— 330 — 



acuminate; costa subpercun-ent. Capsule oblique; teeth red with 



prominent ribs also below; segments well-evolute; Ud not um- 



bonate; pedicel us. very long. Spores about 0,01 m. m. — 



On bare earth common. Eur. Sweden etc.! Amer. Can.: J. 



Macoun. 



* F.calvescens Schwsegrichen. 



Leaves lanceolate short-acuminate not convolute, crisped. 

 Stem higher. — Eur. Switzerl.! Greece: Orphanides. Amer. Can. 

 Vane, isl.: Macoun. 

 *F.EaTenelii Austin. 



i Comal leaves narrower, spreading; costa percurrent. — Amer. 

 U. S.»: Lq. et Jam. 

 2.r.conyoluta Hampe. 



Differs from F. hygrometrica: Capsule smaller, finally furrowed; 

 teeth yellowish; endostome often rudimentary; lid umbonate. 

 Leaves sometimes short-acuminate. — Amer. v. U. S. Pacif. 

 distr. near Washington: Roell. 



3.F.arctica Kindb. n. sp. — F. hygrometrica var. arctica 

 Berggren. 



ResembUng a small state of F. hygrometrica with smaller 

 leaves and capsules. Differs from it: Spores twice as large, 

 about 0,02 m. m. Leaves ovate mostly obtuse. Peristomial 

 teeth with prominent ribs only near apex; pedicel short. — 

 Earth in arctic distr. r. Amer. Greenl.: Berggren, 

 4.F.microstoma Bryol. eur. 



ResembHng F. hygrometrica. Differs from it: Capsule smaller, 

 less rugose often pale; pedicel short; endostome very short or 

 rudimentary; spores 0,02 m. m. Leaves smaller, more or less 

 acuminate. — Wet sand or clay in alps r. Eur. Switzerl. i 

 Austria: Breidler. France: Brebisson. Amer, »U. S.»: Lq. et Jam. 

 S.F.flavieans Michaux; Lesquer. et Jam. 



Leaves ovate-oblong or obovate, abruptly attenuate to a long 

 subulate or acicular point; costa sometimes excurrent. Capsule 

 not or slightly rugose when dry; teeth with prominent ribs 

 only at point; endostome rudimentary; lid umbonate; pedicel 

 not long. Spores about 0,02 m. m. or larger. — Am£r. r. 

 U. S.: Vasey, com. Macoun. 



2. Exaunulatse. 



A. Capsule oblique; endostome nearly as high as teeth. 

 6.F.serrata Beauvois; SuUiv. icon, muscor. 



Leaves ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, gen. short-acuminate, 

 serrate above; costa subpercurrent. Capsule slightly rugose when 



