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89. Cynodontium Schimper. 



I. Eu-Cynodontium. Capsule striate; teeth long persistent. 

 Leaves carinate much recurved. 



II. Oreoweisia. Capsule smooth; teeth short brittle. Leaves 

 caiinate faintly recurved near base. 



III. Pseudo-Philonotis. Leaves concave not recurved. Stem 

 julaceous. Capsule unknown. 



I. Eu-Cynodontium. 

 A. Leaves strongly mamillose on both sides, broadly acu- 

 minate gen. obtusate at apex; alar cells indistinct. Capsule 

 (exc. G. strumulosum) not annulate. 



a. Capsule costate; teeth papillose. Leaves long large. 

 l.C.gracilescens Schimper syn. — Oncophorus Lindb.; Braith- 

 waite brit. mossfl. in part. 



Leaves gen. acute, perichetial with long linear acumen. Cap- 

 sule oval-oblong or fiuallj' cylindric, often inclined or subobli- 

 que; pedicel straight. -- Rocks princ. in alps r. Eur. Sweden, 

 Norway, Switzerl.! Austria: Venturi. Amer. »Greenl.»: Lange 

 Greenl. fl. »U. S.»: Lesq. et Jam. 



2.C.cirratum Hornschuch. — Campylopus Hsch.; Brid.; Cyno- 

 dontium Kindb ; Oncophorus Lindb. 



Leaves gen. obtuse, inner perichetial short-apiculate. Cap- 

 sule oval with dark red stripes; pedicel arcuate in younger state 

 when moistened. — Rocks princ. in alps r. Eur. Norway! Amer. 

 »U. S.»: Lesq. et Jam. 



b. Capsule small faintly striate; teeth smooth; pedicel short 

 straight. Leaves small short. 



S.C.SChisti Wahlenberg. — Weisia Wng; Cynodontium Lindb. 



Leaves denticulate gen. acute or short-acuminate, perichetial 

 longer acuminate. Capsule round-oval symmetric; teeth us. not 

 cleft. Habit of Rliabdoweisia. — Rocks in northern districts 

 gen. r. Eur. Sweden less r., Norway! Finl.: Brotherus. Amer. 

 Can.: Waghorne. 



4.C.alpestre Wahlenberg. — Dicranum Wng; Cynodontium 

 Lindb. 



Leaves denticulate also below middle, very small gen. obtuse; 

 perichetial short-acuminate. Capsule oval symmetric very small; 

 teeth cleft. Tufts very low — Rocks in northern alps r. Eur. 

 Norway! »Sweden»: Wahlenb. Amer. sGreenl.: Vahl»: Lange. 

 5.C.strumulosiim C. M. et Kindb. cat. Can. m. 



Leaves crenulate above, somewhat longer than in the last: 

 lower gen. acute, upper obtuse; perichetial somewhat long- 



