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Bule subpiriform dark fuscous; lid mamiilate somewhat largej 

 teeth yellow, orange below; pedicel 3 c. m. long. Tufts dense 

 2 — 3 c. m. high. Spores about 0,03 m. m. Sometimes syn- 

 oecious. — Swamps in alps r. Eur. Norway near Kongswold: 

 Lorentz»: Schimp. and Limpricht. 



C. Leaves gen. narrowly limbate not decurrent us. crowded; 

 costa excurrent. Us. synoecious. 



Ht Leaves not (or only at base) reflexed. Fruiting stem 

 nearly indistinct with very short shoots. Capsule thick, smaller 

 than in B. pendulum. Spores large. Comal shoot-leaves gen. 

 not glomerate. 



144.B.archangelicum BryoL eur. — »B. Holmgrenii Lindb.»: 

 Kaurin. 



Leaves ovate-oblong short-acuminate; apical cells subrhombic; 

 costa long-excurrent. Capsule subobovate; peristome pale yel- 

 low; segments free; lid flat mamiilate; pedicel short. ■ — Bare 

 earth in alp. regions r. Eur. Norway!; Kaurin. Sweden: E. 

 Adlerz. Russian Lapland: Aongstroem. Amer. Can.: Macoun. 

 145.B.plaiiifolium Kindb. Laubm. Schw. u. Norw. 



Leaves broad-ovate short-acuminate; middle cells rhomboidal, 

 apical scarcely narrower; costa not long-excurrent. Capsule sub- 

 piriform; peristome orange; segments adhering; lid apiculate not 

 deplanate; pedicel not long. — Alp. rocks r. Eur. Norway, 

 Dovrefjeld! 



b. Leaves reflexed, us. all around. 



aa. Peristomial teeth pale; segments yellow. Capsule sub- 

 globose very small. Spores somewhat small, about 0,02 m. m. 

 146.B.gIobosum Lindberg. 



Leaves oval acuminate acute, reflexed to above middle, entire; 

 costa of uppermost leaves short-excurrent to a deflexed point. 

 Capsule pale reddish-yellow; lid small; pedicel short. Stems 

 very short; tufts dense about 0,5 c. m. high. — Arctic district r. 

 Eur. »Spet8bergen»: Lindberg. {Asia, Sibiria: Sahlberg, com. 

 Brotherus.) 



bb. Peristomial teeth brown-yellow; segments yellow. Cap- 

 sule suboval. Spores about 0,03 m. m. 

 147.B.GraBfli Schliephacke. 



Upper leaves gen. ovate-oblong, reflexed all around, entire; 

 costa more or less excurrent. Capsule brownish not constricted; 

 lid small; pedicel about 1,5 c. m. long. Stem very short with 

 short -shoots. Tufts about 0j8 c. m. high or lower, sometimes 

 loose. — Schistose rocks in alps r. Eur. Norway: Hagen. 



