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(NoK.M.), I'"li)iri( li (i;. I,.); Noidicisa: S.-ippcn (li. I..). /■"//////. Allen: Lille 

 Lærrisfjoid i\'>. I..I, ( .oskcvarrc (M. N. Bi,.); LakscTjord : .Skjotningbcrg (li. I,.); 

 Tana: Koiigsocn (IIdkc;), Birkestrand (B. L.l, Langnes (B. I..), and FJoHbma 

 (Til. I'"k.); Varanger: Vannelven (Norm.). 



r. piiiJKild is the Cldiloiiid fiircdla of rmr forests \Piiiits and iiiiuld) 

 more conimon in oiir country than all otiier /"//;7Y//c?-formae together. It is 

 found on mossy stones, mossy ground and the like. Common and gene- 

 ral in Norway as far as the forest goes, also in Finmark. It ascends to 

 the ti'ce line. 



The two modifications foliolosa Df.i.. and truncata Flk. are equally fre- 

 quent. V.piiinatd is very variable: in dark forests pale and very squamo.se, in 

 o]X'n forests and at sunny places darker, often greenish-grey. If the squa- 

 mules are poorly developed or absent at the upper end of the podetia it 

 quite gradually passes into ï. rdceniosa (IIofkm.). If the squamules are small 

 and scabrid over the whole podetium it is f. 5mZ'r/V/.sT///r? (Del.). I have .seen 

 no typical plants of this f. from Norway; it is common in more Southern 

 countries. 



f. palamaea (Ach.) Nyl. 



Akn-sli. Lillestrømmen (Moe), Bærum (Somrft.), Sandviken (Mof). 

 Vcstf. Larvik: Malmoen (B. L.), Fredriksvern (Norm.). 



Tclcni. Brevik: Sandøen (B. L.). Austagd. Lynger frequent (B. L.). 



Hard. Moster (H.), Granvin: Eide (B. L.), Sæim (B. L.). 



Nord/. Saltdalen (Somrft.). Troms. Maalselven: Malangsfossen (B. L.), 

 Bardo: Innset (B.L.); Ramfjorden (B.L.), Ringvassø (B. L.); Goalsevarre (B.L.). 

 Fiiiiii. Karasjok (B. L.), Lakseijord: Sandfjord pr. Nordkyn (B. L.), and 

 Skjotningberg (B. L.); Tana: Berlevaag (B. L.) and Langnes (B. L.). 



f. pdldiiidca is a rather common plant in Norway, evidently distributed 

 throughout our whole country in open and sunny situations. It is, accor- 

 dingly, our coast and island representative of this species. 



Usually found as the erect f. subiila/d, but plants which must be refer- 

 red to the more decumbent and intricately ramose f. iiuplc.xa Flk. are not 

 rare (very sunny places). 



It is well known that colour characters are not too constant in this 

 genus, and this forma and f. racetiiosa may be difficult of separation. 



f. rigidula Mass. 



Scarce in our country: 



Soitthrni Norway. Lillehammer ( Jerf.), Hunder (B. L.), Brandbu (B. L.), 

 Drammen: Bragernes (Somrft.). 



Northern Norway. Saltdalen (Somrft.), Maalselven: Maalsnes (B. L.), 

 Tana: Kongsoen (Høeg). 



Our plants agree well with the type specimen, M.^ss. Lieh. Ital. 158 C. 



