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7.B.Geheebii C. Mueller. 
Leaves broad-ovate obtusely short-acuminate; upper cells 
rhombic. Capsules unknown, Stem with bulbilli. Tufts 3 c. m. 
high. Habit of the last. — Wet rocks r. Eur. Switzerland»: 
Limpricht. 
*B.Combe Notaris. 
»Leaves ovate-oblong obtusely short-acuminate; upper cells 
oblong-oval or rhomboidal. -Capsules unknown. Tufts 1 c. m. 
high. -— Eur. r. Sardinia island: Comba»: Limpricht. 
; 2. Speirophylla. 
A. Leaves finally rose-red, loosely disposed, gen. not lim- 
bate. Capsule not oblique, longer than neck. 
a. Leaves long-decurrent; costa not excurrent. 
8.B.Duvalii Voit. — B. lato-decurrens C. M. et. Kindb. l. c. 
Leaves not reflexed, ovate-oblong acute or apiculate. Cap- 
sulé brown strangulate; pedicel often very long. Stems often 
long and loosely tufted. Not often fruiting. — Swamps also 
in alps. Eur. not uncommon. Norway! Amer. Can.: Macoun; 
Moser. 
9.B.obtusifolium Lindberg. 
Leaves reflexed, gen. broad-ovate obtuse, r. subacute. Ripe 
capsules not found; pedicel not long. Tufts us. dense and not 
high. — Northern alps near perennial snow r. Eur. Norway! 
Sweden: E. Nyman. Spetsbergen: Berggren; Gyllencreutz. Amer. 
Alaska: Palmer (fertile). 
10.B.pygm:o-alpinum C. M. et Kindb. l. c. 
Leaves not reflexed, gen. broad-ovate obtuse, less loosely 
disposed. Capsules unknown. — Wet rocks in alp. region r. 
Amer. Can., Vanc. isl. 1700 metr. a. s.: Macoun. 
b. Leaves gen. not decurrent; costa sometimes excurrent. 
11.B.erythrophyllum Kindb. cat. Can. m. r 
Leaves (at least the lower) reflexed, subovate scarcely apt 
culate; cells subrhombic; costa pereurrent. Capsule brown sub- 
oblong finally strangulate.. Tufts loose. — Wet earth r. Amer. 
Can.: Macoun. Alaska: Palmer. 
12.B.erythrophylloides Kindb. cat. Can. m. 
Leaves diversiform, not reflexed: uppermost oblong-lanceolate 
somewhat long-acuminate with narrower cells and short-excur- 
rent costa; middle leaves ovate-oblong acute with subrhombic 
cells and  pereurrent costa; the lowest ovate-oval subobtuse. 
Capsules unknown. . Tufts loose. — By springs r. Amer. Can.: 
Macoun. ied et ad et Dd 
