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* G.labradoriCa Kindb. n. Bubsp. 



Tufts about 1 c. m. high, brown-green. Inner (lower) basal 

 leaf-cells long. Lid of capsule obliquely rostellate. — Amer. 

 r. Can.: Northern Labrador; Macoun 1896. 

 le.G.tenerrima Renauld et Cardot. — • G. nivalis Kindb. bull. 

 Torr. club XVII. 



Leaves very broad at base, broadly ovate-oblong, us. recurved 

 in upper part, patent when moist, the uppermost not larger; 

 basal cells short somewhat large, the upper short opake; hair- 

 point US. wanting, in perichetial leaves somewhat long. Cap- 

 sule oblong-oval brownish; lid muticous or obliquely rostellate; 

 annulus indistinct; pedicel us. curved when dry. Tufts us. 

 cohering, blackish when dry, about 1 c. m. high. — Rocks in 

 alp. region r. Amer. Pacif. distr. Can.: Macoun. IT. S.: Roell; 

 Henderson, com. Cardot. 



b. Ijcaves carinate. Capsule us. not exserted above peri- 

 chetial leaves. 

 IT.G.moiitana Bryol. eur. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, not recurved below, patent when 

 moist; basal cells long; hairpoint long and rough. Capsule 

 oval-oblong reddish brown; lid rostellate; annulus nearly indi- 

 stinct; pedicel straight distinctly exserted above perichetial 

 leaves. Tufts cohering ' us. green, about 1 — 2 c. m. high. 

 Dioecious. — Rocks also below alps. Eur. not r. Sweden, 

 Norway, Switzerl.! German)': Schimper. Amer. r. Can., Brit. 

 Col.: Macoun. 

 IS.Gr.alpestris Schleicher. 



Leaves broadly ovate-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, not recurved 

 below, gen. patent when moist; basal cells short; hairpoint long 

 nearly smooth. Capsule brown us. oblong-cylindric; lid muti- 

 cous; annulus indistinct; pedicel straight. Tufts us. cohering, 

 blackish or grayish green when dry, glaucous green when moist, 

 about 1 c. m. high. Us. dioecious. — Alp. rocks. Eur. less 

 r. Norway, Switzerl., SpainI Amer. r. Can,: Macoun. 



* G.Ungeri Juratzka. 



Capsule oval; lid apiculate. Monoecious. — Eur. r. Scotl.: 

 Fergusson. 



* G.siibsulcata Limpricht. 



Leaves faintly sulcate. Capsule pale brown; pedicel some- 

 times curved (in Austrian specimens straight). Often monoe- 

 cious. » Capsule with large stomatas: Limpricht. — Alp. 

 region r. Eur. Switzerl. 1 Austria: Gander. 



