— 856 — 
32.B.alpinum Hudson. 
Leaves nearly appressed not twisted when dry, us. ovate- 
oblong or ovate-lanceolate acute and recurved to above middle; 
upper cells us. narrow. Capsule blood-red not or faintly con- 
stricted. Tufts often copper glossy. — Wet rocks. Eur. not 
uncommon. Sweden, Norway, Switzerl! Amer. r. >U. S. White 
mts»: James. 
* B.meridionale Schimper. l 
Leaves narrower with narrow cells; the uppermost often with 
short-excurrent costa. — Eur. southern distr. r. Spain, Portu- 
gal: Levier. 
* B.appressum Kindb. in Hedwigia 1896 p. 66. 
Capsule brown. Leaves narrow, lanceolate short-acuminate 
acute or obtuse, recurved all around, more strongly appressed 
when dry, gen. not red at base; costa not red. Tufts sparingly - 
radiculose not glossy. - Amer. r. U. S. Washington: Roell. 
*B.gemmiparum Notaris. 
Leaves us. green and not glossy, sublimbate by one row of 
narrower cells, less recurved and less appressed, gen. subobtuse: 
uppermost often denticulate near apex; costa not red. Capsule 
red-brown. Very r. fruiting. — Wet rocks r. Eur. Switzerl.! 
Italy: Bottini. Belgium: Delogne. 
33.B.Muehlenbeckii Br. eur. — B. alpinum var. brevifolium 
Myrin; B. brevifolium Lindb.; B rubicundulum C. M. et Kindb. 1. c. 
Differs from B. alpinum: Leaves gen. suboblong obtusate or 
obtuse, often recurved nearly all around; upper cells more dilated. —— : 
Capsule sometimes brown (but often blood-red). Tufts not 
glossy. — Dripping rocks. Eur. less r. Norway! Sweden: Ar- 
nell; P. Olsson. Switzerl: Culmann. Amer. r. Can.: Macoun; 
Waghorne. 
34.B.Raui Austin. 
Leaves very much twisted when dry, subovate broadly ob- 
tusate subobtuse, strongly recurved all around; cells subrhombie, | 
the lowest near base deep-red numerous; costa r. but shortly — — 
excurrent. Capsule pale brown subclavate strangulate; neck — 
longer. Tufts very tomentose, green above, not glossy. — Wet 
rocks r. Amer. Can. Pacif. distr.: Macoun Canad. musci n. 480. — 
b. Leaves not or slightly reflexed. : 
aa. Leaves small and green, more or less twisted when dry. 
35.B.flagellosum Kindb. n. sp. T 
Leaves gen. ovate; cells subrhombic; costa sometimes short- 
excurrent. Uppermost leaves and those of flagelliform shoots 
