Differs from the last: Stems creeping, often tripinnate and 

 densely tufted. Stem-leaves larger and long-subulat«. Perichetial 

 leaves smooth without cilia. Tufts dark green. Plants gen. 

 smaller. — Earth and rocks r. Eur. Switzerl. near Lugano and 

 Faido ! Amer. »U. S.»: Best. 

 lo.T.recognitum Hedwig. — Hypnum H.; Thuidium Lindb. 



Stem-leaves gen. not recurved and not long- acuminate, us. 

 denticulate. Perichetial lea\es smooth without cilia. Capsule 

 apiculate. Stem not creeping or with few rhizoids at ba-;e, us. 

 bipinnate. — Stone and earth in woods. Eur. nearly common 

 below alp. regions. Sweden, Germany, Switzerl., France! Aiiter. 

 less common. Can.: Macoun. 



B. Leaves obtuse faintly papillose: those of j-tem broad-ovate 

 short-acuminate; inner basal cells oblong; branch-leaves obturate 

 nearly entire; costa long. 

 Ib.TiAlleni Austin. 



Leaves not rectu-ved, those uf .stem entire: cell- sen. rotun- 

 date. the apical one round-oval not bitid. Stem bipinnate not 

 creeping. Capsules unknown. — Peat-bogs r. Amer. U. > : 

 Allen, com. Macoun. 



V. Elodium Sullivant et Lesquereus. 



A. Stem tomentose; paraph3'llia long. Leaves large gen 

 faintly mamillose; those of stem pellucid: cells gen. oblong- 

 lanceolate. Capsule arcuate. Monoecious often fruiting. 



a. .111 leaves mamiUose; tho-e of branches not pellucid. 

 IT.T.BIandowii Weber et Mohr. — Hypnum W. M.; Thuidium 

 Br. eur. 



Leaves from broad-ovate base long-acuminate, faintly denticu- 

 late all aroitnd; cells elongate gen. oblong-lanceoiate, the basal 

 pale. Lid of i-apsule rostellate. Stem erect pale-tomentose; 

 branches crowded us. elongate attenuate. — Pe;it-swamps and 

 wet meadows princ. in northern districts. Eur. Sweden and 

 Norway not r.! Amer. r. Can.: Macoun; White: M'aghorne U. 

 S.: Roell, com. Cardot. 



l^.T.pseud-abietinnm Kindb. note on Canad. bryol. lSv^3. — 

 T. elodioides Renauld et Cardot in Hedwigia 1893. 



Leaves orange at insertion; middle cells oval-oblong. >tem- 

 leaves ovate short-acuminate faintly denticulate above. Branch- 

 leaves ovate-oval subobtuse more distinctly denticuiate, very 

 opake and mamillose or papillose on both sides. Stem brown- 

 tomentose; branches short distant. Lid of capsule not seen. 

 — Woods r. Amer. Can.: Macoun; Waghorne. U. S.: Roell. 



