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tufted, often long. Very r. frtiiting. — Wet places pHne. be- 

 low alps r. Eur. Sweden: R. Hartman. Fitil.: BrotherUs. France: 

 Boulay. Amer. Can.: Macoun. Greenl.: Bei-ggreii. 



b. Leaves gen. acute (in B. Schleicheri*latifoUum most] j ob- 

 tuse); costa percurrent or short-excurrent. R. fruiting. Male 

 flowers subdisciform. 

 l().B.turbinatum Hedwig. 



Leaves indistinctly or very narrowly Jimbate, not imbricate 

 when dry, carinate; upper cells rhomboidal. Stem-leaTes ovate- 

 lanceolate, reflexed below, gen. not decurrent. Capsule long- 

 necked; teeth yellow, segments paler; lid apiculate. Tufts us. 

 tomentose, often high. — Wet places also in alpS. Eur. not 

 common. Sweden, Norway, Switzerl.! France: Schimper. Eng- 

 land: Rogers. Amer. r. Can.: Macoun. 

 17.B.Sclileicheri Schwsegrichen. 



Differs from the last: Leaves shorter, ovate-oblong concave, 

 gen. broadly limbate and decurrent; upper cells often subrhom- 

 bic. Capsule larger, short-necked; segments nearly orange; lid 

 conic. Tufts sparingly radiculose. — Wet places in alp. region 

 princ. in southern districts. Eur. Switzerl., Norwayl Austria: 

 Breidler. Amer. r. Can.: Macoun. 

 "^ B.latifolium Schleicher. — Mnium SchL; Bryum Bridel. 



Leaves larger, subovate gen. obtuse, often partly reddish, — 

 In higher alp. region r. Eur. Switzerl. I Aiistria: Venturi. Greece: 

 Heldi-eich. France: Husnot. Seotl.: Holt. 

 iS.B.grandirete Kindb. n. sp. 



Leaves acute not limbate, imbricate when dry, ovate or broad- 

 ovate, not or scarcely acuminate, loosely disposed and short- 

 decurrent; cells very large: upper subrhombic; costa percurrent. 

 Capsules unknown. Tufts sparingly radiculose, red-brown below, 

 yellowish green above, not high, — In alps r. Ayner. Can. Brit. 

 Col.: Macoun. 



3. Erythrocarpa. 



A. Leaves not limbate. 



a. Capsule strangulate turbinate. Dioecious. 

 19.B.Klinggr£effii Schimper. — »B. constrictum Bruch mscr.» 

 Husnot. 



Leaves small entire, reflexed below: uppermost ovate-lance- 

 olate; costa percurrent or short-excurrent. Tufts loose green. — 

 Earth and stone-walls r. Eur. Switzerl.! Germany: Milde, 

 Sweden: Groenwall. 



b. Capsule not strangulate. 



