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* Gr.Ryani Kaurin. 



Resembling a large form of G. funalis and more robust. 

 Leaves large broadly ovate-lanceolate acute, gen. brownish or 

 the uppermost pale yellow when moist; basal and middle cells 

 sinuous and rectangular; costa brown opake; hairpoint often 

 present. Capsule with arcuate pedicel. Tufts gen. not or loosely 

 cohering when moist, bro\vTi when dry, often high. — Alp. 

 JOcks r. Eur. Norway!; Ryan, com. E. Nyman. 

 n. Eu-Grimmia. 

 1. Molliformes. 

 S.G.mollis Br. eur. — G. orthotrichoides Hartman. 



Leaves crowded not carinate, oval-ovate or broadly ovate- 

 oblong; those of stem gen. acute, those of branches obtuse; 

 the acute leaves often furnished with a short hairpoint, the 

 others muticous. Perichetial leaves short-acuminate often with 

 longer hakpoint. Capsule smooth suboval not wholly exserted 

 above perichetial leaves; lid short-apieulate; pedicel straight 

 longer than capsule; calyptra cucullate. Tufts cohering and 

 brown-green when dry, about 2 c. m. or lower. R. fruiting. — 

 Moist alp. rocks r. Eur. Norway: Hj. Holmgren, detector of 

 this species. Sweden: E. Nyman. Prance: Husnot. Amer. 

 Greenl.: Berggren. 



* G.SQbmersa Kindb. n. subsp. 



Leaves obtuse muticous decurrent loosely disposed; the peri- 

 chetial obtuse or subacute r. with short hyahne point. Capsule 

 wholly exsei-ted. Tufts dark green, less or not cohering. Stem 

 3 — 5 c. m. or much longer. Very r. fruiting. — Rocks in 

 alp. rivulets r. Eur. Norway!; Kaurin. 



2. Velutinse. 

 e.G.Manniae C. Mueller m Flora 1887. 



Leaves broad-ovate subobtuse, carinate above, not recurved; 

 cells subquadrate, the upper duskj-; hairpoint sometimes present. 

 Capsule suboval red-brown not striate; lid conic; pedicel arcuate 

 or finally erect. Tufts dark green when dry, about 0,5 c. m. 

 high. — Amer. r. U. S. Calif.: Mrs Mann, com. C. Mueller. 

 T.G.velutina Kindb. revue bryol. 1896. — iG. Mannise* cat. 

 Can. m. 



Leaves as in the last but recurved all around and not cari- 

 nate; cells subquadrate pellucid; hairpoint r. present. Tufts 

 brown and velvetlike when dry, low as in the last but more 

 compact. Capsules unknown. — Dry rocks r. Amer. Can. 

 Brit. Col.: Macoun. 



