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erroneously to be as in 0. pallens Brucli., and 0. microcarpum de 

 ISot., 1. c, p. 107, " Stomata normalia." 



Bryum (Cladodium) micans, (n. sp.,) discovered by the Eev. Chr. 

 Kaurin, in damp peaty places, at the foot of the Olmberget mountain 

 near Opdal Dovrefield, Norway, in August, 1881, and again in 

 October, 1882, communicated to me as Bryum arciicum forma minor. 

 This species comes near to the typical Bryum arciicum^ Bryol, Eur. 

 tab., 335 excl. fig. 1, 1 b. and 6, but is, however, distinguished from 

 it as follows : — The color of the tufts (of the leaves and mid-rib), is 

 never reddish, the leaves are on their upper half, always entire, the 

 nerve is only shortly excurrent, the capsule is regular (only curved in 

 the neck), and polished, the teeth of the outer peristome are more 

 deeply colored, broader and loDger, and their cross-bands are more 

 numerous, and formed as in Bryum 'pendulum^ the cells are smaller 

 and in the neck-part very irregular, the papillae broader, and not so 

 prominent, the spores are larger and almost might be called of an 

 ochre-yellow color. It grows upon the naked turf. 



Bryum {Cladodium) arcuatum (n. sp.,) Synomyn. B. arcticum 

 forma maxima. Kaurin in litt. Collected on damp shady rocks, near 

 Opdal, Norway, July, 1882, by Rev. Chr. Kaurin. This species 

 resembles in habit, Bryum uliyinosum, forma elongata Schimp., which 

 Jenson has also in the Dovrefield collected and contributed to Raben- 

 horst's Bryotheca Europ. sub., no. 274. 



Bryum {GladodiumJ Opdalense, (n. sp.) Collected by Rev. Chr. 

 Kaurin, in damp sandy places upon the banks of the Driva, near 

 Opdal, Norway, and communicated to me as Bryum purpurescens, var. 



Bryum (Cladodium) aatumnale, (n. sp.) Collected by Rev. Chr. 

 Kaurin, near Opdal, in damx-) sandy places, October, 1882, and re- 

 p)eatedly sent to me as Bryum purpurescens, Br. Euro. Bryum pur- 

 pjuresceus, Bryol, Eur. tab., 336, and Bryum purpurescens, nr. 462 in 

 Breutel Musci. frond, exsicc. from Labrador, agree well with each 

 other in every particular. From these, Bryum autumnale differs 

 essentially ; it resembles very much in shape of leaf Bryum opdalense, 

 and might perhaps possess the nearest relationship to Bryum Lindyreni^ 

 of which I have only seen two imperfect stems. 



Bryum ( Eubryum) sysphinctum (n. sp.), discovered by Rev. Chr. 

 Kaurin, on the 7th August, 1882, with ripe capsules, in sandy places 

 near Opdal, Norway, growing with Bryum opdalense. 



This plant comes far nearer to Bryum cirratum H. and H. than to 

 Bryum himum with which Kaurin joins it. The specimens which I 

 possess from Schimper, Juratzka, Milde, and from the North German 



