= WE — 
Tufts fuscescent. — Rocks r. Amer. Can. Brit. Col: Macoun _ 
(>B. rigidula» Canadian musci n. 412). l 
77.B.subgracilis C. M. et Kindb. 1. c. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate reflexed nearly all around, erispedor — 
flexuous when dry; costa reddish.  Perichetial leaves faintly 
crenulate, the outer acuminate, the inner broad obtuse. Cap- 
sule red-brown oblong-cylindric. Tufts green or red-brown 
below. — Rocks r.. Amer. Can. Brit. Col: Macoun. U. 8. 
Montana: Roell. M ) ; 
bb. Costa of leaves long-excurrent. -Capsules unknown. 
78.B.Waghornei Kindb. n. sp. 
Leaves. from short ovate half-sheathing base long-acuminate 
acute entire, slightly reflexed above base, faintly curled when 
dry; costa red. Tufts brown-red radiculose. Habit of Didy- 
modon rubellus. — Amer. t. N. Foundl: Rev:d A. C. Waghorne. 
x b. ‘Purpureseformes. itis 
A. Leaves long sublanceolate. 
79.B.purpurea C. Mueller. d 
»Upper leaves gradually longer, from oblong base pes : 
lanceolate subobtuse, revolute to above middle, subtorquate 
when dry; cells small reddish quadrate; costa purplish’ thi k 
excurrent. Capsule oval; teeth scarcely contorted; calyptra long. —— 
Tufts small purple; stem short naked below. — Rocks r. U. - 
S. Calif»: C. M. in Flora 1875. | oa 
80.B.lateritia Kindb. n. sp. — B. brachyphylla var. angusti- 
folia C. M. et Kindb. 1. c. | Madii uie 
Leaves ovatelanceolate broadly acuminate subobtuse nearly 
smooth, slightly reflexed or partly flat at ‘borders, crowded, 
appressed when dry; cells subpellucid subquadrate; costa red vd 
thick (prine. above), percurrent; Capsules unknown. Tufts 
compact brick red 1—2 e. m. high. — Rocks ri Amer. Can. 
Brit. Col.: Macoun: ge 
B. Leaves short gen. ovate. ppc 
81.B.brachyphylla- Sullivant. Aui pe LM 
»Leaves ovate obtuse recurved all around; costa pereurrent. a 
Capsule cylindric; lid long-rostrate; teeth scarcely half-twisted; 
ealyptra short. Tufts’ dark brown dense high radiculose their — 
whole length. — Amer. r. U. S.» Lesq. ét Jam - 
82.B.decursivula Kindb. cat. Can. m. ane 
Leaves ‘recurved nearly all around, faintly papillose, loosely 
disposed and long-decurrent, subtorquate or loosely ap / 
when dry, gen. ovate acute; the uppermost of stem and some 
