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subovate base somewhat long-acuminate, recurved below; uppí 
cells lanceolate, the lower and the numerous angular rhomboi- 
dal-oblong, special alar not well-defined; costa vanishing i 
acumen or subpercurrent. Branch-leaves ovate-oblong short: 
acuminate. Capsules unknown. Tufts dense dirty green near: 
eradieulose. — Logs and rocks r. Amer. Can. Pacif. distr.: Macoun. 
B. Leaves nearly entire below middle. : 
16.E.velutinoides Bruch. — Hypnum Bruch; Eurhynchium 
Br. eur; »Hypnum filiforme Lamarck»: C. M. syn. 
Leaves with short subulate or filiform twisted point, recurved 
below middle, distant decurrent, somewhat large; cells lanceo- 
late exc. the subquadrate near base, alar not well-defined; costa 
reaching to or in acumen. Stem-leaves ovate-oblong often entire; 
branch-leaves | ovate-lanceolate more or less striate. Capsule 
oblong; pedicel short very rough. Tufts yellowish or green, 
silky glossy. Habit of Brachythecium populeum and B. crassi- 
nervium. — Trees and rocks r. Eur. Switzerl.| Austria: Breidler. 
France: Anthouard, com. Berthoumieu. = 
17.E.Villardi Renauld et Cardot. — Brachythecium R. et C. 
Eurhynchium Kindb. 
Differs from the last: Leaves less distant; cells linear-lanceo- 
late except the few quadrate alar; costa not reaching to acumen. 
Capsules unknown; »pedicel rough; monoecious»: R. et C. — 
Amer. r. U. S. Pacif. distr. Roell; also com. Cardot. 
III. Illecebrina C, Mueller (Scleropodium Schimper). 
A. Leaves round-obtuse at apex (r. subapiculate), entire or 
at apex obsoletely crenulate. Stem eradiculose; branches often 
long. Very r. fruiting. " 
18.E.obtusifolium Drummond. — Hypnum Dr.; Eurhynchium 
Kindb. e 
Leaves :suboval, the lower broader; apical cells oblong, alar 
hyaline somewhat large, the others narrow-linear; costa thick 
vanishing near apex. Tufts glossy green or finally brown 
Habit of E. rusciforme. Dioecious. »Capsule oblong horizo 
tal»: Lesq. et Jam. — Stones in brooks. Amer. Pacif. distr. 
not r. Can.: Macoun. U. S.: Roell, com. Cardot. 
B. Leaves not arrounded at apex, more or less denticulate. 
Stem more or less radiculose; branches short. 
a. Branch-leaves minutely denticulate. Dioecious. 
19.E.illecebrum Beauvois. — Hypnum »Beauy.s: Lindb. 
»Schweegrichen»: Schimp.; Eurhynchium Milde; Hypnum (Scle- 
ropodium) Ornellanum Molendo, Limpricht ?  . ks 
