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Associated with them were Preissia quadrata, Pellia Fabroniana, Lop- 
hozia /b<3<y^w5/5(Gottsche) Schiffn., which will be considered later. Plagio- 
chila asplenioides, Lophocolea minor, Scapania nemorosa, Rhabdoweisia 
denticulata, Distichium capillaceum, Mnium sp., Myurella Carey ana, Tofieldia 
palustris, Parnassia Caroliniana, Erigeron hyssopifolius. 
Kaalaas* who, of all the European writers, gives the most careful 
and necessarily detailed description of the habitats of the various 
species, speaks of Lophozia Kaurini as follows : — “ This plant, which al- 
ready for over fifty years past has been collected in Norway, but only re- 
cently has been recognized as a separate species, grows on shady, 
moss-grown, somewhat damp cliffs, by brooks and water, as well as 
upon damp sandy sod, as a rule on a substratum of loose clay schist ; 
according to Arnell, it is said also to occur on limestone, and occa- 
sionally upon rotten trunks. But seldom are there pure tufts of any 
great extent, it grows most often mixed with different mosses, 
most frequently perhaps in company with Sphenolobus politus. The 
species belongs essentially to the arctic and alpine flora and seems to 
have a very wide distribution in Norway’s mountain region, * * * 
in the higher-lying regions where schists form the mountain structure, 
it seems to be tolerably common.” 
‘ ‘ Its most frequent occurrence seemS to be in the uppermost part 
of the forest region and in the birch belt, or, in the middle of Nor- 
way, from 5-800 m. alt., but it climbs also up above timberline into 
the alpine region. * * * The species is commonly with perianths 
and fruit, which develops in July-August. Like most species of the 
Muelleri-group, L. Kaurini possesses also in fresh condition a strongly 
aromatic odor.” 
Bernet ^ describes it under the name of Lophozia Mulleri paroica 
Bernet, and gives an excellent plate, but as the Vermont plants are refer- 
able rather to var. obtusiloba, some figures are given with these notes. 
Limpricht ^ says ” Perichaetial bracts not larger than the neigh- 
boring leaves,” but Muller ^ says “ Hiillblatter kielig gefaltet, 
etwas grosser als die anderen Blatter,” and this agrees with the Ver- 
mont plants. 
Schiffner ^ dismisses it with a list of references, and the remark 
“It is certainly a good species.” 
Lindb. & Arnell give stations, “At Uskij-mys on damp clay- 
slate rocks with Lophozia Lyoni, Reboulia, and Pohlia cruda .- * * * on a 
*. De Distr. Hep. in Norv. p. 363, 1893. 
1. Cat. Hep. de la Sud-ouest de la Suisse, pi. 3. 1888. 
2. 61. Jahresber. der Schlesischen Ges. fur Vaterl. Culture. 1884. 
3. Rabenhorst’s Krypto^amen-Flora 6 : 1910. 
4. Verhandl. der K. K. Zool.botan. Gesellsch. in Wein. 1904. 
5. Musci As. Bor. p. 45. 1889 
