Bryum. MUSCI. 393 



or oblong-lanceolate, narrowly bordered and lower margin slightly reflexed, serrate 

 above : flowers rarely bisexual : capsule pendulous upon a strict pedicel, obovate- 

 pyrifonu, brown ; operculum small, convex, apiculate, persistent : inner membrane 

 adherent to the orange-colored teeth, the very narrow yellowish processes free, and 

 cilioke rudimentary. Bruch & Schiinp. 1. c., t. 340; Wilson, 1. c., t. 12. Pohlia 

 Warenensis, Schwaegr. Suppl. t. 236. 

 Streambanks on Mount Dana, at 9 - 10,000 feet altitude, abundant (Bolandcr) ; European. 



14. B. uliginosum, Bruch & Schimp. Stems cespitose, shortly branched, 3 to 

 7 lines high, with numerous rhizoids : leaves dull green, oval-lanceolate (the lower 

 ovate), narrowly bordered, obtusely serrate above, the lower margin reflexed : flowers 

 rarely bisexual : capsule horizontal or inclined npon a long arcuate pedicel, long- 

 pyriform, somewhat incurved, with minute oblique orange-colored operculum and 

 broad annulus : inner teeth fissured nearly the whole length, ciliolas none or imper- 

 fect. Bryol. Eur. t. 335 , Wilson, 1. c., t. 48. 



On Monte Diablo (Dr. Gibbons) ; northern Atlantic States ; Europe. 



* * Inner penstome free, the basal membrane long-prodiiced ; ciliolce short or 



ivanting : leaves ovate, costa not excurrent. Monceciov,s. 



15. B. calophyllum, R. Brown. Loosely cespitose ; stems short, simple or 

 branched, with few rootlets : leaves erect-spreading, somewhat succulent, round- 

 ovate, strongly concave, entire with flat margins, without border, and the costa 

 ceasing at or below the obtusish apex : capsule pendulous on a rigid strict pedicel, 

 short-pyriform, with broad persistent apiculate-convex operculum. Wilson, 1. c., 

 t. 33. B. latifolium, Bruch & Schimp. 1. c., t. 339. 



Santa Barbara ( W. L. Foster) ; Arctic America ; Northern Europe. 



* * * Inner peristome free, the basal membrane long-produced, and ciUola; 



(2 to 4) equalling the inner teeth. 



- Flowers bisexual, rarely polygamous : leaves mostly long-cuspidate with the 



excurrent costa. 



16. B. intermedium, Bmch & Schimp. Cespitose, bright green, very fertile, 

 the sterile branches elongated and flagelliform ; stems 2 to 6 lines high, densely 

 radiculose below : lower leaves ovate-, the upper oblong-lanceolate, with subrevolute 

 margins and long remotely toothed cusp, loosely imbricated : capsule horizontal or 

 inclined, oblong-pyriform with long colluni, slightly incurved, not contracted below 

 the narrow orifice, reddish brown ; operculum persistent, acute : annulus separating 

 in fragments. Bryol. Eur. t. 356; Wilson, 1. c., t. 49; FL Dan. xiv, t. 2381, 

 fig. 1. Webera intermedia, Schwaegr. Suppl. t. 75. 



Crescent City, Del Norte County (Solander), and at various localities in the Sierra Nevada 

 (Biyclow, Brewer, Bolandcr); mountains of Nevada (Watson); from Arctic America to the 

 Atlantic States and New Mexico and throughout Europe. Resembling B. pallescens, from which 

 it may be known by the bisexual flowers and characters of the capsule. 



1 7. B. cirrhatum, Hornsch. Distinguished by the broader obovate- or obconic- 

 pyriform pendulous capsule symmetrical and at length contracted below the broader 

 orifice ; annulus separating spirally. Bruch & Schimp. 1. c., t. 357. 



In a meadow near the Calaveras Grove, and in Mono Pass (Bolander) ; Europe. Intermediate 

 between B. intermedium and B. Mmum. 



18. B. torquescens, Bruch & Schimp. Distinguished by the much twisted 

 leaves (when dry), ovate to oblong-lanceolate, entire, with a smooth cusp and very 

 narrow border, the lower cauline and branch leaves long-lanceolate with reflexed 

 margins : capsule larger, obconic, inclined or pendulous, usually incurved, with 

 acutely apiculate purple operculum. Bryol. Eur. t. 358; Wilson, 1. c. 



Oakland (B!<irlnw); East Humboldt Mountains (IVatson) ; New York and Texas; Europe, 

 Africa, Australia and South America. 



