^'■2/"'«^ MUSCr. oQcj 



or oblong-lanceolato, narrowly bordered and lower margin slightly reflcxod serrate 

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

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

 m hcreut to the orange-colored teeth, the very narrow yellowish processes free ami 

 cihoLne rudimentary. — Bruch <l' Schimp. 1. c, t. 340; Wilson, 1. c, t. 12. PohUa 

 nnrenensis, Schwaegr. 8uppl. t. 23G. 



Strcambnnks on Moiu.t Dana, at 9- 10,000 fc't altitu.l... al.undant (Bolamlcr) ; European. 

 T I-'*' ?■• I^^ig^^osum, 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 reilexed : flowers 

 rarely bisexual : capsule horizontal or in(dined upon a long arcuate pedicel lon<r- 

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

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

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



On Monte Diablo (/>. Gibbons); noitli<Mii Atlantic States ; Europe. 



* * Iimer j^ensfome free, the basal mewhvanc lonff-pwdnrcd ; nliohv. short or 



tcantiixj : leaves orate, costa not exeurrent. Monocciovs. 

 15. B. calophyllum, K. Brown. Loosely cespitose ; stems short, simple vv 

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

 ovate, strongly concave, entire with Hat 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-c.nvex operculum. — Wilson, 1. c.,' 

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



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



* * * Inner j^eristome free, the basal membrane long-produced, and ciliolm 



(2 to 4) equallincj the inner teeth. 



■^ Flowers bisexual, rarelij j^ohjgamoHs: haves mostly long-cuspidate with the 

 exeurrent costa. 

 10. B, intermedium, JJruch tt Schimp. Cespitose, bright green, very fertile, 

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

 radiculose below : lower leaves ovate-, the upi)er oblong-lanceolate, with subrevolute 

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

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

 the narrow orifice, reddish brown ; operculum persistent, acute : aniuilus separatincr 

 in fragments. — Bryol. Eur. t. 35G ; Wilson, 1. c, t. 49; El. iMn. xiv, t. 238l" 

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



Crescent City, Del Norte Qonn{y {Bolmuhr), and at various localities in the Sierra Nevada 

 {Bxgdow Brexccr I^jlandn);, mountains of Nevada {IFalson) ; from Arctic America to the 

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

 It may Ik; known by the bisexual llowers and characters of the cjipsule. 



17. B. cirrhatum, Tlornsch. Distinguished by the broader obovate- or obconic- 

 pynform 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 (Bolnnder) ; Europe. Intermediate 

 between B. intermedium and B. bimum. 



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

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

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

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

 acutely apiculate purple o])crculum. — Bryol. Eur. t. 358; AVilson, 1. c. 



Oakland (Bii/elow); East Humbol.lt Mountains {WaUon) ; New York aii.l Texas; Euroiic 

 Africa, Australia and South America. ' 



