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teeth orange. — Rocks r. Amer, Pacif. distr. Can. Brit. Col.: 



Macoun. 



4.C.OXycladoil Bridal. — Hypnum Brid.; C. M. syn.; Camp- 



tothecium Kindb. 



Leaves long-acuminate subulate filiform-pointed short-decurrent, 

 entire or at acumen faintly sinuolate; alar cells hyaline; costa 

 reaching to acumen or shorter. Branches compressed not cur- 

 ved. Tufts green silky glossy. » Capsule oval symmetric incli- 

 ned; lid obtuse; pedicel smooth. Monoecious»: C. M. syn. — 

 Amer. r. Can : Macoun. 



5.C.Philippei Spruce. — Isothecium Spr.; Camptothecium 

 Kindb.; Homalothecium Br. eur. 



Leaves narrow-triangular long-acuminate, more or less decur- 

 rent and auricled. Stem-leaves entire; costa long-excurrent. 

 Branch-leaves faintly denticulate above, often also near base; 

 costa vanishing in acumen. Perichetial leaves us. abruptly 

 narrowed to a long subtiliform point. Capsule subcylindric- 

 oblong straight symmetric; teeth yellow; endostome not well- 

 evolute; pedicel smooth or in lower part faintly rough. Tufts 

 us. green and silky glossy, gen. very dense. Branches straight 

 or slightly curved. Dioecious. — Calcareous rocks gen. r. Eur. 

 Switzerl.l Austria: Venturi. France: Schimper; Husnot. Germany: 

 com. Warnstorf. 



b. Leaves plicate long-decurrent; alar cells very large, hyaline 

 or reddish. 



e.C.lamprochryseiini C. M. et Kindb. — Brachythecium cat. 

 Can. m. 



Leaves gradually narrowed to a short narrowly subulate or 

 filiform often curved point, strongly phcate. Stem-leaves gen. 

 entire; costa vanishing near middle. Branch-leaves faintly den- 

 ticulate all around; acumen longer, costa often reaching to it. 

 Capsule subovoid or arcuate; teeth yellowish or In lower part 

 brown; endostome well-evolute; cilia not appendiculate; lid not 

 seen; pedicel very rough, often long. Tufts us. golden yellow 

 shining. Stem subpinnate; branches straight. Monoecious. 

 Resembles somewhat C. lutesnens and Brachythecium rivulare. — 

 Mountain torrents and marshes r. Amer. Pacif. distr. Can.: J. 

 and J. M. Macoun. 



C. Leaves faintly striate decurrent; lower basal cells nearly 

 uniform not large, alar not well-defined. Stem us. creeping. 

 T.C.acuminatiini Hedwig. — Leskea H.; Camptothecium Kindb.; 

 Homalothecium Ren, et Card.; »Hypnum Beauvoiss: Sulliv. ic. m. 



