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parts have but 9 — 11 species and that Musci frondosi are repre- 

 sented by 66—70^0 in all the difFerent parts. Finally the E.-part 

 possesses the largest percentage of Pleurocarpi and the C.-part of 

 Acrocarpi. 



In order to compare the moss-flora of the nearest countries or 

 parts of them with the moss-flora of the Færoes, the following table 

 may be sufficient: — 



Hepaticae 



Sphagna 



Musci frondosi acrocarpi . . 

 Musci frondosi pleurocarpi 



Continental mosses 



Western-continental niosses 



Atlantic mosses 



Circumpolar mosses 



Subalpine-subarctic mosses. 

 Alpine-arctic mosses 



Norway, 



the west coast 



between 580 20 



andeooi'iN.lat., 



ab. 5000 G kilom. 



453 species 



35 % 



5 - 



42 - 



18 - 



57 

 33 

 10 

 40 



28 - 

 7,28- 



Scotland, 



78895 D kilom. 

 ab. 600 species 

 and 50 varieties 



20 «/o 



3,33- 



55 - 



21,5 - 



53,5 

 25 



14 

 41 



30 

 6,6 



Færoes, Iceland, 



ab. 3125 D kilom. 104785 D kilom. 



341 species and 367 species and 



50 varieties ! 18 varieties 



28 % 



5 - 



46 - 



21 - 



58 

 22 

 13 

 48 



30 

 6 



23 



5 



45 



27 



68 - 



15 - 



4,16- 



60 - 



28 

 9 



Of the Scottish, West-Norwegian and Icelandic species which 

 appear to be wanting in the Færoes, the following may specially 

 be noticed: — 



Found in Britain, Norway and Iceland : Rebnulia hemisphaerica, 

 Cephalozia albecens, Blepharostoma setiformis, Jiingermania minuta, 

 Nardia compressa, Meesea trichoides, Bryiim Diivalii, Sælania cæsia. 



Found in Britain and Norway: Lejeiinea iilicina, L. ovata, 

 Bryiim tiirbinatnm var. latifoliiim, B. Stirtoni, Amblyodon dealbatns, 

 Oedipodiiim Griffdhiaimm , Dicraniim aspernliim , D. uncinatiim, 

 Campylopus brevipUiis. 



Found in Britain and Iceland: Leptodonthim flexifolium. 



Found in Norway: Lepidozia Widfsbergii. 



