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*E.Delognei Pire; Bonlaj' muscin. de la France. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate subdistichous; costa longer. — Eur. 

 r. France: Husnot. 



1). Leaves decurrent and distant. Pedicel loug. 

 38.E.megapolitanum Blandow. — Hvpnum BL; Eurhj'nchium 

 jMilde; Ehynchostegium Br. eur. 



Leaves acute acuminate often pellucid, alar cells large nume- 

 rous subquadrate; costa thin vanishing near middle. Capsule 

 arcuate fc;uboblong or subcylindric. Tufts green or pale green, 

 sometimes glossy. Stem not creeping. — Sandy places and 

 stones gen. r. Eur. Switzerl.! Germanj': Warnstorf. 



2. Strigosiformia. 

 39.E.strigOSUm Hoffmann. — Hypnum Hoffm.; Eurhyuchium 

 Br. eur. 



Leaves serrulate gen. not much distant and not long-decur- 

 rent; middle cells sublinear, lowest basal short; costa not long, 

 vanishing above middle. Lower stem-leaves ovate-oblong acu- 

 minate. Branch-leaves subovate obtusate (acute or obtuse); 

 their apical cells often oval-oblong; costa often short. Capsule 

 suboblong gen. faintly constricted, r. arcuate; cilia not appen- 

 diculate. Tufts us. green and faintly glossy. Stem creeping, 

 sometimes with paraphyllia. Dioecious or pseudo-monoecious. 



— On rocks and on base of trees. Eiw. not common. Sweden 

 and Norway not r.l Amer. Can. common: Macoun; Waghorne. 

 U. S.: RoelL 



*E.praecox Hedwig. — Hypnum H.; Eurhynchium ,No- 

 taris. 



Branches julaceous; their leaves gen. obtuse. Tufts dense. 

 Stem not pinnate. ■ — Earth and rocks r. Eur. Norway! Amer. 

 Can.: Macoun. 



*E.diTersifoIiuni Br^ol eur. 



Branches its. julaceous; their leaves gen. obtuse with sub- 

 oblong inner cells. Tufts less dense. Stem sometimes pinnate. 



— On earth r. Eur. Norway! Amer. Can.: Macoun. 



40.E.Substrigosnm Kindb. cat. Canad. m. 



Differs from E. strigosum: Leaves larger and subdistichous, 

 more distant and long-decurrent, glossy yellowish. Capsule 

 strangulate larger; cilia appendiculate. Branches more distant. 

 Monoecious. — Rocks r. Amer. Pacif. distr. Can. Brit. CoL: 

 Macoun. U. S.; Roell. 



