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I. Leptobryum Br. eur. 

 l.B.piriforme L. — Mnium L.; Bryum Wiggers. 



Capsule piriform or round-oval, chestnut-colored; neck long; 

 lid small; annulus revoluble; teeth pale yellow; pedicel long. 

 Tufts us. 1 — 2 c. m. high. Resembles somewhat Dicranella 

 heteromalla in habit. — Stone-walls and rocks nearly common. 

 JEur. Sweden etc.! Amer. Can.: Macoun. U. S.: com. Cardot. 

 n. Eu-Bryum. 

 1. Julacea (Anomobryum Schimper). 



A. Leaves obtusate obtuse, us. shining when dry. 

 2.B.filiforme Dickson. — Anomobryum julaceum Schimp. 



Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, very concave, gen. entire; up- 

 per cells narrow; costa not percurrent. Capsule suboblong. 

 Stems longish, tufted. — Sandy soil in alps r. Eur. Switzerl.! 

 Austria: Schimper. 



B. Leaves short-acuminate or apiculate (or some ones obtuse). 



a. Leaves of the short fruiting stem reflexed, sublimbate, 

 not shining; costa percurrent. 



S.B.bnUatum C. Mueller. 



Leaves broad-ovate or ovate, entire; cells narrow. Capsule 

 small oblong-piriform yellowish pendent; cilia appendiculate. 

 Tufts loose; shoots and male plants longish. Habit of the last. 



— Amer. r. Can., Selkirk mts: Macoun 1890. »Alaskas: C. M. 



b. Leaves neither reflexed nor limbate, us. shining; costa 

 subpercurrent or (in B. juliforme) abbreviate. 

 4.B.jiiliforme C. Solms Laubach. — Anomobryum Solms; 

 Bryum Schimper. 



Leaves ovate-oblong, denticulate near apex; upper cells nar- 

 row; costa short. Capsule claviform. Tufts about 1 cm. high. 



— Rocks r. Eur. Italy: Bottini; Arcangeli. Norway: Hagen. 

 5.B.sericeum Lacroix. — B. leptostomum Schimp, 



Leaves suboval entire: those of shoots often obtuse; upper 

 cells oblong-lanceolate. Capsule suboblong; ^peristome rudi- 

 mentary »: Limpricht. Stem us, very low when barren, some- 

 times 1 c. m. high in fruiting state. — Wet rocks r. Eur. 

 France: Berthoumieu; Lamy, com. Husnot, 

 e.B.concinnatum Spruce. 



Leaves ovate or broadly ovate-lanceolate, gen. entire; upper 

 cells often rhomboidal. Capsules unknown. Stems longish, 

 often mixed in other moss-tufts, sometimes with greenish bul- 

 biUi, Often silver-glossy when dry. — Rocks princ. in alps r. 

 Eur. Norway, SwitzerU ».4.»wer.»: Lq. et Jam. 



