— 13 — 



acute, r. short-acummate. Stem irregularly divided uot creeping; 

 branches quite julaceouB. Capsules unknown. — Rocks in alp. 

 region r. Eiir. Norway near Kongswoldl 



7. Lindbergia Kindberg, new genus. 

 l.L.brachj'ptera Mitten. — Pterogonium Mitt. 



Leaves from broad-oval base contracted to a subulate acumen, 

 slightly retlexed below, faintly denticulate only at acumen, 

 strongly papillose, subclaviculiform (as in Heierocladium) and 

 spreading when moist, nearly appressed when dry; upper cells 

 rotundate, middle suboval, angular very numerous; costa reaching 

 above middle. Capsule erect suboblong pale; teeth short yellow, 

 connate at base; lid conic; pedicel yellow-red. — Old logs r. 

 Amer. Can. Ontario: Macoun. 



Fam. 3. FabroniacesB. 



8. Fabronia Raddi. 



A. Leaves dentate-ciliate or fimbriate; upper and middle cells 

 oval-oblong; costa short or indistinct. Capsule with low convex 

 often mamillate lid. Calyptra us. broad. 



1 .F.OCtoblepharis Schleicher. — Pterogonium Schl.; Fabronia 

 SchwEegrichen. 



Leaves gen, ovate-oblong and not fimbriate with snbulate- 

 filiform point; costa often distinct. Perichetial leaves serrate 

 above. Capsule obovate or suboblong; teeth brownish us. con- 

 nate in pairs; calyptra broad. — Rocks and stonewalls. Eur. 

 south, distr, somewhat r. Switzerl. ! Amer. r. »U. S.»: Lq. et Jam. 

 *F.pusilla Raddi. 



Leaves us. narrower, gen. ovate-lanceolate fimbriate with lon- 

 ger and filiform h3'aline point; costa often indistinct, Periche- 

 tial leaves sharply serrate also below. Capsule often subglobose; 

 teeth yellowish often finally free. — Princ. on trees, r. on rocks. 

 Eur. not r. in south, distr. Italy! Amer. r. Can.; Macoun. 

 2.F.g:ynniostoma Sullivant et Lesquereux; Sull. ic. m. 



Leaves gen. costate and ciliate; perichetial irregularly dentate. 

 Capsule obovate; peristome wanting; calyptra narrow. Not 

 much differing from F. octohlepliaris in barren state. ■ — Amer. 

 r. U. S,: Wright, com. C. Mueller; Fendler, com, Renauld. 



B. Leaves serrulate with small not ciliiform teeth; upper and 

 middle cells narrow; costa us. distinct. 



a. Iveaves short-costate. Capsule with conic lid; calyptra narrow. 

 o.F.Wrightii Sullivant icon, muscor. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate gradually tapering to an often long 



