— 875 — 
culate. — Sandy places by rivers and rivulets in northern alps 
oy, Eur. Norway; Sweden: Arnell. Finl.: Brotherus. Amer. Greenl.: 
Berggren. Alaska: J. M. Macoun. Can: J. and J. M. Macoun; 
Breutel. l 
* B.opdalense Limpricht. 
Leaves shorter, more distinctly limbate.. Capsule with shor- 
ter neck. — Eur. Norway!; Kaurin. i À 
* B.autumnale Limpricht. — »Webera hermaphrodita Ren. et 
Card.»: Waghorne. 
Leaves suboval, longer decurrent. Shoots shorter, yellowish 
green. Capsule somewhat longer necked; teeth brown-yellow; 
lid apiculate. — R. Eur. Norway; Kaurin: Amer. Can.: Wag- 
horne. 
126.B.subpurpurascens Kindb. cat. Can. m. 
Leaves long-decurrent oblong-lanceolate reddish limbate rose- 
red; costa scarcely excurrent. Capsule very narrow, distinctly 
strangulate, curved when unripe; teeth orange; lid large conie 
obtuse. Spores smaller than in the last; fruiting stem more 
distinct. Dioecious. — Wet earth r. Amer. Can. Brit. Col. by 
a railway: Macoun. ; 
b. Spores gen. very large. Capsule gen. thick; teeth orange, 
incurved when dry; pedicel us. very long and thick. Leaves 
gen. not decurrent, more or less reflexed. Cilia gen. not ap- 
pendieulate (»in Californian specimens sometimes long-appendi- 
culate»: Lesq. et Jam.). Stems and shoots short.  . | 
127.B.warneum Blandow. — B. oelandicum Philibert. 
Leaves not crowded, gen. narrow-limbate and faintly reflexed, 
sometimes short-decurrent, suboval, sometimes denticulate above, 
often finally rose-red; costa percurrent or short-excurrent. Cap- 
sule large oval-globose reddish yellow or finally reddish brown; 
lid convex mamillate. Spores often about 0,05 m. m. Some- 
times synoecious. The ;flagelliform shoots», delineated in Br. 
eur, not are essential. — Wet sand, princ. near sea, r. In 
alps, r. Eur. Sweden! Germany: Warnstorf. France: Boulay. 
Amer. »U. S.»: Lesq. et J. : ; 
128.B.Biddlecomiæ Austin. — B. Edwardsianum C. M. et 
Kindb. l. c. 
—Differs from the last in leaves narrower, longer acuminate, 
entire, more distinetly limbate and reflexed; costa long-excur- 
rent. Capsule narrower, less iuflated, more strangnlate; lid 
lower. — Damp sandy soil r. Amer. Can., Prince Edw. isl: 
Macoun. »U. S, Colorado»: Lq. et J. 
