— 110 — 
base of trees. Eur. common. Sweden, Norway, Switzerl.! Amer. 
Can. not r.: Macoun; Waghorne. U. S.: Roell, com. Cardot. - 
* B.vineale Milde. 
»Leaves of stem entire. Annulus of capsule wanting. Pol 
gamous. — Eur, Tirol near Meran: Milde»: Limpricht. 
10.B.letum Bridel. — Hypnum Brid.; C. M.; Sulliv. ic. musco 
Brachythecium Kindb., non Schimper. 
Differs from B. salebrosum: Capsule not annulate, often 1 
curved; cilia not appendiculate; lid sometimes mamillate. Leav 
often with distinct alar cells and longer costa, us. glossy. Tu 
very radieulose and dense. »Not easily distinguished from 
salebrosum»: Sull. l. c. (delineated as dioecious). — Logs 
shady places. Amer. not r. Can.: Macoun; Moser; Lawson; W. 
horne. U. $.: Sullivant, com. C. Mueller; Austin, com. Macou 
11 B.levisetum Kindb. bull. Torr. club XVII. 
Differs from the last and B. salebrosum in smaller. not sub 
late-acuminate leaves and their longer costa; branch-leaves ve 
short-acuminate with filiform often twisted point. Leaves ova 
lanceolate acute, denticulate above middle, crowded, not mu 
patent when dry; lowest basal cells dilated, the others gubli- 
near; costa vanishing in acumen. Capsule small arcuate; cilia 
short; annulus not seen: lid convex obtuse; pedicel not lon 
Perichetial leaves nerveless. Tufts glossy green. Resembl 
B. populeum. — Logs r. Amer. Can.: Macoun. 
IL. Eurhynchiopsis Kindb. 
A. Leaves, prine. the uppermost of branches, with long 
hairlike point. 
à, Leaves gen. entire, sometimes faintly denticulate near 
apex or also in upper basal part, often not decurrent; alar cells 
few; costa reaching to middle or shorter. Capsules unknown. | 
12.B.cirrosum Sehwzgrichen. — Hypnum Schw.; Brachythe — 
cium Schimper; B. Funckii and Myurium herjedalieum Schimp. 
Leaves suboblong abruptly narrowed, often recurved below. 
upper cells linear, the lower lanceolate. ‘Tufts often glossy oF 
bright green. Stem r. pinnate; branches obtuse us. julaceous. 
— Earth in alp. regions r. Eur. Norway, Switzerl.! Amer. 
»Greenl.»; Pansch. d 
b. Leaves (at least those of branches) denticulate all around, 
decurrent; angular (alar) cells large numerous; costa reaching t 
or above middle. " 
13.B.piliferum Schreber. — Hypnum Sehr; Brachythecium 
Kindb.; Eurhynchium Br, eur, 
