— 886 — 
red-yellow or finally brown-red. Tufts green. — On earth. Eur. 
not common. Switzeil! Sweden: M. Huss. France; Le Tou 
Amer. r. Can.: Macoun. 
B. Capsule not strangulate; teeth yellow; annulus us. pre- 
sent. Leaves more or less distant; cells narrow or not much 
dilated. j 
a. Shoot-leaves and lower leaves of fruiting stem distant 
narrowly long-decurrent. Leaves finally red. Tufts dense. 
176.B.columbieum Kindb. — Webera cat. Can. m. 
Leaves sublinear-lanceolate long-acuminate serrate reflexed; 
cells narrow; costa red subpercurrent. Capsule red or red- yellow : 
broad-oval or subglobose; annulus broad; cilia in pairs. — 
Moist banks r. Amer. Can.: Macoun. 
b. Leaves not distinctly decurrent us. green. Tufts us. loose. 
aa. Capsule more or less distinctly annulate. 
171.B.pulehellum Hedwig. —- Webera Schimper, in part. 
Capsule subglobose or oval red-yellow or finally brown-red; 
neck shortish. Leaves ovyate-lanceolate acuminate: upper denti- 
culate faintly reflexed; cells narrow; costa green not excurrent. 
— Earth in northern distr. Eur. Norway!; E. Nyman. Finl.: 
Brotherus.. Sweden not r.: P. Olsson. Amer. r. Can,: Macoun. 
178.B.lutescens Limpricht. — Webera Limpr.; Bryum Kindb. 
Differs from the last: Capsule suboval paler; neck us. longish. 
Leaves more distinctly serrate and distant; costa red, in comal 
leaves sometimes excurrent. Tufts less loose. — Earth also in 
alps r. Eur. Norway! 
179.B.Lescurii Sullivant ic. musc. — Webera Lesq. et Jam. 
Differs from B. pulchellum: Annulus broader, wholly revoluble. 
Leaves longer: lower less distant, upper more subulate not 
reflexed; cells wider. — Wet clay soil r. Amer. Can. Macoun. - 
U. 8: Sullivant and Austin, com. Mrs Britton. 
bb. Capsule not annulate. 
180.B.Drummondii C. Mueller. — Mniobryum vexans Limpr. | 
- Capsule sometimes larger than in B. pulchellum. Differs — 
also from it: Leaves erect distinctly reflexed and serrate; cells — 
wider; costa finally red below. — Earth also in alps r. Hur. - 
»Germany»: Limpricht. Amer. Can: Drummond n. 261, es 
Macoun, 
4. Cucullatiformia. | 
A. Leaves very distant, us. “broadly utres calls 
gen. very wide. : 
