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134.B.mieans Limpricht. 
Leaves not crowded, subdecurrent, reflexed at base, oval- 
oblong or sublanceolate; costa, only of uppermost leaves, short- 
excurrent. Capsule somewhat small, thick suboval brownish; 
teeth orange, incurved when dry; cilia not appendiculate; lid 
subconvex mamillate; pedicel not long. Tufts brown-green. — 
Turfy soil in northern alps r. Eur. Norway!; Kaurin. Amer. 
Greenl.: Berggren. 
*B.inflatum Philibert. 
»Leaves more decurrent; costa longer excurrent. Capsule 
thicker. — Northern alps r. Zur. Norway»: Kaurin. 
135.B.pyenodermum Limpricht. 
Leaves not crowded, subdecurrent, reflexed at base, oblong- 
lanceolate long-acuminate; costa of uppermost leaves long-ex- 
eurrent. Capsule suboblong dark brown, finally blackish; teeth 
brown-yellow; cilia appendiculate; lid deplanate mamillate; pe- 
dicel often long. Habit of B. cirratum. — Wet sand by water 
in northern alps r. Eur. Norway!; Kaurin. 
5. Calophylloidea. 
136.B.calophyllum R. Brown. 
Leaves broad-ovate obtusate (obtuse or acute), often sublim- 
bate, not reflexed, sometimes decurrent; cells large; costa not 
excurrent. Capsule suboval; cilia sometimes appendiculate; pe- 
dicel us. long, often 3 c. m. or more. — Swamps princ. in 
alps r. Eur. Norway! Engl: Rogers. Spetsbergen: Berggren. 
Amer. Greenl: Vanhoeffen. 
137.B.acutum Lindberg. 
Leaves ovate-oblong acute more or less acuminate, often nar- 
rowly limbate and reflexed below, not decurrent; cells smaller 
than in the last; costa often short-excurrent. Capsule us. sub- 
oblong and long-pedicellate; cilia smooth. Stem not high. — 
Sandy borders of rivers r. Hur. Finland: Brotherus. (Asia, 
Sibiria: Arnell). 
* B.Axel-Blyttii Kaurin. ues 
Capsule subobovate shorter-pedicellate. — Sand by rivers in 
alps r. Eur. Norway!; Kaurin. 
6. Penduliformia. i 
A. Leaves gen. not distinctly (or very narrowly) limbate; 
costa gen. not excurrent. Us. synoecious. 
a. Spores large, about 0,04 m. m. sides 
138.B.brachyneuron Kindb. Ottawa Naturalist V. 
Leaves small broad-ovate short-acuminate reflexed narrowly 
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