— 295 — 



bb. Leaves not or indistinctly recurved; costa long-excurrent 

 with hairpoint. 



9.E.breTicolla Bruch. 



Leaves oblong-lingulate acnte sometimes slightly recurved, 

 often serrate at apex, very concave; hairpoint vs^hitish. Capsule 

 red; neck distinct; teeth whitish; calyptra short glabrous fringed 

 when young. Spores about 0,03 m. m. — Schistose rocks in 

 alp. regions in northern districts r. Eur. Norway! Sweden: 

 E. Adlerz. 



lO.E.SubbreTicolla Kindb. n. sp. 



Leaves oblong-lingulate obtusate undulate not recurved, en- 

 tire gen. obtuse; hairpoint whitish. Perichetial leaves suboblong 

 acuminate. Capsule brownish with very short neck; teeth 

 whitish when moist, pale reddish when dry; calyptra somewhat 

 long with hispid beak, fringed when young. — Amer. r. Can. 

 northern Labrador: Macoun 1896. 



ll.E.labradorica Kindb. n. sp. 



Leaves subovate obtuse or subacute entire not recurved; hair- 

 point whitish or at base yellowish. Capsule brownish with 

 distinct neck; teeth brown -yellow; calyptra short faintly rough 

 not fringed. — Amer. r. Can. northern Labrador: Macoun 1896. 

 III. Rhabdotheca C. Mueller. 



A. Leaves not distinctly limbate. 

 12.E.exstinctoria Swartz. • — • Mnium Sw. 1781; EnealyptaSw. 

 1799; Leersia vulgaris Hedwig 1787; Encalypta Hoffm. 1795. 



Leaves short subspathulate us. obtuse sometimes apiculate; 

 costa not or r. excurrent with short hairpoint, us. without 

 hairpoint. Capsule red-mouthed not ribbed, finally sulcate 

 when dry; teeth wanting or rudimentary; pedicel elongate. 

 Calyptra pale yellow not fringed, more or less hispid. Spores 

 about 0,03 m. m. Tufts green low, radiculose only at base. 

 — Clay or sand on walls and rocks. Eur. common at least 

 below alps. Sweden! Italy: Arcangeli. Greece: Heldreich. 

 Amer. r. Can.: Macoun; Waghorne. 

 *E.tenella Kindb. in Hedwigia 1896 p. 65. 



Leaves shorter, suboval gen. arrounded at apex sometimes 

 with long hairpoint. Capsule small; teeth wanting; pedicel not 

 much emergent. Calyptra whitish nearly smooth very small. 

 Plants very small. — Amer. r. U. S. Montana: Roell. 



B. Leaves limbate below. 



a. Tufts dense very radiculose, brown below, often high. 



