^>ryum. MUSCI. 39JL 



crowdcfl, longer, narrowly lancoolato, stron.qly donticulate ; porigonial leaves broadly 

 ovato with a long iloxuoso acuiniiiation, nearly entire : capside inclined or horizontal, 

 short-ovate, attenuate into a rather long collum ; opercidum conic, apiculate ; annulus 

 compound : outer teeth broad and short, the inner longer with rudimentary ciliolo) 

 in pairs or wholly wanting. — Mem. Calif. Acad. i. 22. 

 Foot of Mount Dana, Bolandcr. 



* * Capsule broader with the collum short: cil'wla: perfect. 

 -t- MonmcAous: antherldia axillary. 

 4. B. nutans, Schreb. Stems \ to 2 inches long, simple or branching above : 

 lower leaves ovatedauceolate, entire, the ui)per gradually larger, lineardanceolate and 

 serrate above : capsule mostly pendulous, j^yriform or oblong-ovate, at length reddish- 

 brown ; operculum apiculate ; annulus broad : teeth orange-red, with pale filiform 

 tips ; inner cilia and ciliolaj as long, the former broadly fissured. — Smith, Engl. 

 Bot. t. 1240; Bruch k Schimp. 1. c, t. 343 ; Wilson, 1. c, t. 29. Wehera nutans, 

 Hedw. Muse. Frond, t. 4. 



Var. bicolor, Bruch k Schimp. 1. c, t. 347. Pericha'tial leaves erect, siiorter : 

 capsule shorter, thicker, variegated : leaves of the sterile branches ovate, acuminate, 

 the costa excurrent. — Wehera bicolor, noj)pe & Hornsch. 



Foot of Mount Dana {Bolandcr) ; from Arctic America to Utah, Colorado and the Atlantic 

 Mates. _ A common and very variahle species, found also in Europe, Asia and South America, 

 ihe variety was collected on the banks of King's River, at 4,000 feet altitude {Brewer), and on 

 Jlouiit Dana {Bolandcr) ; likewise European. 



5. B. CUCuUatum, Schwaegr. Alpine, and like alpine forms of the last species : 

 distinguished by its broader, softer and scarcely shining leaves, the thicker capsule 

 with small orifice (the margin reflexcd when dry), and the smaller peristome, the 

 inner less developed with short and fugacious ciliol.'c. — Suppl. i^. 04, t. G8 ; Bruch 

 & Schimp. 1. c, t. 343 ; Fl. Dan. xv, t. 2683. Webera cucullata, Schimp. 



On Mount Dana {Bolandcr) ; Wiiite Mountains, New Hampshire ; mountains of Europe. ' 

 •i- •»- Flowers dioicious, or also bisexual in n. 6. 

 ++ Leaves narrow, the xtpper linear-lanceolate. 



G. B. cnidum, Schreb. Loosely cesi)itose, glaucous-green ; stems 1 or 2 inches 

 lugh, i)urple : lower leaves ovate-lanceolate, entire, the upper crowded, linear-lanceo- 

 late, flexuose-spreading, remotely serrate above, all shining and transparent : capsule 

 rarely pendulous, oblong or ventricose, often gibbous : operculum convex, more or less 

 apiculate: peristome pale yellow ; ciliolae in pairs or threes. — YavA. Bot. t. 1604- 

 Bruch k Schimp. 1. c, t. 348 ; Wilson, 1. c, t. 28; Fl. Dan. t. 2G82. Mniiim crudum, 

 Hedw. Muse. Frond, i. 99, t. 37. Webera cruda, Schimp. 



Around Clear Lake and in the Calaveras Grove {Bolandcr); East Humboldt Mountains, 

 ^eyada(/fn<so)^); and from subarctic America to Utah, Colorado and the northern Atlantic 

 Estates. Also \n Central America and Mexico, Patagonia and Europe. 



++ -H- Leaves broader, the upper ovate-lanceolate. 

 7. B. COmmutatum. Cespitose, bright green, reddish brown below ; stems an 

 inch high or more when dry, leaves shining, rather firm, erect-spreading, imbricate, 

 the lower ovate or ovate-lanceolate, the upper gradually larger, oblong- to linear- 

 lanceolate, concave with reflexed margins, scarcely decurrent, the purplish costa 

 ceasing at or near the serrulate apex : male flowers with axillary antheridia and 

 numerous parapliyses : capsule inclined or subpendulous, slightly incurved, brownish ; 

 operculum obtuse : teeth large, yellow, the inner pale, with gaping fissures and 

 ciholfc in pairs or threes. — nryinn Lndivigii, Bruch k Schimp. 1. c, t. 354, not 

 Sprengel. Webera commntata, Schimp. Syn. 2 ed. 403. 



On Mount Dana, at 9-10,000 feet altitude (Bolandcr); Cascade Mountains, Wabhin"tou 

 Teiiitcry {L>jall) ; Europe. " 



