— 101 — 



Perichetial leaves erect. Capsule small suboval not curved; 

 cilia Dot appendiculate; pedicel gen. short, us. faintly rough. 

 Tufts dense green often not glossj', Stem subpinnate more or 

 less radiculose. Leaves variable in size, sometimes nearly as 

 smalls as in E. reflexum. — Earth near rivulets in higher alp. 

 region r. Eur. Norway, Switzerl.! Amer. Greenl.: Berggren. 

 26.E.Roellii Renauld et Cardot. — Brachythecium R. et C; 

 Eurhynchium Kindb. 



Leaves subovate or ovate-oblong with somewhat short acumen, 

 denticulate all around, less appressed; cells lanceolate exc. the 

 few quadrate dusky alar; costa gen. not reaching to acumen. 

 Capsules unknown. Stem eradiculose irregularly divided. Tufts 

 dirty green. Amer. r. Can. Vane, isl.: Roell, com. Cardot. 

 27.E.labradoricUHi Kindb. n. sp.; »E. subglaciale» in litt. 

 ad Macoun. 



Differs from E. glaciale: Leaves larger somewhat glossy, not 

 appressed when dry; cells sublinear except the large not nume- 

 rous alar; costa vanishing near middle. Stem-leaves gen. entire; 

 branch-leaves long-acuminate minutely denticulate above. Pe- 

 richetial leaves patent. Capsule curved; pedicel quite smooth, 

 3 — 4 c. m. long; lid acute; peristome not seen. — Amer. r. 

 Can. Northern Labrador: Macoun 1896. 



B. Ijeaves not striate. Capsule us. small; pedicel rough. 



a. Branch-leaves serrate. Monoecious. Stem us. creeping. 

 28.E. reflexum Starke. — Hypnum St.; Eurhynchium Kindb.; 

 Brachythecium Br. eur. 



Leaves small and short with subfiliform or subulate gen. 

 not long point; cells wide (as in Amhlystegmm): upper suboblong, 

 the very numerous basal and angular larger, suboval or rotun- 

 date; special alar cells green few not well-defined; costa per- 

 current. Stem-leaves broadly round-ovate nearly entire, abruptly 

 narrowed to the point. Branch-leaves ovate-oblong subulate- 

 acuminate serrate all around. Capsule us. small suboval or 

 arcuate; cilia appendiculate: lid apiculate; pedicel faintlj' rough, 

 often not long. Tufts us. dense green. Stem rigid pinnate or 

 bipinnate. — On rocks, earth and base of trees. Eur. not r. 

 Sweden and Norway common! Amer. Can., Macoun; Waghorne. 

 29.E.pacificum Kindb. n. sp. — Brachythecium reflexum var. 

 pacificum Renauld et Cardot. 



Differs from the last: Leaves larger and narrower with gea. 

 long filiform point; cells oblong-lanceolate exc. the well-defined 

 alar; costa abbreviate. Stem irregularly divided and not 



