— 846 — 
— Near cascades in alp. regions r. Amer. U. S. Oregon 2100 
metr. a. &: J. Roell, com. Brotherus; Idaho 1350. metr.:a. s.: 
Leiberg, com. Mrs E. G. Britton. 3i 
2.R.simplex Kindb. — Bryum Kindb. cat. Canad. m.; Mnium 
(Roellia) Kindb. revue bryol. 1896. UE 
Nearly -allied to the last but well-distinct. Differs from it: 
Leaves smaller, crowded and not decurrent. Comal leaves 
shorter, oval-spathulate. Shoot-leaves nearly similar, more 
numerous and not distant, not or indistinctly limbate. Capsule 
constricted below the wide mouth; lid obtuse. Endostome 
hyaline, cilia not appendiculate, spores small, as in the last. 
— Alp. regions r. Amer. Can. Brit. Col, Gold Range 2100 
metr. a. s., Vanc. isl. (mt Benson): Macoun. i 
154. Rhodobryum (Schimper, as subgenus) Limpricht. 
l.R.roseum Weis. — Mnium Weis; Rhodobryum Limpricht; 
Bryum proliferum (L. as var.) Sibthorp; .Lindb.; Braithwaite. 
Comal leaves .suboblong or broadly lingulate, obtusate acute 
or abruptly broad-apiculate, serrate above middle, revolute be- 
low it;.costa gradually narrower, not excurrent. Capsule red- 
brown subsymmetric nearly straight; neck short not or slightly 
curved; lid conic or subeonvex mamillate; archégonia 5—6; 
pedicels often clustered. — Wet places in woods in lower districts. 
Eur. nearly common. Sweden, Switzerl.! 
2.R.ontariense Kindb. — Bryum Kindb. bull. Torr. club XVI. 
Comal leaves lingulate abruptly short-acuminate, much more 
numerous than in the last, dentate with large confluent often 
yellowish teeth above to !/, or 1/;, revolute below the dentate 
part; costa stout excurrent. Capsule pale brown asymmetric; 
neck curved half as long; lid convex short-apiculate; archegonia id a 
numerous; pedicel us. solitary. = Dioecious as the last. — Old 
logs and limestone rocks. Amer. not r. Can.: Macoun; Moser. 
U. B: Wetherby; Roell; Marshall A. Howe. . : 
155. Bryum L.; Hedwig. TN Ls 
Å. Perichetial leaves few, not much differing from the other 
upper ones. — Leaves gen. entire or faintly denticulate with 
few teeth, often limbate; upper cells us. rhomboidal; costa often 
excurrent, à a ree zi 
a. Cilia of endostome mostly appendiculate. Spores small, 
about 0,01 m. m., r. nearly 0,02 m. m. Capsule r. oblique- 
aa. Capsule thin-walled. Upper leaves setaceous; costa bi 
I. Leptobryum. Capsule with long downwards’ narrowed | 
neck, very nitid (vernicose)... Leaves not limbate; cells sublinear. 
Stems not julaceous. ; 
