— 'im — 



IS.E.rliabdoearpa Schwsegrichen. 



Leaves suboblong or oblong-lanceolate obtueate us. subacute; 

 costa often excurrent eometimes piliferous. Capsule us, red- 

 ribbed and oblong-cylindric; teeth orange or purplish. Calyptra 

 short hispid not fringed. Spores 0,04 — 0,05 ni. m. — Cal- 

 careous and schistose rocks. Eur. common in alps. Sweden 

 (also below alps), Norway, Switzerl.l Anier. Can. not r.: Macoun. 



* E.leioniitra Kindb. cat. Canad. m. 



Capsule short suboblong; teeth nearly blunt; calyptra glabrous. 

 Leaves short-lingulate; costa subpercurrent. Tufts low. — 

 Amer. r. Can.: J. M. Macoun. 



* E.leptodon Bruch. — Leersia rhabdocarpa *leucodontea Kindb. 

 Laubm. Schwed. u. Norw. 



Capsule less distinctly ribbed; teeth whitish often rudimen- 

 tary or wanting. Leaves suboblong; costa not excurrent without 

 hairpoint, — Rocks. Eur. not common, Norwayl Sweden; M. 

 Huss. Switzerl.: Roell. 



b. Tufts less dense, radiculose only at base, green and not 

 high. Costa of upper leaves long- excurrent with hairpoint. 

 14.E.spathulata C. Mueller. 



Leaves oblong-spathulate us. obtuse. Peristome none. Ca- 

 lyptra fringed nearly glabrous. Capsule more or less sulcate. 

 Spores 0,03—0,04 m. m. — Stones and walls r. Eur. Sweden! 

 Austria Transsilvania: Earth, com. C. Mueller. 

 15.E.sul)spathulata C. M. et Kindb. 1. c. 



Leaves spathulate-lingulate obtuse. Capsule not ribbed, faintly 

 sulcate when dry; teeth pale high or partly incomplete and 

 membranose. Calyptra hispid above, not fringed. Spores 0,04 

 — 0,05 m. m. Tufts low not dense. — Earth r. Amer. Can, 

 Brit. Col.: Macoun. 



IV. Pyromitrium Wallroth. 

 IG.E.alpiiia Smith 1805. — E commutata Esenbeck et Horn- 

 schuch 1827. 



Leaves deeply impressed at both sides above the short erect 

 nearly sheathing base, sublingulate acute more or less attenuate; 

 costa often excurrent. Perichetial leaves us. piliferous. Calyptra 

 brownish glabrous. Spores 0,03 — 0,04 ra. m. Tufts tomentose 

 often high and brown. — Alp. rocks. Eur. common in northern 

 districts, otherwhere r. Norway! Amer. r. Can. Rocky mts: 

 Drummond 49. 



V. Xantliopus Kindb. 



A. Capsule not sulcate. 



