— 250 — 
lower half. Peristome faintly contorted, shorter than tube. —  . 
Rocks r. Amer. Pacif. distr. Can. Brit. Col: Macoun. U. $; — 
Roell. ; 
14.B.eviuseula Kindb. cat. Canad. musci. [d 
Leaves narrowly limbate below, sublinear-lingulate obtuse, | 
nearly smooth at the borders, not much twisted when dry; the — 
outer marginal cells in 1 or 2 rows hyaline, inner marginal in 
2 or 3 rows yellow porose and longer; costa red-brown smooth 
or indistinctly papillose, more rough near apex; hairpoint gen. 
wanting, in uppermost leaves denticulate long hyaline or at — 
base red. Capsule narrower than in B. »wralis; peristome pale 
red much contorted and very much longer than tube; pedicel - 
very thin and not long. Tufts high brown. — Rocks r. Amer. - 
Can. Rocky mts: Macoun. die | 
bb. Leaves somewhat short and less reflexed, not or scarcel, 
eurved when moistened. E: 
15.B.montana Esenbeck. — Syntrichia Es.; Barbula Kindb; | 
Syntrichia intermedia Brid.; Barbula Milde. Das s 
Leaves sublinear-lingulate broadly limbate below gen.reflexed — 
to above middle; upper cells smaller than in B. ruralis; costa 
*brown-red less rough; hairpoint of upper leaves us. very long 
denticulate or r. short. Peristome us. twice contorted. Tufts — 
olive-green, lower than in B. ruralis.— Stones princ. calcareous, — 
Eur. not r. Sweden, Switzerl| Engl: Rogers. Greece: Hauss- 
knecht. Amer. r. U. S.: Roell. [ 
16.B.pulvinata Juratzka. — B. danica M. F. Lange; B. lato — 
excisa C. M. et Kindb. l. c. | Ho 
Leaves somewhat small sublingulate narrowly limbate below — 
by pale green cells, often nearly flat or slightly reflexed; costa - 
nearly smooth us. brown; hairpoint thin faintly rough not long. 
Capsule somewhat small; teeth once contorted. Tufts brown- 
green us. not high. — On trees or r. on stones. — Eur. not. 
r. Sweden, Norway, Switzerl.! Amer. r. Can.: Macoun; 
* B.papillinervis C. M. et Kindb. l. c. dat s 
Upper leaves subacute; costa reddish more papillose. Cap- 
sule short suboblong. — Amer. r. Can.: Macoun; Waghorne. — 
* B.leptotricha C. M. et Kindb. 1. c. I 
Leaves with nearly smooth hairpoint. — Amer. r Can.: 
2. Subulateformes. Bul. 
A. Leaves us. not reflexed; costa smooth us. excurrent. 
Peristome shorter than tube. » He 
