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f-fCiliolae with appendages at their articulations. 



3. B. pyriforilie, Hedw. [Pear-shaped] : Stem nearly sim- 

 ple; leaves setaceous-subulate, serrulate, the nerve broad, excur- 

 rent ; capsule inclined, ventricose-pear-shaped ; pedicel 1 or 1 

 inches long, and, with the capsule, reddish orange-color when 

 mature. Damp shaded places. 



4. B. billl mil, Schreb. [Biennial] : Stems elongated ; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, with reflexed margins, mucronate by the excurrent 

 nerve, obsoletely denticulate at apex ; capsule oblong-pyriform, 

 drooping ; pedicel 1 to 2 inches long. Woods, and wet places. 



5. B. caespitltium, L. [Turfy']: Dioicous; stems short, 

 much branched by innovations, forming dense tufts ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, slightly denticulate at apex, the margins revolute, the 

 nerve excurrent ; capsule oblong-pyriform, drooping ; pedicel about 

 an inch long, reddish orange-color. Dry woods ; old walls, &c. 



6. B. argrenteuill, L. [Silvery"]: Dioicous; stems and branches 

 crowded, short, subcylindric ; leaves closely imbricated, broadly 

 oval, short-pointed, the nerve vanishing at the apex ; capsule oval- 

 oblong, nodding ; pedicel to f of an inch long, dark purple. Old 

 roofs; roadsides, &c., common. The color of the leaves varying 

 from glaucous green to silvery white. 



2. Innovations proceeding from, the base of the stem. 

 4^ Ciliolae (except in B. roseum) smooth, f Leaves margined. 



I. B, punctatuni, Hedw. [Dotted]: Dioicous; stems elon- 

 gated ; leaves large, distant, roundish-obovate or oval, narrowed at 

 base, wavy-dotted, entire, with the margin thickened, the nerve 

 disappearing below the summit ; capsule oval, rather pendulous : 

 pedicel about f of an inch long ; lid nearly conic, short-beaked ; 

 sterile fl. discoid. Wet places. 



8. B. liorillim, Hedw. [This year's]: Dioicous ; stems elon- 

 gated; leaves oblong-lanceolate, erect-spreading, spinulose-serrate, 

 and spinulose on the back, the nerve vanishing near the apex ; cap- 

 sule ovoid-elliptic, nodding; pedicel about 1 finches long; lid hem- 

 ispherical-conic, apiculate. Damp shady places. 



9. B. cuspidal Hill, Hedw. [Cuspidate]: Stems elongated; 

 leaves obovate, acute, and pointed with the excurrent nerve, nar- 

 rowed at base, the margins thickened and wavy -denticulate ; cap- 

 sule oval, nodding ; pedicel f of an inch long ; lid conic-hemispher- 

 ical, often obtuse. Damp woods. 



10. B. affme, End. [Kindred] : Dioicous ; stems elongated : 

 leaves oval-lanceolate, and ligulate-lanceolate, wavy, sharply ser- 

 rate, the nerve excurrent ; capsule elongated-oval, nodding ; pedicel 

 1 to 1J inches long, often 2 or more together; lid hemispherical- 

 mamillate. Damp situations. 



II. B. roseum, Schreb. [Rosaceous]: Dioicous; stems of 

 an inch to 1 inches long, nearly leafless below; leaves large, deep 

 green ; crowded and rosulate at the summit of the stem, spatulate, 



