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faintly and distantly sinuolate-denticulate above, borders not revolute, 

 costa not excurrent: barren. Mac. Cat. 115. — Damp rocks: Revelstoke, 

 B. C: Hector, Rocky Mountains. 



282. Ilrynm Frondei Kindb.— Habit of Wehera nutans. Agrees 

 with Bryum inclinatum in synoicous inflorescence, symmetric capsule, 

 etc.; differs in leaves long acuminate, cells long and narrow, upper sub- 

 linear, costa very long excurrent, peristomial segments quite free from 

 teeth, spores smaller, cilia wanting. Mac. Cat. 120.— St. Paul Island, 

 Behring Sea. 



283. Bryum sub-purpiirascens Kindb. — Agrees with B. 2nir2ourascens 

 in red tufts, elongate shoots, costa scarcely or faintly excurrent, capsule 

 long-necked, constricted below mouth, teeth orange colored, segments 

 free, cilia smooth, spores small, lid large and mamillate, pedicel red: differs 

 in inflorescence dioicous, all leaves red margined, costa long excurrent, 

 and principally in curved sub-clavate capsule, resembling that of B. 

 meeseoides. Mac. Cat. 119.— On wet earth: Port Moody, B. C. 



284. Bryum an^ustirete Kindb.— Differs from B. pendulum in leaves 

 narrow, ovate-lanceolate, reflexed all around; upper cells very narrow, sub- 

 linear, basal cells reddish; costa red: capsule sub-cylindric; pedicel arcuate 

 above; teeth paler; spores small: synoicous. Mac. Cat. 119. — Damp earth: 

 Rocky Mountains; Revelstoke, B. C. 



285. Bryum Roellii Philib.— Polygamous: yellowish green: leaves ag- 

 gregated on upper part of stem, ovate, or elongate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 almost perfectly entire; cells small; costa long excurrent into a rigid 

 scarcely denticulate point; margin slightly thickened, rather distinct, not 

 colored, in lower part sub-plane, above broadly reflexed: seta 2-A cm. long; 

 capsule oblong, about 3.5 mm, long, becoming pale; lid conic, often darker 

 colored; annulus broad, pale; peristome from a red base very pale, internal 

 closely adherent to outer throughout its whole length, segments irregular, 

 laterally affixed to teeth or obsolete, cilia none; dorsal lamina of teeth 

 very slender, scarcely visible; ventral lamina pale, divided and excavate, 

 with the vertical dissepiments of the internal membrane adnate in 3-4 

 rows of cells; spores 20-25/<. Revue Bryol. 17: 56. 1890.— Cascades, 

 Washington. 



286. Bryum bracliyneuron Kindb.— Agrees with B. j^efidtdum in 

 inflorescence synoicous, peristome orange, spores large: differs in leaves 

 decurrent, short ovate, costa broad, abbreviate, not excurrent, shoots 

 bearing globose gemmse, peristomial teeth very much broader: stem red, 

 very short: pedicel 1 cm. long or shorter, often scarcely emerging from 

 tufts: costa of lowest leaves red, percurrent only in leaves of shoots and 

 perichsetial ones: capsules ventricose, short-necked, constricted below 

 mouth. Mac. Cat. 120.— St. Paul Island, Behring Sea. 



287. Bryum Archangelicum Schimp. — Synoicous, also with male and 



