~ ME d. 
shorter, suboblong often curved; teeth red less contorted; pedi- 
cel yellow above, Tufts dense yellowish green or brown not 
high. — Calcareous earth. Eur. not r. Norway, Switzerl.! 
Greece: Heldreich. France: Boulay. 
36.B.inelinatula C. M. et Kindb. 1l. c. 
Leaves as in the last but nearly straight when moist and 
more involute above; the perichetial whitish much broder. 
Capsule narrow-cylindric not large, nearly straight; teeth much 
contorted. Tufts loosely cohering about 0,5 c. m. high. — 
Sandy soil in alps r. Amer. Can. Brit. Col: Macoun. 
37.B.cespitosa Schwegrichen. — B. cirrata Bruch. ; 
< Differs from B. tortuosa: Monoecious. Leaves shorter, less 
narrowly or longly acuminate; their hyaline basal part often 
denticulate above; costa more distinctly excurrent. Capsule 
smaller; pedicel shorter and thinner, flexuous and yellow, finally 
reddish. Tufts low often not cohering. —- On earth and at 
base of trees r. Eur. France! Spain: Dieck, com. Roell. Amer. 
. Can.: Macoun. U. S: Langlois, com. Cardot. 
VI. Tortula Bridel, in part. 
1. Cuneifoliz. 
38.B.euneifolia Dickson. — Bryum Dicks; Barbula Brid. 
Leaves subovate-suboblong or suboval, obtuse or acute and 
not reflexed: the upper nearly crisped when dry; costa green 
excurrent to a smooth nearly hyaline often long point. Cap- 
sule suboblong; teeth dark purplish scarcely more than once 
contorted. Tufts green higher than in B. muralis. Monoecious. 
— Rocks in warmer districts r. Eur. Engl: Curnow. France: 
. Husnot. Greece: Heldreich. Amer. Can.: Macoun (>B. Vahlii» 
. eat. Can. m.) 
39.B.subeuneifolia Kindb. revue bryol. 1896. i 
"Leaves suboval-ovate sometimes acute or apiculate, slightly 
reflexed below, larger than in the last and not crisped; costa 
not excurrent finally red-brown. Capsule as in the last; peri- 
stomial tube more prominent. Monoecious. — Arctic. Pacif. 
distr. r. Amer. Alaska: J. M. Macoun. 
40.B.Garberi Lesq. et Jam. — Desmatodon L. J.; Barbula 
Kindb. 
.  3leaves oblong or lingulate-lanceolate obtuse inflexed above; 
. cells scarcely papillose; costa percurrent. Capsule oblong-oval; 
. teeth partite. Habit of Trichostomum arenaceum. Dioecious. — 
Amer, r, U. S.»: Lq. et Jam. | 
