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the summits of mountains. Fr. not rare, often abundant. First dis- 

 covered by Lb. Syd.; San do; Vaago, Myggenæs; S t r. ; Ost.; 

 N ord rcoer. 



Very variabel in habil, size and colour, density of the lulls, 

 direction of leaves. Densely cushioned forms with erecto-patent 

 (f. orlhopbijUa) or indistinctly secund leaves are predominant, loosely 

 tufled with falcato- secund leaves rare. Lea ves entire or oflen the 

 margins and back of nerve in the subula obsoletely denticulate, 

 especially in Ihe loosely tufted forms. 



Fig. 28. Dicranuni Starkci. Leaves, 1 — 3 of formå or</!op/ii/»a, 4—5 of formå rfrep(jnop/ii;»n. f'^/i). 

 Figs. 6—8. Dicranuni arcticnm, Leavcs. ('^/i). 



214. D. Anderssonii (Wich.) Schimp., Arctoa Anderssonii Wich. 

 (Plate V, VI). 



Lapland, (alp. arct.). — Fær., very rare. Vaago: Eastern dcclivity 

 of Snaldansfjæld, on nioist gravelly ground, 300 m., fr. abundantly (!). 



Autoicous. In small, short, dense cushions, about 1 centim. 

 high, yellowish- or brownish-green above, blackish-brown below. 

 Leaves dense, straight, ereclo-patenl, from a broad-ovate base sud- 

 denly subulale or lanceolale-subulate, somewhat glossy, entire or 

 obsoletely denticulate at subula; cells narrow, about 0,01 mm. in 



