— 117 — 
short. Habit of B. velutinum. — Logs in woods r. Amer. U, 
S.: Joor, com. C. Mueller. 
B. All leaves nearly entire, not falcate. 
a. Dioecious. Branches julaceous or subjulaccous, 
37.B.californicum Lesquereux. — Hypnum Lq.; Brachythe- 
cium Kindb. 
Leaves recurved below, long-decurrent somewhat distant; alar 
cells dusky obsolete, the others lanceolate; costa reaching above 
middle or shorter. Stem-leaves entire ovate-oblong; branch- 
leaves broadly ovate-lanceolate sometimes faintly sinuolate. 
Capsule oval-oblong arcuate; pedicel short, rough above. Tufts 
pale green loose sparingly radiculose. Stem subpinnate. —- Rocks 
and dry sand r. Amer. U. S.: Boleender, com. C. Mueller. 
38.B.Fitzgeraldi C. Mueller in Flora 1887. 
Leaves more or less (often faintly) recurved, nearly entire, 
ovate-oblong not long-acuminate, acute or with short filiform 
point, crowded and not distinctly decurrent; alar cells oval or 
subquadrate reaching to costa, the others linear; costa not long, 
= vanishing below acumen. Capsules unknown. — Amer. r. U. 
. f. Florida: Fitzgerald, com. C. Mueller. 
b. Monoecious. Branches often compressed, not julaceous. 
1 B-Donnellii Austin. — Hypnum Aust; Brachythecium 
indb. 
Leaves narrowlv ovate-lanceolate long-subulate often filiform- 
pointed, entire or at acumen obsoletely sinuolate, distant not 
decurrent; alar cells hyaline somewhat large, the others linear- 
lanceolate; costa vanishing near middle or shorter. Capsule 
8mall suboval horizontal faintly curved; pedicel short smooth. 
Tufts glossy green. Stem subpinnate creeping. — Rocks and 
logs r. Amer. Can.: Macoun. 
Leaves sometimes faleate princ. when dry; those of stem 
nearly entire, those of branches distinctly denticulate. Monoe- 
cious, 
. a. Leaves plicate, those of branches denticulate at acumen. 
10.B.ealeareum Kindb. revue bryol. 1895. . 
Leaves erowded long-acuminate filiform-pointed more or less 
recurved, incurved-faleate when dry, patent when moist; angular 
cells short, special alar few hyaline much larger, the others 
linear, Stem-leaves with broad base; costa short gen. vanishing 
hear middle. Branch-leaves narrow; costa nearly reaching 
= Acumen. Capsule small arcuate; cilia „not appendiculate; lid 
. apiculate; pedicel smooth about 1 centim. long. Tufts dense 
