— 50 — 



princ. in alps. Eur. not r. SwitzerL! Amer. N. Foundl.: AVag- 

 horne. sGreenl.s: Lange. 



* P.fllamentosa Dickson. — Hypnum D.; Pseudoleskea Boulay. 



Tufts us. green. Leaves less papillose; inner cells narrower. 



— Rocks. Eur. Norway, Switzerl.! Italy: Arcangeli. 



* P.teneJla Kindb. n. subsp. 



Leaves smaller entire very papillose; cells rotundate. Cap- 

 sules unknown. — Amer. r. Canada: Waghorne. 

 2.P.ticinensis Bottini. — »P. patens»: Limpricht. 



Differs from P. atrovirens: Branches irregularly divided; ter- 

 minal branch-leaves longer-acuminate, strongly papillose nearly 

 all around. Capsule arcuate. — Alps r. Eur. Switzerl.: Bottini; Mari. 

 S.P.brachyclados Schwsegrichen. — Leskea Schw.; Pseudole- 

 skea Kindb. 



Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong with short sublinear in upper 

 part serrulate acumen; cells rhombic-oval or subquadrate. Pe- 

 richetial leaves papillose subulate-acuminate denticulate; costa 

 strong subpercurrent. Capsule obovate subsymmetric; segments 

 split, nearly as high as teeth; cilia sometimes long and appendi- 

 culate; lid short obtuse. Tufts and branches as in P. atrovirens. 

 R. fruiting. — Alp. rocks. Eur. notr. Norway, Switzerl.! Spain monte 

 Maladetta! Austria: Venturi. France: Husnot. 

 *P.l)orealis Kindb. n. subsp. 



Stem-leaves subovate broader; terminal branch-leaves more 

 strongly papillose. Stem very radiculose. Capsules not found. 



— Rocks r. Eur. in northern districts also below alps. Norway! 

 Sweden in Wermland: Miss 0. Cron. 



4.P.patenS Lindberg. — Lesquereuxia Lindb.; Pseudoleskea 

 Kindb. check-list of Eur. and N. Amer. mosses 1894; Limpricht 1895. 



Difiei's from P. brackydados: Leaves entire; costa shorter us. 

 vanishing below acumen. Branches sparingly irregularlj' divided. 

 Capsules unknown. — Rocks r. Eur. below alp. districts. Swe- 

 den: 0. Nordstedt etc. 



b. Leaves looselj- disposed horizontally squarrose when moist. 

 5.P.heterocladioicle.s Kindb. rev. bryol. 1895. 



Leaves as in P. atrovirens but gen. entire, only those of 

 branches slightly serrulate above. Perichetial leaves entire fili- 

 form-pointed nearly nerveless. Capsule asymmetric subobovate; 

 segments rimose not split; cilia nodose; lid rostellate. Stem 

 as in P. atrovirens. Tufts bright green. — Rocks r. Eur. 

 Norway near Trondhjem: 1. Hagen. — sP. patens» Limpricht. 



B. Peristome pale. Leaves faintly papillose. 



