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ovate-oblong. Capsule brown oblong-piriform faintly constricted, 

 smaller and shorter than in the last; neck short. Tufts dense 

 tomentose. Habit of B. ccespiticium. — Amer. r. Can. Rooky 

 rats: Macoun. 



bb. Leaves not twisted, more or less strongly appressed 

 when dry, large and mostly reddish. 

 36.B.3[ildei Juratzka. 



Leaves gen. ovate-oblong acute sometimes denticulate near 

 apex; cells oblong-rhomboidal; costa green or brown-yelLow not 

 r. short-excurrent. Capsule reddish yellow finally brown. Tufts 

 green us. silky or golden glossy, often verj-^ large. Very r. frui- 

 ting. — Earth and stones r. Eur. Switzerll; Philibert. Belgium: 

 Roemer. 

 37.B.Atwateriae C. Mueller. 



Leaves gen. arrounded at apex, not r. short-decurrent; lower 

 cells red; costa not excuirent, finally crimson-red. Stem-leaves 

 suboblong; cells oblong-lanceolate. Branch-leaves crimson-red 

 gen. suboval with oblong-oval cells, sometimes narrower with 

 narrower cells. Capsule us. red, not strangulate. Tufts 3—5 

 c. m. high, us. red not glossy. — Wet rocks r. Amer. princ. 

 in Pacif. distr.: Macoun. D. S.: Henderson, com. Cardot. 

 38.E.iiiiuiatuni Lesquereux. 



Differs from the last: Leaves not decurrent, often green or brown; 

 oella suboblong; costa green or at base red. Capsule smaller. 

 — Wet rocks r. Amer. Can. Brit. Col. 1300 metr. a. sea; N. 

 Poundl.: Waghorne. 

 39.B.capitellatiiin C. M. et Kindb. 1. c. 



Uppermost leaves suboblong subacute not arrounded at apex; 

 cells somewhat narrow; costa green percurrent. Lowest leaves 

 small oval round-obtuse distant finally reddish; costa red not 

 percurrent. Tufts low golden glossy above or green. Capsules 

 unknown. — Wet rocks near Pacific sea r. Amer. Can. Vane, 

 isl.: Macoun. 

 40.B.coi'Sicnin Kindb. n, sp. in litt. ad Levier. 



Leaves flaccid pale red entire subobtuse, not distinctly reflexed, 

 not densely appressed when dry; upper cells wide, the others 

 somewhat narrow; costa pale red or yellowish not excurrent. 

 Stem-leaves crowded ovate-oblong; branch-leaves suboblong di- 

 stant decurrent. Capsules unknown. Tufts high. — Eur. r. 

 Corsica: E. Levier. 



5. Trichophora. 



A. Leaves distinctly limbate. 



