— '264 ^ 



yufts fuKcescent. — Rocks r. Amer. Can. Brit. Col.: Macoun 

 (»B. rigidula* Canadian musci n. 412). 

 77.B.subgracilis C. M. et Kindb. 1. c. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate reflexed nearly all around, crisped or 

 flexuous when dry; costa reddish. Perichetial leaves faintly 

 erenulate, the outer acuminate, the inner broad obtuse. Cap^ 

 siile red-brown oblong-cyliudric. Tufts green or red-brown 

 below. — . -Rocks r. Amer. Can. Brit. Col.: Macoun.- U. S. 

 Montana: Roell. 



bb. Costa of leaves long-excurrent. Capsules unknown. 

 78.B.Wagbornei Kindb. n. sp. 



Leaves from short ovate half-sheathing base long-acuminate 



acute entire, slightly reflexed above base, faintly curled when 



dry; costa red. Tufts brown-red radiculose. Habit of Didy- 



inodon rubellus. —Amer. r. N. Foundl.: Rev:d A. C. Waghoriie. 



b. Purpureseformes. 



A. Leaves long sublanceolate. 

 79.B.p«rpnrea C. Mueller. 



-M sUppier. leaves gi-adually longer, from oblong base broadly 

 lanceolate subobtuse, revolute to above middle, subtorquate 

 when dry; cells small reddish quadrate; costa purplish thick 

 excurrent. Capsule oval; teeth scarcely contorted; calyptra long. 

 Tufts small purple; stem &hort naked below. — Rocks r. U. 

 S. Calif..: C. M. in Flora 1876. 



SO.B.lateritia Kindb. n. sp. — B. brachj'phylla var. angusti- 

 folia C. M. et Kindb. 1. c. 



Leaves ovate lanceolate broadly acuminate sdbobtuse nearly 

 smooth, slightly reflexed or partly flat at borders, crowded, 

 appressed when dry; cells subpellucid subquadrate; costa red 

 thick (princ. above), percurrent. Capsules unknown. Tufts 

 compatjt ■ brick red 1 — 2 c. m. high. — Rocks r. Amer. Can. 

 Brit. Col.: Macoun. 

 , B. Leaves short gen. ovate. 

 Sl.B.bracbyphj'lla SuUivant. 



sLeav^s ovate obtuse recurved all around; costa percurrent. 

 Capsule cylindric; lid long-rostrate; teeth scarcely half-twisted; 

 calyptra short. Tufts dark brown dense high radiculose their 

 whole length. — Amer. r. U. S.»: Lesq. et Jam. 

 82.B.decursiTula Kindb. eat. Can. m. 



. Leaves recurved nearly all around, faintly papillose, loosely 

 disposed and long-decurrent, subtorquate or loosely appressed 

 when dry, gen. ovate acute; the uppermost of stem and some 



