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subovate base somewhat long-acuminate, recurved below; upper 

 cells lanceolate, the lower and the numerous angular rhomboi- 

 dal-oblong, special alar not well-defined; costa vanishing in 

 acumen or subpercurrent. Branch-leaves ovate-oblong short- 

 acuminate. Capsules unknown. Tufts dense dirty green nearly 

 eradiculose. — Logs and rocks r. Amer. Can. Pacif. distr.: Macoun. 



B. Leaves nearly entire below middle. 

 IG.E.Telutinoides Bruch. — Hypnum Bruch; Eurhynchium 

 Br. eur.; »Hypnum filiforme Lamarck»: C. M. syn. 



Leaves with short subulate or filiform twisted point, recurved 

 below middle, distant decurrent, somewhat large; Cells lanceo- 

 late exc. the subquadrate near base, alar not well-defined; costa 

 reaching to or in acumen. Stem-leaves ovate-oblong often entire; 

 branch-leaves ovate-lanceolate more or less striate. Capsule 

 oblong; pedicel short very rough. Tufts yellowish or green, 

 silky glossy. Habit of Brachytheciuni populeum and B. crassi- 

 nervium. — Trees and rocks r. Eur. Switzerl.! Austria: Breidler. 

 France: Anthouard, com. Berthoumieu. 



IT.E.Villardi Renauld et Cardot. — Brachythecium R. et C; 

 Eurhynchium Kindb. 



Differs from the last: Leaves less distant; cells linear-lanceo- 

 late except the few quadrate alar; costa not reaching to acumen. 

 Capsules unknown; »pedicel rough; monoecious*: R. et C. — 

 Amer. r. U. S. Pacif. distr. Roell; also com. Cardot. 



III. Illecebrina C. Mueller (Scleropodium Schimper). 



A. Leaves round-obtuse at apex (r. subapiculate), entire or 

 at apex obsoletely crenulate. Stem eradiculose; branches often 

 long. Very r. fruiting. 



IS.E.obtusifolium Drummond. — Hypnum Dr.; Eurhynchium 

 Kindb. 



Leaves suboval, the lower broader; apical cells oblong, alar 

 hyaline somewhat large, the others narrow-linear; costa thick 

 vanishing near apex. Tufts glossy green or finally brown. 

 Habit of E. rusciforme. Dioecious. » Capsule oblong horizon- 

 tals: Lesq. et Jam. — Stones in brooks. Amer. Pacif. distr. 

 not r. Can.: Macoun. U. S.: Roell, com. Cardot. 



B. Leaves not arrounded at apex, more or less denticulate. 

 Stem more or less radiculose; branches short. 



a. Branch-leaves minutely denticulate. Dioecious. 

 19.E.illecebrum Beauvois. — Hypnum »Beauv.»: Lindb.; 

 »Schw8egrichen»: Schimp.; Eurhynchium Milde; Hypnum (Scle- 

 ropodium) Ornellaaum Molendo, Limpricht ? 



