^ 39g — 



*A.aIpestris Thedenius. 7 



Leaves smaller and less papillose, short-acuminate obtuse; 



cells smaller. Perichetial leaves obtusate obtuse.. Siem thinner; 



Tufts us. blackish. — Northern alps r. JBwr. Norwayl AtAeVi 



Can.: Maeoun. 



*A.papiIIosa Lindberg. 



Leaves very papillose often nearly subulate-acuminate; cells 



somewhat lairge, Perichetial leaves acute short-acuminate. Tufts 



often high and blackish. — Princ. in arctic distr. r. Mur. 



Norwayl .Spetsbergen: Berggren, Amer. »Greenl.»: Lange: 



* A.subsparsifolia Kindb. n. subsp. ..'■ 



Leaves gen. long-acuminate: perichetial acute acuminate; cells 

 not large. Tufts brown somewhat high. — Eur. r. Norway 

 en rocks near Atlantic sea in Oerkedall • , . '. 



*A.tenelIa Kindb. n. subsp. ' ■ -\ 



Leaves narrovf long-acuminate often crenulate above, very 

 small; cells small as in A. alpestris. Stem capillary. Tuits 

 low blackish. — Alp. region r. Eur. Spain hospice de Venasq^ue 

 in Pyren. mts 1800 metr. a. seal 



* A.sparsifolia Zetterstedt. I 



Leaves distant gen. long-acuminate acute, also the periche-' 

 tial. Tufts sometimes olive-green, often somewhat high. — In- 

 alps r. Eur. Norway: Bryhn. ; Svf'eden: E. Nyman. 1 



* A.snblaSTis Kindb. note on Can. bryol. 1893 (as var.). 



Iveaves small distant spreading gen. nearly smooth: periche- 

 tial gen. acute long-acuminate. Tufts low blackish brown. <=-^- 

 Amer. r. Can. Vane, isl.r J. MJ Maeoun. 

 S.A.parvlfolia C. Mueller in Flora 1887. ; 



sPlamt very small.' Leaves minute from oval bivehtricose 

 base narrowed to a suboblong round-obtuse acumen, -very pa-; 

 pillose: perichetial subobtusate or acuminate. Capsule minuT;e; 

 pedicel very short. Dioecious. — Arctic distr. r. -Amer. Alaska*:' 

 CM. . 



2. Nivales. 



A. Leaves papillose on whole lamina, not densely crowded,: 

 more or less crisped. Tufts loose and high when sterile. 

 e.A.niyalis Hooker. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate gradually nai-rowed to the subulate- 

 acumen, papillose princ. at borders; costa not or slightly excui-X 

 rent. Tufts us. blackish or black-red when dry. — Wet sahd 

 on alp. often inundated rocks r. Eur. Norwayl Sweden: E. 

 Adlerz. France: Zetterstedt. Austria: Husnot m. Gall. ^ . 



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