- 175 — 



dry; teeth yellowish brown loosely appressed when dry; lid 

 convex; pedicel somewhat thick. — In bogs or on base of trees. 

 Eur. not r. in southern alps. Switzerl.l Austria: Schimper. Amer, 

 Can.: J. Macoun; Moser. Alaska: J. M. Macoun. 

 S.T.tenuis Dickson. — Splachnum Dicks.; Tayloria Schimper. 



Differs from the last: Capsule shorter, brownish, suboval or 

 finally subglobose and much thicker than neck when dry; teeth 

 blackish brown strongly appressed when dry; pedicel thinner. 

 — Turfy soil princ. in northern distr., r. Eur. Norwayl Swe- 

 den!; E. Adierz; A. Grape. Switzerl.: Schimper. Amer. Can.: 

 Macoun; Waghorne. 



b. Peristomial teeth soon partite, deflexed or patent, very 

 hygroscopic. 

 4.T.splaclinoJdes Schleicher. — Hookeria Schl.; Tayloria Hooker. 



Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate us. short-acuminate. Cap- 

 sule us. oblong-cylindric; neck much narrower but. us. not 

 longer; columella often long-exserted; teeth dark red; lid us. 

 conic often rostellate; pedicel thin. — Peat-bogs or wet earth 

 on rocks in alps r. — Eur. Norwayl Amer. Can.: Allen, com. 

 Macoun. 



* T.acuniinata (Huebener as var.) Hornschuch. 



Leaves long-acuminate. Capsule suboval often shorter than 

 neck; columella not exserted; lid sometimes convex. — Bogs 

 in alps r. Eur. Norway! Amer. Can.: Macoun; Drummond n. 

 47; Waghorne in herb. C. M. 



82. Oedipodinm Schwsegrichen. 

 l.Oe.Grlfflthii Dickson. — Bryum Dicks.; Oedipodium Schw. 



Leaves obovate not recurved, often with sinuous borders. 

 Capsule subglobose orange-brown; lid subconvex; columella not 

 exserted; neck 1 — 2 c. m. long. Stem often with obovate 

 axillary buds — Crevices of rocks and wet peaty soil in alps 

 r. Eur. Scotl.: H. Boswell; T. Rogers. Sweden and Norway: 

 E. Nyman. Amer. »Greenl.»: Berggren. 



Earn. 21. DJcranacesB. 



83. Octoblepharum Hedwig. 



l.O.albidum Hedwig. 



Leaves patent from short broad base abruptly narrowed to 

 the slightly channelled linear short-acuminate near apex serrate 

 acumen; outer basal cells rhomboidal hyaline, the others some- 

 what dusky Bubquadrate. Capsule small oval long-rostrate. 



