— 255 — 



shorter, snboblong often curved; teeth red less contorted; pedi- 

 cel yellow above. Tufts dense yellowish green or brown not 

 high. — Calcareous earth. Eur. not r. Norway, Switzerl.l 

 Greece: Heldreich. France: Boulay. 



36.B.iiiclinatnla C. M. et Kindb. 1. c. 



Leaves as in the last but nearly straight when moist and 

 more involute above; the perichetial whitish much broder. 

 Capsule n arrow- cylindric not large, nearly straight; teeth much 

 contorted. Tufts loosely cohering about 0,5 c. m. high. — 

 Sandy soil in alps r. Amer. Can. Brit. Col.: Macoun. 

 37.B.Ciespitosa Schwsegrichen. — B. cirrata Bruch. 



Differs from B. tortuosa: Monoecious. Leaves shorter, less 

 narrowly or longly acuminate; their hyaline basal part often 

 denticulate above; costa more distinctly excurrent. Capsule 

 smaller; pedicel shorter and thinner, flexuous and yellow, finally 

 reddish. Tufts low often not cohering. — On earth and at 

 base of trees r. Eur. Francel Spain: Dieck, com. Roell. Amer. 

 Can.: Macoun. U. S.: Langlois, com. Cardot. 

 VI. Tortula Bridel, in part. 

 1. Cuneifolise. 

 SS.B.Cuneifolia Dickson. — Bryum Dicks.; Barbula Brid. 



Leaves subovate-suboblong or suboval, obtuse or acute and 

 not reflexed; the upper nearly crisped when dry; costa green 

 excurrent to a smooth nearly hyaline often long point. Cap- 

 sule suboblong; teeth dark purplish scarcely more than once 

 contorted. Tufts green higher than in B. muralis. Monoecious. 

 — Rocks in warmer districts r. Eur. Engl.: Curnow. France: 

 Husnot. Greece: Heldreich. Amer. Can.: Macoun (»B. Vahlii» 

 cat. Can. m.) 

 39.B.snbcuneifoIia Kindb. revue bryol. 1896. 



Leaves suboval-ovate sometimes acute or apiculate, slightly 

 reflexed below, larger than in the last and not crisped; costa 

 not excurrent finally red-brown. Capsule as in the last; peri- 

 stomial tube more prominent. Monoecious. — Arctic. Paoif. 

 distr. r. Amer. Alaska: J. M. Macoun. 



40.B.Garberi Lesq. et Jam. — Desmatodon L. J.; Barbula 

 Kindb. 



» Leaves oblong or Ungulate-lanceolate obtuse inflexed above; 

 cells scarcely papillose; costa percurrent. Capsule oblong-oval; 

 teeth partite. Habit of Trichostomum arenaceum. Dioecious. — • 

 Amer. r. U. S.»: Lq. et Jam. 



