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below the mouth when dry; lid unknown. Teeth of the per- 
istome yellowish, triangular-lanceolate, segments narrow, 
split along the divisural line, cilia 1 or 2, long, filiform. 
Colorado: Springdale, Boulder co. (Marie Holzinger, 1892. 
Comm. J. M. Holzinger). By ln 
Nearly allied to B. erytiy 07 rhizon Soh: from which it dif- 
fers in the narrower leaves and the looser areolation. 
Brachythecium reflexum Sch. var. Demetrii. — Differs 
from the genuine form in the stronger habit, the thicker 
erect branches, and the broader softer leaves. 
Labrador: Squaw Island (Rev. A. C. Waghorne, 1891. 
Comm. Rev. C. H. Demetrio). et 
Eurhynchium Sullivantii L. et J. var. Holzingeri.—Dit- 
fers from the type in the branches shorter, generally obtuse, 
and the leaves broader and shorter acuminate. ; 
District of Columbia: near Washington (fF. V. Covtlle, 
1889-1890. Comm. J. M. Holzinger). 
Thamnium Holzingeri.—Green, slender, rather resem- 
bling in habit the small forms of Jsothecium myosuroides. 
"mary stems creeping, stoloniform, secondary ascending 
Gbcumbent, more or jess shrub-like, pinnate, branches 
complanate, generally attenuate. Lower stem leaves small, 
rep oblong-ligulate, obtuse or subobtuse, costa vanishing 
far from the apex, sometimes forking above; branch leaves 
a with the costa shorter and the lower margin inflexed, 
=e When dry, lid conic obliquely beaked. 
2 “stome yellowish, lanceolate-acuminate, subulate, ae 
sh narrowly split along the divisural line, cilia 2, 'ong, 
s€._ Seems to be dicecious. . 
fegon: Myrtle Point, Coos co. (Rev. G. A. Holsinger, 
- Comm. 
J. M. Holzinger). 
