur!; Hof!. N. Iceland: Akureyri!, t'r. ; Tverå 

 in Oxnadalur!. W. Iceland: Waterfall in Brynjudalur (Grl.)!. S. Iceland: 

 Holt!; Vestmannaey!. 



Thi.s species grows on damp soil, in rock-clefls, and on tufl', and 

 as a rule sparingly. Near Akureyri it was found mixed with il/, spinosnm 

 on a damp slope, and in fruit which was ripe on July 20th, but tbe 

 capsules bad not tben tbrown ofT their lids. Near Berufjordur it grew 

 in tbe fissures in tbe basalt, mixed wilb Pohlui crnda, Distichiiim mon- 

 laniim and Plagiothecilim pulchellnm. In Heljusdalur on Vestmannaey it 

 covered tbe vertical faces of large, tumbled-down blocks of tutT rock 

 in Company witb M. serratiim and M. oiihorrhynchum. 



174. Mnium cinclidioides (Blytt) Hiiben. 

 Astrophylliiin cinclidioides (Blytt) Lindb. 



Very common over tbe wbole of Iceland. 



Tbe most common species of Mniiiiu. It is hardly absent from 

 any bog, wbere it often forms tbe bulk of tbe vegetation, and it is also 

 found everywbere in moss bogs and along tbe banks of slreams. It is 

 common even at a beigbt of above 400 metres above sea-level, and 

 occurs, for instance near Seydisfjordur and Akureyri, in bogs at an 

 altitude of about 500 metres. $ piants are common. (^ piants and fruit 

 have not been found in Iceland. 



175. Mnium punctatum (L.) Hedw. 



Astrophyllmn j)nnclaliuu (L.) Lindb. 



Very common all over Iceland. 



GroNvs everywbere in damp localities, in marsbes, wbere it often 

 forms tbe bulk of tbe vegetation, in moss bogs, along tbe banks of 

 streams, on wet rocks, by waterfalls, ctc. It is most frequent in tbe 

 lowlands up to 300—400 metres, but very often it ascends considerably 

 higber, for instance in Svinaskard to about 500 metres above sea-level, 

 and in Berufjardarskard to about 550 metres. 



^ piants are common; tbe fruit, wbicb is frequently found, was 

 overripe in tbe middle of June, and tlie capsules bad tbrown off their 

 lids ;E. Iceland;. 



176. Mnium subglobosum Br. eur. 



Astrophylliim psendopiinctatnm (B, S.) Lindb. 



E. Iceland: Hornafjordur!. sterile. N. Iceland: Hof near Eyjafjordur 

 (O. D.)!, fr.; Stadr near Hrutafjordur! . fr.; Modruvellir (St.); Myvatn 

 (Grl.)!, sterile. W. Iceland: Reykjavik!. Tbe otber habitat* recorded 

 by G ronlund belong to Cinclidinm styginnj. 



