— 318 — 



long (as in other species), often emergent above tufts. Stan 



often high. — Wet calcareous alp. rocks r. Eur. Auetrin 



Breidler. 



*A.Sendtneri Bryol. eur. 



Leaves brown more crisped; costa not excurrent. Pedice 

 not emergent above tufts. — Eur. r. Switzerl.: Schimper. 



Fam. 28. MeeseacesB. 



130. Paludella Ehrhai-t. 

 l.P.sqnarrosa L. — Bryum L.; Paludella Bridel. 



Leaves decurrent crowded; lamina serrulate ovate acute o 

 short- acuminate; costa subpercurrent. Perichetial leaves long 

 acuminate. Capsule suboblong; lid mamillate; pedicel red ver 

 long. Male flowers discoid. Dioecious. Tufts high tomentost 

 — Very wet swan^ps. Eur. Sweden and Norway commor 

 Spetsbergen: Malmgren, Austria: Venturi. Amer. r. Alasks 

 J. M. Macoun. Can.: J. Macoun. 



131. Meesea Hedwig. 



A. Leaves from dilated base tapering to a gradually atte 

 nuate acumen, decurrent, not reflexed; basal cells larger tha: 

 the upper. Pedicel very long. 



l.M.triqnetra L. — Bryum L.; Meesea Aongstrcem; M. tristich 

 Br. eur. 



Leaves tristichous denticulate nearly around or entire, spre£ 

 ding from nearly appressed base. Dioecious. Male flowei 

 subdiscoid, — Deep swamps. Eur. Norwayl Sweden: K. I 

 Dus6n. France: Husnot. Amer. Can,: Macoun; Deai-ness. 

 2.M.Iongi$eta Hedwig. 



Leaves plurifarious less spreading, entire or near apex sps 

 ringly dentate. Synoecious- ■ — Swamps gen. r. Eur. Sweder 

 Lindberg; R. Hartman; M. Huss. Norway: M. N. Blytt. Amej 

 Can.: Macoun. 



B. Leaves sublinear more or less reflexed; nearly all cell 

 equal in size. Pedicel often shortish. 



S.M.trichodes L. — Bryum L.; Meesea Spruce; M. uliginos 

 Hedwig. 



Leaves plurifarious entire not or scarcely decurrent, us. obtus( 

 suberect or open-erect when moist. Caj^sule shorter than i 

 the last; teeth yellow. Inflorescence variable. — Swamps an^ 

 wet rocks princ. in alps. Eur. common in alps. Norwaj 

 Switzerl.l Amer. Greenl.: Berggren; Vanhoeffen. Can.; Ma 

 coun; Waghorne. 



