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TO.H.complexum Miiten. 



Leaves from oval-oblong base tapering 1o a subulate acumen, 

 somewhat large; inner cells narrow, angular round-oval, alar 

 quadrate; »upper cells slightly prominent at the upper and»: 

 Lesq. et Jam.*) — Amer. r. Can. N. Brunsw.: Moser. 



b. Angular leaf-cells small. Capsules unknown. 

 71.H.Yaucheri Lesquereux. 



Leaves small; upper cells lanceolate, lower basal suboblong, 

 angular numerous not hyaline, special alar disposed on a nar- 

 row-triangular space. Stem-leaves abruptly narrowed from broad- 

 ovate base; branch-leaves ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate. Tufts 

 yellowish green. Branches julaceous or subjulaceous. — Rocks 

 r. Eur. princ. in alp. regions. Norway, Switzerl.l Italy: E. 

 Adlerz. France: Boulay. Amer. N. Foundl.: Waghorne. 

 72.H.Subcomplexum Kindb. revue bryol. 1895. 



Differs from the last: Leaves larger and shorter, abruptly 

 narrowed from subovate base; angular cells smaller and finally 

 hyaline without special alar. Tufts green. — Amer. r. Can. 

 Cypress hills: Macoun. 



9. Amblystegioidea. 

 73.H.inciirvatum Schrader. — Ambl3'6tegium Kindb. Laubm.; 

 » Amblystegium enerve and Hypnum Blyttii Br. eur.»: Lindb. 

 Leaves narrowlj"^ ovate-lanceolate long-subulate or ovate-oblong 

 with filiform point, nearly entire or at acumen denticulate, often 

 loosely disposed sometimes nearly straight; alar cells small green 

 numerous quadrate on a narrow-tiiangular space. Perichetial 

 leaves denticulate above with filiform point. Capsule small 

 arcuate; lid apiculate-rostellate; cilia nodose; annulus narrow; 

 pedicel short. Tufts bright green silky glossy or brownish, 

 sparingly radiculose. Habit of Amblystegium subtile. — On rocks 

 and walls or r. on trees. Eur. not r. below alp. regions. Swe- 

 den, Switzerl., Italy! Amer. r. Can.: Moser; Waghorne. 

 74.II.depressuluTn C. Mueller. — »H. Vaucheri»: cat. Can. 

 m. in part. 



Leaves from oval-oblong base narrowed to a subulate acumen, 

 sinuolate at base faintly denticulate above, crowded subdecur- 

 rent; angular cells round-oval not numerous, special alar qua- 

 drate hyaline larger. Capsule arcuate somewhat large; lid mu- 

 ticous; pedicel somewhat long. Tufts brown- green. Stem sub- 

 pinnate. — Amer. r. U. S.: Lesquereux, com. Renauld. Can.: Macoun. 



'*) The cells are naamillose as in H. cupressiforme, Eurhynchiwm etc. 



