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distinctly sinuous, the alar hyaline very numerous. Capsule 

 small oval. Tufts yellowish or brownish green, 4 — 5 c. m. 

 high. Branches curved. — Amei: r. Can. Vane, isl.: Macoun. 

 40.6.procera Kindb. (in litt. ad Macoun 1892); revue bryol. 

 1896. — G. pachyphylla Leiberg bull. Torr. club 1893 ? 



Leaves long, recurved nearly all around, nearly appressed 

 when dry; cells yellow, the upper short and not or faintly 

 sinuous, the alar few, the inner basal long; hairpoint short 

 and rough, sometimes wanting. Tufts brownish. Stem 5 — 10 

 c. m. long. Habit of G. patens. — Amer. r. Can. Vane, isl.: 

 Macoun. (U. S.: Leiberg ?) 



4. Ovatseformes. 



A. Tufts cohering, us. pulvinate. Stem ] — 2 c. m. high. 

 Gen. monoecious, us. fruiting. 

 41.€r.0Vata Weber et Mohr. — G. ovalis Lindb. 



Lower leaves small, the upper ovate-lanceolate, recurved 

 below at one side, nearly appressed when dry; middle and 

 upper cells short indistinctly sinuous, the alar quadrate or 

 short-rectangular; hairpoint us. long and nearly smooth, some- 

 times wanting. Capsule brown oblong-oval; lid rostellate; 

 annulus deciduous; calyptra us. mitriform. Tufts us. greenish. 

 Monoecious. — Rocks also below alps. Eur. common in nor- 

 thern districts. Sweden, Norway, Switzerl.! Amer. Can.: 

 Macoun. 

 * G.Haustnanni Notaris. 



i Leaves muticous. Capsule with apiculate or obtuse lid. 

 Tufts brown-green. — Eur. Austria »: Limpricht. 

 42.G.sessitana Notaris. 



Differs from Cr. ovata: Leaves nearly uniform; hairpoint short. 

 Capsule pale-brown; pedicel less elongate; lid not rostellate; 

 annulus indistinct; calyptra cucuUate. Tufts blackish. Dioe- 

 cious. — Rooks also below alps r. Eur. Norway, Switzerl.! 

 Italy: Levier. 

 43.G.Doiiii Smith. 



Leaves not long, not recurved at base; upper cells subqua- 

 drate sinuous, middle short-rectangular, the alar and the very 

 narrow (inner) basal longer; hairpoint long nearly smooth. Cap- 

 sule oval pale-yellow; lid mamillate; calyptra us. mitriform; 

 pedicel not or scarcely emergent above perichetial leaves. Tufts 

 small dusky or blackish green, us. about 1 c. m. high or 

 lower. Monoecious. — Alp. regions. Eur. gen. r. Norway! 

 Amer, r. Can.; Macoun, 



