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56.B.tomentosum Kindb. n. sp. 



Leaves subovate nearly gradually acuminate, entire decurrent 

 small. Tufts brown and very tomentose below, green above, 

 dense and not low. — Amer. r. Can. Rocky mts: Macoun 1890. 



bb. Leaves not distinctly twisted, nearly appressed when dry. 

 57.B.heteroneuron C. M. et Kindb. cat. Can. m. 



Leaves suboval or subobovate often obtuse, entire or faintly 

 denticulate, crowded and not large; awn sometimes wanting. 

 Capsule less large than in B. capillare. Tufts us. reddish, not 

 high; shoots clavate. — Rocks and roadsides r. Amer. Can. 

 Brit. Col. and Vane, isl.: Macoun. 

 58.B.cariiithiacuin Bryol. eur. 



Leaves subobtuse cochleariform gen. not large: lower entire 

 subobovate not crowded, upper ovate-oval us. denticulate. Tufts 

 brown with green tops us. very high. Capsules not seen. — 

 Moist rocks princ. in alps r. Eur. iSwitzerL! Austria: Breidler, 

 com. Warnstorf. 



* B.spelugense Kindb. n, subsp. 



Leaves larger, flaccid and not cochleariform: upper subobo- 

 vate, . middle short-decurrent; cells larger; awn sometimes indi- 

 stinct. Capsules unknown. — Rocks in higher alp. region r. 

 Eur. Switzerl. near Spluegen 1500 metr. a sea! 

 59.B.Ferchelli Funok. 



Leaves small suboval-ovate subobtuse entire or faintly denti- 

 culate, gen. crowded and not decurrent; awn us. short. Cap- 

 sule smaller than in B. elegans; lid mamillate. Tufts brown- 

 green us. low. — Rocks princ. in alps, r. Eur. Norway, Swit- 

 zerl.l Amer. »U. S.»: Cardot. 



* B.suecicum Kiadb. u. subsp. 



Leaves gen. distant decurrent entire; awn long flexuous. Cap- 

 sules not seen. Tufts brown below, dark green above, about 

 4 c. m. high. — Moist places r. Eur. Sweden Aongermanl. on 

 the shore of a lake: H. W. Arnell. 



6. Bimiformia. 

 A. Leaves distinctly decurrent, not (or slightly near base) 

 reflexed, gen. broadly limbate; costa gen. percurrent. Dioecious. 

 eO.B.neodamense Itzigsohn. 



Leaves suboblong obtusate us. obtuse cucullate. Tufts us. 

 brown-green. R. fruiting. — Swamps and rivulets. Eur. not 

 common. Norwayl Sweden: Lindberg. Spetsbergen: Berggren. 

 Engl.: Rogers. Spain: Husnot. 



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