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a. Leaves, princ. the lower of stem, gen. sublingulate with 

 long narrow base, us. obtusate; basal short-rectangular, upper 

 rhomboidal. Us. dioecious. 



41.B.capilIare L. 



Leaves gen. broad-limbate nearly entire and crowded, twisted 

 when dry, us. green; limb us. yellowish. Capsule us. red-brown. 

 — On dry stones and old roofs princ. in lower districts. Eur. 

 common. Sweden, Germany, Switzerl. Amer. »U. S.»: Lesq. 

 et Jam. 



* B.torquescens Bruch. 



Leaves dark-green or brownish, more acuminate. Capsule 

 dark brown. Sometimes synoecious or monoecious. — Eur. r. 

 Germany, Switzerl.l France: Philibert. Engl : Holt. Greece: 

 Orphanides. i>Amer.i>: Lesq. et Jam. 



* B.restitntnm Notaris. 



Leaves finally brown-red, entire obtuse; limb brown. Capsule 

 dark brown. — Eur. r. Switzerl. near Lugano! »Italy near 

 Como»: Notaris. 

 *B.riiralifornie Kindb. n. subsp. 



Leaves brown-red strongly dentate subacute; Hmb brown. 

 Shoot-leaves sometimes decurrent. Capsules unknown. Habit 

 of Barbula ruralis. — Amer. r. Can. Vane, isl.: Macoun 1893. 



* B.erythroloma Kindb. n. subsp. 



Leaves purplish red acute nearly entire; limb rose-red. — 

 Amer. r. Can. Vane, isl.: Macoun 1892. 



* B.Haistii Schimper. 



»Leaves small entire finally red; awn reddish. — Stone-walls r. 

 Eur. Switzerl.*: Schimper. 

 42.B.speirophylluiii Kindb. bull. soc. hot. ital. 1895. 



Differs from B. capillare: Leaves narrowly Umbate distant 

 decurrent gen. entire, flaccid when moist, corrugate not twisted 

 when dry. — Moist rocks. Eur. Sweden, Switzerl.! Amer. 

 Can. Vane, isl.: Macoun. 



b. Leaves, princ. those of stem, subovate-lanceolate with 

 not or slightly narrowed base, oft«n acuminate, not or slightly 

 twisted when dry; basal cells short-rectangular, upper rhom- 

 boidal. Dioecious. 



43.B.Donii Greville. 



Leaves nearly crowded and not decurrent, us. denticulate 

 and broadly Umbate. Upper shoot-leaves often rosulate. Cap- 

 sule often very large. Tufts green or brown. — Dry stones 

 in warmer distr. r. Eur. Italy: Levier; Arcangeli. Greece: 



