— 874 — 
or brown, radiculose at base, 1—2 c. m. high. Monoecious. 
— Wet places princ. below alps. Eur. not uncommon. Sweden!; 
S. J. Lindgren. Amer. r. Can.: Macoun. 
122.B.caleareum Venturi. 
Leaves decurrent, oblong-lanceolate or sublingulate, long-acu- 
minate, scarcely reflexed, narrowly limbate; costa short-excur- 
rent. Capsule subclavate r. curved, brown; teeth yellowish; 
lid subeonie obtuse; pedicel somewhat long. Tufts green, ra- 
diculose at base, about 1 c. m. high. Monoecious. — Calcareous 
caverns in alp. region r. Eur. Austria 2100 metr. a. s.: Venturi. 
123.B.luridum Ruthe. l 
"Leaves not decurrent, oval-oblong long-acuminate, reflexed 
all around, broadly brown-limbate, brown at apex; costa long- 
excurrent. Capsule us. thick, suboval or round-oval, not oblique 
and scarcely curved, pale brown; teeth yellow; lid convex or 
subconic, obtuse or mamillate; pedicel somewhat long. Tufts 
low and greenish, radiculose. Synoecious. — On earth below 
alps r. Eur. Germany: Ruthe, com. Warnstorf. 
B. Leaves not twisted, yellowish or finally red. Tufts dense. 
Cilia appendiculate. Spores sometimes not large. Male flowers 
disciform. 
124.B.meeseoides Kindb. bull. Torr. club XVI. 
Leaves not decurrent, ovate-oblong or broadly ovate-lanceolate, 
not distinctly reflexed, faintly denticulate, brown-limbate; costa 
abbreviate or subpercurrent. Capsule shorter than neck, narrowly 
piriform or subclavate, us., princ. unripe, arcuate (Meesea-like); 
teeth pale yellow; basal endostomial membrane nearly indistinct; 
lid mamillate; pedicel long. Stem often longish. Dioecious. -— 
Wet rocks r. Amer, Can.: Macoun. Alaska: J. M. Macoun. 
4. Purpurascentiformia. 
A. Stems not or loosely tufted. Leaves gen. narrowly lim- - j 
bate. : 
a. Spores gen. not large, about 0,02 m. m. Capsule gen. 
narrow; cilia not appéndiculate; pedicel long. Leaves decurrent, 
faintly reflexed us. rose-red; costa gen. subpercurrent. Stems 
gen. very short and scarcely or not cohering; shoots long loosely - x 
foliate. Us. synoecious. i 
 125.B.purpurascens R. Brown. — Pohlia R. Br; Bryum, | 
Br. eur. 
Leaves short-decurrent suboblong or oblong-lanceolate, more - 
or less limbate. Capsule suboblong pale yellow or finally pale 
brown; teeth yellow; lid large deplanate, mamillate or subapi- 
