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56.B.tomentosum Kindb. n. sp. 
Leaves subovate nearly gradually acuminate, entire decurrent 
small. Tufts brown and very tomentose below, green above, 
dense and not low. — Amer. r. Can. Rocky mts: Macoun 1890. 
bb. Leaves not distinctly twisted, nearly appressed when dry. 
57.B.heteroneuron C. M. et Kindb. cat. Can, m. 
L Leaves suboval or-subobovate often obtuse, entire or faintly 
denticulate, crowded and not large; awn sometimes wanting. 
Capsule less large than in B. capillare. Tufts us. reddish, not 
high; shoots clavate, — Rocks and roadsides r. Amer. Can. 
Brit. Col. and Vane. isl: Macoun. 
58.B.carinthiacum Bryol. eur. 
Leaves subobtuse cochleariform gen. not large: lower entire 
subobovate not crowded, upper ovate-oval us. denticulate. Tufts 
brown with green tops us. very high. Capsules not seen. — 
Moist rocks princ. in alps r. Eur. Switzerl.! Austria: Breidler, 
com. Warnstorf. 
* B.spelugense Kindb. n. subsp. 
Leaves larger, flaccid and not cochleariform: upper subobo- 
vate, middle short-decurrent; cells larger; awn sometimes indi- 
Stinct.. Capsules unknown, — Rocks in higher alp. region r. 
Eur. Switzerl. near Spluegen 1500 metr. a sea! 
59.B.Ferchelii Funck. D 
Leaves small suboval-ovate subobtuse entire or faintly denti- 
culate, gen. crowded and not decurrent; awn us. short. Cap- 
sule smaller than in B. elegans; lid mamillate. Tufts brown- 
green us. low. — Rocks prine. in alps, r: Eur. Norway, Swit- 
zerl.| Amer, »U. 8.»: Cardot. 
* B.sueceieum Kindb. n. subsp. 
Leaves gen. distant decurrent entire; awn long flexuous. Cap- 
sules not seen. Tufts brown below, dark green above, about 
. 4 c. m. high. — Moist places r. Eur. Sweden Aongermanl. on 
the shore of a lake: H. W. Arnell. 
| 6. Bimiformia. 
A. Leaves distinctly decurrent, not (or slightly near base) 
reflexed, gen. broadly limbate; costa gen. percurrent. Dioecious. 
60.B. ense Itzi hn. i 
taies es raso us. obtuse cucullate. Tufts us. 
brown-green. R. fruiting. — Swamps and rivulets. Hur, not 
common. . Norway! Sweden: Lindberg. Spetsbergen: Berggren. 
Engl: Rogers. Spain: Husnot.. ^ 
