— 365 — 



ved; lid low mamillate. Tufts 1 — 2 c. m. high. Fruiting stem 

 1 — 2 m. m. high. Spores larger than in the last. — Damp 

 rocks r. Amer. Can. Rocky mts: Macoun. 

 77.B.fuscxira Lindberg. 



sLeaves ovate-lanceolate reflexed, denticulate above; costa 

 short-excurrent. Capsule narrow faintly constricted; neck as 

 long; lid short-conic; cilia long-appendiculate. Tufts about 1 c. m. 

 high. Spores about 0,02 m. m. — Wet sand r. Eur, Finl.: 

 Lindberg)) : Limpricht. 



B. Leaves not distinctly limbate. 



a. Shoots julaceous. Leaves not or near base slightly re- 

 flexed. Dioecious. 



78.B.Funckii Schweegrichen. 



Leaves subovate very short-acuminate; upper cells dilated; 

 costa short-excurrent. Capsule narrow strangulate; lid mamil- 

 late. Tufts loose very low. Spores sometimes about 0,02 m. m., 

 often smaller. — Sand or gravel princ. in southern distr. Eur. 

 not r. Sweden: R. Hartman; J. Persson. 

 79.B.Kuilzei Hornschuch. 



Leaves smaller nearly pellucid: those of stem suboblong; 

 shoot-leaves broad-ovate longer acuminate; upper cells narrow; 

 costa long-excurrent. Capsule narrow or subpiriform strangu- 

 late; lid mamillate. Tufts compact about 2 c. m. or higher. 

 Spores about 0,01 m. m. — Dry earth also in alps r. Eur. 

 Norway! 

 SO.B.occidentale Sullivant. 



Leaves small oval or suboblong often decurrent; upper cells 

 narrow; costa short-excurrent. Capsule oblong wide-mouthed; 

 lid apiculate. Tufts tomentose about 1 c. m. high. — Amer. 

 r. U. S. Montana: Roell. 



b. Shoots not distinctly julaceous. Spores small about 0,01 

 m. m. Usually dioecious. Capsule us. narrow. 

 Sl.B.csespiticium L. 



Leaves narrowly ovate-oblong or shorter, us. recurved aU 

 around; costa ua. long-excurrent. Capsule strangulate us. yello- 

 wish brown; lid us. mamillate. Tufts about 2 c. m. high or 

 lower. — Earth and rocks common. Eur. Sweden, Norway, 

 Switzerl.! Amer. Can.: Macoun. U. S.: Schrader, com. C. M. 

 * B.badium Bruch. 



Capsule reddish brown; lid apiculate. Leaves sublimbate. 

 Tufts loose. — Humid earth r. Eur. Austria: Breidler. Switzerl.: 

 Pfeffer, com. Arnell. 



