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 DIVISION I. ACROCARPI. (Genera 1-72.)

1. ANDREAEA. Ehr.

a. L. nerveless.

1. Ehr. (A. rupestris Hedw.) St. 1/4 inch loosely tufted, with fastigiate branches; l. erect imbricate, with a sheathing base, generally secund, ovate or ovate-subulate, tapering above, and rather obtuse; papillose, areolæ dotted; per. l. larger; all reddish brown.

Sub-alpine rocks, frequent.

2. Schimp. St. taller, densely tufted, with slender branches; l. crowded, very small, patent on all sides when moist, ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, areolæ quadrate at margin; per. l. shorter and more obtuse.

Damp alpine rocks. Glen Callater; Perthshire.

3. Thed. "Densely tufted, blackish brown, tall and robust; l. somewhat like those of alpina, from an imbricate base ovate-panduriform, gradually lanceolate, nearly smooth, glossy, quite entire at margin, areolæ much laxer." Dr. Braithwaite, Jour, of Bot., p. 95.

Glen Callater.

4. Turner. St. tall 1-3in. densely tufted, with long fastigiate branches; l. imbricate, spreading, reddish or purplish brown, obovate, almost panduriform concave; per. l. larger elliptic sheathing, acute, areolæ dot-like.

Alpine rocks.

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