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S.M.subglobosnm Br. eur 



Leaves green epathulate at least the upper; inner cells gen. 

 large. Inner perichetial leaves ovate subobtuse; cells oblong- 

 oval. Stem often tomentose. — Swamps princ. in northern 

 alps. Eur. not common. Norway, Switzerl.! Sweden: R. Hart- 

 man. Spetsbergen: R. Gyllencreutz. Amer. r. Greenl.: Van- 

 hoeffen. Can.: J. Macoun. Alaska: J. M. Macoun. 



B. Leaves broadly limbate by B— 4 often red cell- rows, not 

 decurrent. Capsule us. large suboval. Dioecious. 

 4.M.puilctatniil Schreber. — Bryum Schreb.; Mnium Hedwig. 



Leaves broad-oval or round-oval finally blackish or reddish; 

 innermost cells larger than the outer. Inner perichetial. leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate acuminate; cells sublinear. Stem us. tomentose. 

 ' — Wet places. Eur. common. Sweden, Norway, Switzerl 1 

 Amer. not r. Can.: J. Macoun. U. S.: Wetherby. Alaska: J. 

 M. Macoun. 

 5.M.glabrescens Kindb. note on Canad. bryol. 1893. 



Leaves oval-lingulate green or pale red, not nigrescent; the 

 uppermost suboblong or oblong-lanceolate; cells smaller than in 

 the last. Perichetial leaves as in M. subglobosum. Stem nearly 

 glabrous. Pedicel often longer than in M. punctatum. — Earth 

 and old logs. Amer. Pacif. distr. not uncommon. Alaska: J. 

 M. Macoun. Can.: J. Macoun; Dawson. U. S. Calif.: Marshall 

 A. Howe. 

 * M.chlorophyllosum Kindb. n. subsp. 



Capsule (unripe) narrowly oblong. Leaf-cells very chloro- 

 phyllose. Stem tomentose. — Wet rocks r. Amer. Can. On- 

 tario: Macoun. 



3. Stellariformia. 

 6.M.stellare Reichard; Hedwig. 



Leaves not or indistinctly limbate oblong-oval us. entire or the 

 uppermost (of fruiting stem) denticulate above; shoot-leaves of- 

 ten distichous. — On rocks and base of trees. Eur. not un- 

 common. Sweden, Norway, Switzerl.! Austria: C. E. Kindberg. 

 Amer. Can.: Macoun; Moser. 

 T.M.Blyttii Bryol. eur. 



Leaves (at least on fruiting stem) red-limbate often doubly 

 dentate, us. larger than in the last, not distichous. R. fruiting. 

 — Rocks in northern alps r. Eur. Norway! Amer. Can.: Ma- 

 coun. 



4. Cuspidatiformia. 



A. Leaves crowded dentate all around, spreading when 



