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Gulose below, about 1 c. m. high. — Earth r. Amer. Cain. 

 Oct.: Dearnesa, com. Macoun. 



2. Versicoloriformia. 

 lOe.B.TersicoIor Al. Braun. 



Leaves ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate acute, 

 reflexed crowded not deeurrent. Capsule finally reddish, round- 

 oval. Stem very short. Tufts scarcely 1 c. m. high. — Wet 

 sand princ. by rivers r. Eur. Austria: Venturi; Gander. Ger- 

 many: Progel. 



lOT.B.coronatum Schwsegrichen. 



Leaves as in the last but looser disposed and not reflexed; 

 those of shoots deeurrent. Capsule yellowish or pale brown, 

 oval-oblong. — Amer. v. »U. S.»: Lesq. et Jam. (Cuba: Wright, 

 com. C. Mueller). 



lOS.B.excurrens Lindberg. 



Leaves subovate abruptly acuminate acute more or less reflexed, 

 crowded and not deeurrent. Capsule small pale red oval or 

 Bubobovate. Tufts reddish about 1 c. m. high. — Sandy alp. 

 places r. Eur, Norway in Dovrefjeld! 



3. Zonatiformia. 



A. Tufts dense and tomentose. 

 109.B.zonatum Schimper. 



Leaves subovate short-acuminate apiculate, neither limbate 

 nor reflexed, subdecurrent, large and not densely crowded; 

 costa of the uppermost leaves often short-excurrent. Capsules 

 and flowers unknown. Tufts very compact, zonate, brown 

 below, often high. — • Alp. rocks r. Eur. Norway in Dovrefjeldl 



llO.B.zonatiforme Kindb. in Botan. notiser 1896. 



Leaves subcircular obtusate subobtuse, sometimes (narrowly) 

 limbate, crowded: uppermost apiculate; costa not excurrent. 

 Habit of the last, but tufts are lower, about 2 — 3 c. m., and 

 wholly brown. Capsules and flowers unknown. — Alp. rocks 

 r. Eur. Norway in Dovrefjeldl 

 lll.B.Limprichtii Kaurin. 



Differs from B. zonatum: Leaves broad-ovate obtusate, either 

 subobtuse or abruptly apiculate, more crowded and less large. 

 Tufts less tomentose often green, 2 c. m. or higher. Polyga- 

 mous. Capsule pale brown suboblong or subobovate, not con- 

 stricted; lid small; cilia unknown. — Higher alp. region r. Eur, 

 Norway in Dovrefjeld 1500 m. a. s.!; Kaurin. 



Bt Tufts loosely cohering, not tomentose, 



