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finally rufescent. Stem furnished with numerous male buds. 

 — Wet logs r. Amer. Can. Brit. Col.: Macoun. 

 V. Pseudo-Plumosaria Kindb. 

 32.B.asperrimum Mitten; Sulliv. icon. muse. 



Leaves minutely denticulate below, sharply serrate above, 

 ovate-lanceolate long-cuspidate, not or faintly plicate, decurrent 

 and somewhat distant; alar cells few not large, the others linear; 

 costa reaching to acumen or shorter. Capsule arcuate. Dioe- 

 cious. Ayner. Pacif. distr. r. Can.: Douglas, com. C. Mueller. 

 33.B.vallium Sullivant et Lesquereux. — Hypnum Sull. et 

 Lq.; Brachythecium Kindb. 



Differs from the last: Leaves nearly entire, faintly denticulate 

 at acumen. Pedicel of capsule shorter. Monoecious. — Logs 

 r. Amer. Pacif. distr. Can.: J. and J. M. Macoun. U. S.: Bo- 

 ] sender, com. C. Mueller. 



VI. Velutinaria Kindberg. 



A. All leaves distinctly denticulate all around, not falcate 

 when dry. Pedicel of capsule smooth. 



34.B.Fendleri Sullivant. — Hypnum Sull. icon, m.; Brachy- 

 thecium Kindb. 



Leaves ovate-oblong with long subulate or filiform point, 

 recurved near base or to acumen, crowded, sometimes decurrent, 

 suberect; inner cells sublinear; costa reaching to or above middle. 

 Branch-leaves serrulate. Perichetial leaves dentate above. Cap- 

 sule oval-oblong, thick at base, nearly straight and suberect, 

 very small; lid mamillate. Tufts glossy green. Stem pinnate 

 or subpinnate. Sometimes synoecious. — ■ Rocks r. Amer. U. 

 S.: Fendler, herb. Sullivant, com. Renauld. 

 35.B.Hillelbrandi Lesquereux; Sullivant icon. m. 



Differs from the last: Leaves without filiform point, broader 

 at base and not or indistinctly recurved; upper cells lanceolate, 

 iilar numerous on a triangular space nearly reaching to costa. 

 Stem-leaves subabruptly narrowed; perichetial nearly entire. 

 Capsule suboval faintly inclined. Tufts silky glossy. — Rocks 

 r. Amer. »U. S.: Bolsenders: Sulliv. 

 36.B.biventrosum C. Mueller (in sched.). 



Leaves crowded oblong-lanceolate long-acuminate sometimes 

 recurved to acumen; alar and lower basal cells short small, 

 the others linear; costa vanishing above middle. Branch-leaves 

 narrower than those of stem. Capsule oblong; lid apiculate; 

 pedicel less than 1 centim. long. Tufts green; branches very 



