— 889 — 
cells narrower. Capsule reddish yellow; cilia sometimes sub- 
appendieulate. Spores very small. — Alps r. Amer. Brit. Col. 
2100 metr. a. sea: Macoun. 
188.B.canadense Kindb. — Webera micro-apiculata C. M. et 
Kindb. cat. Can. m. 
Leaves small suboblong or oblong-lanceolate apiculate or 
narrowed to a short gen. entire acumen, finally red, appressed 
when dry; the uppermost denticulate faintly reflexed; cells 
very narrow; costa faint, vanishing far below apex. Tufts dense 
not high, green above, reddish below. Capsules unknown. — 
Rocks r. Amer. Can. Brit. Col.: Macoun, 
189.B.norvegicum Kindb. — B. micro-commutatum  Kindb. 
botan. notiser 1896, 
Leaves small oval-ovate obtusate or short-acuminate faintly 
denticulate nearly crowded and gen. not decurrent; cells not 
wide; costa not excurrent. Tufts low green. Differs from B. 
commutatum: Capsule subglobose or broad-piriform purplish or 
finally dark brown-red, often erect; neck very short; teeth brown- 
yellow; pedicel us. shortish. — In alp. region r. Eur. Norway 
Dovrefjeld and Tronfjeld! 
5. Albicantiformia. 
190.B.albicans Wahlenberg. — Mniobryum Limpr. 
Leaves not glossy, often glaucous green sometimes finally 
red; cells rhomboidal; costa not percurrent. Lower leaves ovate 
or ovate-oblong; upper acute not reflexed, distant short-decur- 
rent, us. narrowly ovate-lanceolate. Capsule glaucous finally 
reddish or orange-brown, blackish when old, thick piriform; 
neck thick; teeth orange; lid mamillate; pedicel long. Tufts 
loose often high when sterile, about 2—3 c. m. when fruiting. 
Dioecious. — Wet places prine. in alps. Eur. common in alps. 
Sweden, Norway, Switzerl.! Amer. Can: J. Macoun; Moser. 
Alaska: J. M. Macoun: U. S: Henderson, com. Cardot. 
* B.sparsum »Hampe»: C. Mueller. 
Leaves smaller; cells narrower. Stem short. — Amer. r. U. 
S.: Roell; Bolæńdėr; com. C. Mueller. 
VI. Epipterygium Lindberg. 
191.B.Tozeri Greville. — Webera Schimper. 
Leaves pale green; the larger oval or obovate abruptly short- 
acuminate acute decurrent; inner cells wide rhomboidal. Smaller 
. . leaves oblong. Capsule small obovate rufescent; neck short; 
lid conic; annulus very broad; pedicel not long. Stems short 
not tufted. Dioecious. Habit of B. carneum. — Wet earth r. 
