Mosses from Nortli-East Greenland. 175 



2 — 22 mm. long and 1 — 1-2 mm. broad, shortly and broadly pointed, 

 revolute at the margins until towards the apex. Veins strong, brown, 

 0*10 mm. broad at the base and disappearing close under the apex. 

 Leaf-cells brownish, incrassate, poröse, rectangular at the base, 

 0*020 — 0028 mm. broad and 2—3 times as long, in the rest of the 

 leaf hexagonal and rhombic, 0018— 020 broad, and about 1л\1се 

 as long. 



Synoicous. Perichaetial-leaves broadly-lanceolate, pointed, indi- 

 stinctly marginale. Antheridia and archegonia numerous. 



Seta red, about 2 cm. high and 018 mm. thick. Capsule pendu- 

 lous, in dry condition leather-brown and slightly wrinkled, not con- 

 stricted below the mouth, about 15 mm. thick and 25 — 3 mm. long, 

 of which the neck constitutes one half. The cells of the capsule- 

 walls irregular, slightly incrassate; 2—4 rows of small, roundish or 

 polygonal cells around the mouth. 



Peristome teeth, 036 mm. long, and 010 mm. broad at the base, 

 yellow, darker at the base, hyaline and indistinctly marginale at the 

 apex. Lamellæ 15 in number, occasionally connected by a trans- 

 verse trabecula. The median line slightly sinuous. Dorsal plates 

 narrowly rectangular at the base, 2 — 3 times as broad as high, ex- 

 tremely delicately striped with papillæ, smooth towards the apex. 

 Inner peristome probably not attached, pale, finely papillose. Cilia 

 rudimentary. Spores 0028— 0036 mm., brownish-yellow, finely pa- 

 pillose. 



Vester Elv, associated with Amblystegiiim revolvens, A. latifolium, 

 A. sarmentosum and Meesea triquetra. 



37. Pohlia commutata (Schimp.) Lindb. 



Vester Elv; Hare Fjeld; Stormkap. It usually occurs sparingly 

 intermingled with other mosses. Found sterile only. 



var. filum (Schimp.) Husnot. 



Termometer Fjeld; partly in large, unmixed tufts, and partly 

 mixed with Bryum obtiisi folium. 



38. Pohlia cruda (L.) Lindb. 



Vester Elv, several specimens, one fruiting, in part var. minus 

 Sch. Havne Næs, sterile. Termometer Fjeld, sterile. Lamberts Land, 

 fruiting. 



39. Pohlia nutans (Schreb.) Lindb. 



Vester Elv, numerous specimens, of which several fruiting, often 

 mixed with other mosses. Hvalros Odde; sterile. Lille Snenæs, 

 sterile. Dove Bugt, sterile. 



40. Leptobryum pyriforme (L.) Wills. 



Lille Snenæs, fruiting. Maroussia Island, fruiting. 



