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stone in alps. Eur. not r. Norway, Switzerl., Spain! Sweden: 
Lindberg. Amer. r. Can.: Macoun. 
10.B.pseud-aciphylla Kindb. in Hedwigia 1896 p. 63. 
Leaves long sublinear-lingulate obtuse; costa very rough above; 
. hairpoint red only at base or in upper half. Capsule narrower 
_ than in the last; peristome not seen. — Rocks in alp. region 
r. Amer. Brit. Col. and Rocky mts: Macoun. U. S.: Roell. 
€. Leaves distinctly carinate; basal cells diversiform. Dioe- 
cious. 
aa. Leaves large long narrow, reflexed nearly all around, 
. Us. curved when moistened. 
 H.B.ruralis L. — Bryum L; Barbula Hedwig. 
Leaves broadly limbate below, very papillose, us. obtuse and 
sublinearlingulate; outer basal cells (prine. in elder leaves) 
farrower “and porose;' costa red very rough above; hairpoint 
hyaline or only at base red. Peristome red twice contorted, 
gen. not shorter than tube. Tufts rusty red below. — Stones, 
sand, trees and roofs. Eur. common but in alp. regions r. 
. Sweden, Switzerl.! Amer. Can. eastern districts: Macoun. 
. *B.ruraliformis Bescherelle. 
; Leaves gen. ovate-lanceolate acuminate or acute with defluent 
- hairpoint. Tufts brown. — Sandy places r. Eur. Sweden! 
. France: Le Jolis. Amer. »U. S.»: Cardot. 
. *B.alaskana Kindb. n. subsp. : 
. Leaves long-attenuate subacute. Peristome faintly twisted 
= Shorter than tube. Tufts brown, green above. —- Amer. r. Can.: 
J. Macoun. Alaska: J. M. Macoun. | ; 
— *Brubicundula Kindb. n. subsp. | 
. ` Leaves shorter, all red; the lower with very short red point; 
a costa less rough. Habit of B. alpina. — Calcareous rocks r. 
_ Eur, Sweden in island Oeland! | 
. 12.B-megalocarpa Kindb. bull. Torr. club. é 
Differs from B. ruralis: Leaves us. larger, often short-acumi- 
. nate acute, less reflexed above; outer basal cells golden yellow 
and narrower than the inner; hairpoint often red in lower half. 
.. Capsule larger; peristome faintly contorted, shorter than tube. 
. — Rocks r. Amer. Can. Brit. Col and Cypress hills: Macoun. 
. US: Roel: E : 
. 13.B.submegalocarpa Kindb. in Hedwigia 1896 p. 64. 
= Differs from B. ruralis: Leaves longer narrow and less reflexed 
above; from broader base attenuate or sublinear; outer basal 
cells golden yellow not porose; hairpoint often red d 
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