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base of trees. Eur. common. Sweden, Norway, Switzerl.! Amer. 

 Can. not r,: Macoun; Waghorne. U. S.: Roell, com. Cardot. 

 *B.Tineale Milde. 



» Leaves of stem entire. Annulus of capsule wanting. Poly- 

 gamous. — Eur. Tirol near Meran: Milde»: Limpricht. 

 lO.B.lsetum Bridel. — Hypnum Brid.; C. M.; Sulliv. ic. musoor.; 

 Bracbythecium Kindb., non Schimper. 



Differs from B. salebrosum: Capsule not annulate, often less 

 curved; cilia not appendiculale; lid sometimes mamillate. Leaves 

 often with distinct alar cells and longer costa, us. glossy. Tufts 

 very radiculose and dense. »Not easily distinguished from B. 

 salebrosum^: Sull. 1. c. (delineated as dioecious). — Logs in 

 shady places. Amer. not r. Can.: Macoun; Moser; Lawson; Wag- 

 horne. U. S.: SuUivant, com. C. Mueller; Austin, com. Macoun. 

 11 B.laevisetum Kindb. bull. Torr. club XVII. 



Differs from the last and B. salebrosum in smaller not subu- 

 late-acuminate leaves and their longer costa; branch-leaves very 

 short-acuminate with filiform often twisted point. Leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate acute, denticulate above middle, crowded, not much 

 patent when dry; lowest basal cells dilated, the others subli- 

 near; costa vanishing in acumen. Capsule small arcuate; cilia 

 short; annulus not seen: lid convex obtuse; pedicel not long. 

 Perichetial leaves nerveless. Tufts glossy green. Resembles 

 B. populeum. — Logs r. Amer. Can.: Macoun. 

 II. Eurhynchiopsis Kindb. 



A. Leaves, princ. the uppermost of branches, with long 

 hairlike point. 



a. Leaves gen. entire, sometimes faintly denticulate near 

 apex or also in upper basal part, often not decurrent; alar cells 

 few; costa reaching to middle or shorter. Capsules unknown. 

 12.B.cirrosiini Schwsegrichen. — Hypnum Schw.; Brachythe- 

 cium Schimper; B. Funckii and Myurium herjedalicum Schinip. 



Leaves suboblong abruptly narrowed, often recurved below; 

 upper cells linear, the lower lanceolate. Tufts often glossy or 

 bright gi'een. Stem r. pinnate; branches obtuse us. julaceous. 

 — Earth in alp. regions r. Eur. Norway, Switzerl.! Amer. 

 »Greenl. »; Pansch. 



b. Leaves (at least those of branches) denticulate all around, 

 decurrent; angular (alar) cells large nximerous; costa reaching to 

 or above middle. 



IS.B.piliferum Schreber. — Hypnum Schr.; Brachythecium 

 Kindb.; Eurhynchium Br. eur. 



