— 853 — 
tufted, often long. Very r. fruiting. — Wet places prine: be- 
low alps r. Eur. Sweden: R. Hartman. Finl.: Brotherus. France: 
Boulay. Amer. Can.: Macoun. Greenl.: Berggren. 
b. Leaves gen. acute (in B. Schleicheri *latifolium mostly ob- 
tuse) costa percurrent or short-excurrent. R. fruiting. Male 
flowers subdisciform. : ? 
16.B.turbinatum Hedwig. 
Leaves indistinctly or very narrowly limbate, not imbricate 
when dry, carinate; upper cells rhomboidal. Stem-leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, reflexed below, gen. not decurrent. Capsule long- 
necked; teeth yellow, segments paler; lid apiculate. Tufts us. 
tomentose, often high. — Wet places also in alps. Eur. not 
common. Sweden, Norway, Switzerl.! France: Schimper: Eng- 
land: Rogers. Amer. r. Can.: Macoun. ` 
17.B.Schleicheri Schweegrichen. 
Differs from the last: Leaves shorter, ovate-oblong concave, 
gen. broadly limbate and decurrent; upper cells often subrhom- 
bic. Capsule larger, short-necked; segments nearly orange; lid 
conic. Tufts sparingly radiculose. — Wet places in alp. region 
prine. in southern districts. Eur. Switzerl., Norway! Austria: 
Breidler. Amer. r. Can.: Macoun. 
* B.latifolium Schleicher. — Mnium Schl.; Bryum Bridel. 
Leaves larger, subovate gen. obtuse, often partly reddish. — 
In higher alp. region r. Eur. Switzerl.! Austria: Venturi. Greece: 
Heldreich. France: Husnot. Scotl.: Holt. 
18.B.grandirete Kindb. n. sp. 
Leaves acute not limbate, imbricate when dry, ovate or broad- 
ovate, not or scarcely acuminate, loosely disposed and short- 
decurrent; cells very large: upper subrhombic; costa percurrent. 
Capsules unknown. Tufts sparingly radiculose, red-brown below, 
yellowish green above, not high. — In alpsr. Amer. Can. Brit. 
Col: Macoun. ` 
8. Erythrocarpa. 
A. Leaves not limbate. 
a. Capsule strangulate turbinate. Dioecious. 
19.B.Klinggreffii Schimper. — »B. constrictum Bruch mser.» 
Husnot. 
Leaves small entire, reflexed below: uppermost ovate-lance- 
olate; costa percurrent or short-excurrent. Tufts loose green. — 
Earth and stone-walls r. Hur. Switzerl.! Germany: Milde, 
Sweden: Groenwall. 
b. Capsule not strangulate. 
