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T.B.Geheebii C. Mueller. 



sLeaves broad-ovate obtusely short-acuminate; upper cells 

 rhombic. Capsules unknown. Stem with bulbilli. Tufts 3 c. m. 

 high. Habit of the last. — Wet rocks r. Eur. Switzerland*: 

 Limpricht. 

 *B.Coinbae Notaris. 



» Leaves ovate-oblong obtusely short-acuminate; upper cells 

 oblong-oval or rhomboidal. Capsules unknown. Tufts 1 c. m. 

 high. — Eur. r. Sardinia island: Comba»: Limpricht. 

 2. Speirophylla. 



A. Leaves finally rose-red, loosely disposed, gen. not lim- 

 bate. Capsule not oblique, longer than neck. 



a. Leaves long-decurrent; costa not excurrent. 

 S.B.Duvalii Voit. — B. lato-decurrens C. M. et Kindb. 1. c. 



Leaves not reflexed, ovate-oblong acute or apiculate. Cap- 

 sule brown strangulate; pedicel often very long. Stems often 

 long and loosely tufted. Not often fruiting. — Swamps also 

 in alps. Eur. not uncommon. Norwayl Amer. Can.: Macoun; 

 Moser. 

 S.B.obtusifolinm Lindberg. 



Leaves reflexed, gen. broad-ovate obtuse, r. subacute. Ripe 

 capsules not found; pedicel not long. Tufts us. dense and not 

 high. — Northern alps near perennial snow r. Eur. Norwayl 

 Sweden: E. Nyman. Spetsbergen: Berggren; Gyllencreutz. Amer. 

 Alaska: Palmer (fertile). 

 lO.B.pyginaeo-alpinuin C. M. et Kindb. 1. c. 



Leaves not reflexed, gen. broad-ovate obtuse, less loosely 

 disposed. Capsules unknown. — Wet rocks in alp. region r. 

 Amer. Can., Vane. isl. 1700 metr. a. s.: Macoun. 



b. Leaves gen. not decurrent; costa sometimes excurrent. 

 1 1 .B.erythrophyllum Kindb. cat. Can. m. 



Leaves (at least the lower) reflexed, subovate scarcely api- 

 culate; cells Bubrhombic; costa percurrent. Capsule brown sub- 

 oblong finally strangulate. Tufts loose. — Wet earth r. Amer. 

 Can.: Macoun. Alaska: Palmer. 

 12.B.erythrophylloides Kindb. cat. Can. m. 



Leaves diversiform, not reflexed: uppermost oblong-lanceolate 

 somewhat long-acuminate with narrower cells and short-excur- 

 rent costa; middle leaves ovate-oblong acute with subrhombic 

 cells and percurrent costa; the lowest ovate-oval subobtuse. 

 Capsules unknown. Tufts loose. — By springs r. Amer. Can.: 

 Macoun. 



