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Leaves ovate-oblong shorter than the by eosta nearly wholly 

 filled point, curled when dry. Capsule oblong sulcata when 

 dry; teeth pale truncate not reaching above annulus; lid rostel- 

 late; pedicel erect. Stems not tufted. — Rocks. Eur. princ. 

 in middle and south, distr. Germany! France: Boulay. Austria: 

 Breidler. Amer. »U. S.»: Lesq. et Jam. 



100. TrochobrjTim Breidler et Beck. 

 l.T.carniolicum Breidler et Beck. 



Leaves subovate-oblong; the upper flexuous or deflexed with 

 a many times longer costa. Capsule rotundate or round-oval 

 not sulcate; teeth blood-red truncate; Hd sj'stylic convex with 

 short thick point; pedicel erect. — Moist calcareous rocks r. 

 Eur. Serbia: Ilie, com. C. Mueller. 



101. Bliadia Bruch et Schimper. 



I. Eu-Blindia. Capsule exserted; lid soon deciduous^ peri- 

 stome present. Dioecious. 



II. Stylostegiuni. Capsule immersed; lid often systylic; peri- 

 stome none. Monoecious. 



I. Eu-Blindia. 

 l.B.acnta Hudson. — Bryum Huds.; Blindia Br. eur. 



Leaves broadly ovate-lanceolate gradually acuminate, nearly 

 straight, gen. not much longer than the excurrent part of costa; 

 alar cells red large quadrate; costa us. smooth. Perichetial 

 leaves abruptly acuminate larger. Capsule suboval-piriform or 

 globose with short neck; lid red-rostrate; teeth red; annulus 

 not distinct; pedicel straight reddish. Tufts us. brown. — 

 Wet rocks princ. in alps. Eur. not uncommon. Sweden, Nor- 

 way, Switzerl.! Amer. Can.: Macoun; Moser; Waghorne. Greenl.: 

 Vanhoeffen. 

 2.B.flexipes (Renauld et Cardot as var.) Kindb. n. sp. 



Leaves as iu the last but often falcate; costa denticulate 

 above, shorter- excurrent. Perichetial leaves gradually acuminate. 

 Capsule as in the last; pedicel flexuous arcuate yellow above. 

 Tufts green or yellowish green. — Wet rocks r. Atner. Pacif. 

 distr. Can.: Macoun. U. S.: HoweU, com. Cardot. 



IE. Stylostegium Bryol. eur. 

 S.B.caespiticia Schweegrichen. — Anoectangium Schw.; Blindia 

 C. Mueller. 



Leaves suboblong gradually acuminate nearly straight; alar 

 cells brown subquadrate; costa long-excurrent. Perichetial leaves 

 less gradually acuminate and very much larger; costa short- 

 excm'rent. Capsule obovate or turbinate; lid yellow-rostrate; 



