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Stem creeping 
brown and glossy. — Wet places prine. on siliceous rocks i 
rivulets, common. Eur. Sweden, Norway, Germany, Switzerl. 
Amer. Can.: Macoun; W aghorne. 
Leaves nearly crowded decurrent nearly entire, from broad 
cordate base tapering to a narrow subulate acumen; upper an 
middle cells sublinear, lower dilated; alar cells not defined; 
costa vanishing near or above middle.  Perichetial leaves sub- 
oblong short-acuminate entire nerveless erect. Capsule small 
suboval erect or inclined; teeth papillose above; segments shor- 
ter than the high basal membrane; pedicel about 0,6 centim 
long. Tufts. sparingly radiculose, loose and green. Branche: 
unilateral, gen. simple and short. Habit of the last. — Rocks 
in brooks r. Amer. Can., Brit. Col: Macoun 
ching to or in acumen, so 
ovate or ovate-oblong base, more or less striate; branch-leaves 
narrower. Perichetial leaves nearly nerveless, entire below the 
long faleate acumen. Capsule suboval not large; teeth pale; 
not r: Macoun. 
* B.nanopes C. M. ei Kindb. cat. Canad. m. 
Leaves small narrow less recurved at base. Capsule smaller; . 
teeth pale orange; pedicel very short, Tufts. brownish nearly 
