— 100 — 



a. Branch-leaves serrate. Pedicel rough. Leaves not plicate. 

 23.E.oedipodmni Mitten. — Hypnum Mitt.; Eurhynchium 

 Kindb.; Hypnum curtum Lindb.; Brachythecium Starkii Schimp. 

 syn. in part; B. psendo-Starkii Ren. et Card. 



Leaves large gradually acuminate with sublinear or filiform 

 often twisted point, longdecurrent, more or less distant; alar 

 cells large hyaline subquadrate not numerous; other cells lan- 

 ceolate; costa not reaching to acumen, often very short. Stem- 

 leaves subovate denticulate all around; branch-leaves from broadly 

 ovate-oblong base tapering to a somewhat long acumen. Capsule 

 large oval-oblong or arcuate; cilia appendiculate; lid rostellate 

 or mamillate; pedicel long. Tufts loose green faintly glossy. 

 — On earth in woods, probably not uncommon. Eur. Sweden!; 

 S. O. Lindberg. Amer. Can.: Macoun; Moser; Waghorne. U. S : 

 Roell, com. Cardot. 



24.E.trachj'podium Funck. — Hypnum Funck; Eurhynchium 

 Kindb.; Brachythecium Br. eur. 



Leaves not large, not or shortly decurrent, distant or crowded; 

 alar cells small gen. not much distinct; other cells gen. subli- 

 near; costa vanishing near middle or shorter. Stem-leaves gen. 

 ovate-oblong sometimes with long sti-aight filiform point; branch- 

 leaves narrower, gradually subulate. Perichetial leaves fimbriate. 

 Capsule not large, oval-oblong not or slightly curved; cilia not 

 appendiculate; pedicel short. Tufts dense or loose, often golden 

 glossy. Stem creeping subpinnate. Resembles Brachythecium 

 velutinum. — Caverns and crevices of alp. rocks r. Eur. Norway, 

 Switzerl.! Amer. Grcenl.: Berggren. 



*E.Payoti Schimper. — Brachvthecium Sch.; Eurhynchium 

 Kindb. 



Leaves crowded; tlin.se of stem often abruptly narrowed to a 

 curved filiform point. Capsules unknown. — In alps r. Eur. 

 Mont Blanc: Payot, com. Husnot. 



b. Branch-leaves minutely denticulate or nearly entire. Pe- 

 dicel sometimes faintly rough or smooth. Leaves plicate nearly 

 crowded. 



25.E.glaciale Br. eur. — Brachythecium B. e.; Eurhynchium Kbg. 

 Leaves subovate with short subulate or filiform point, nearly 

 appressed when dry; upper cells either linear-lanceolate or oblong- 

 oval, lower basal suboval except the numerous subquadrate 

 (green or hyaline) alar. Stem -leaves broad-.ovate, sometimes 

 long-decurrent and nearly entire; costa gen. vanishing in middle. 

 Branch-leaves ovate denticulate all around; costa reaching to 

 acumen. 



