— 374 — 



or brown, radiculose at base, 1 — 2 c. m. high. Jlonoecious. 

 — Wet places princ. below alps. Eur. not uncommon. Sweden!; 

 S. J. Lindgren. Amer. r. Can.: Macoun. 

 122.B.calcareuiii Venturi. 



Leaves decunent, oblong-lanceolate or sublingulate, long-acu- 

 minate, scarcely reflexed, narrowly limbate; costa short-excur- 

 rent. Capsule subclavate r. curved, brown; teeth yellowish; 

 lid subconic obtuse; pedicel somewhat long. Tufts green, ra- 

 diculose at base, about 1 c. m. high. Monoecious. — Calcareous 

 caverns in alp. region r. Eur. Austria 2100 metr. a. s.: Venturi. 

 123.B.laridniii Euthe. 



Leaves not decui-rent, oval-oblong long-acuminate, reflexed 

 all around, broadly brown-limbate, brown at apex*; costa long- 

 excurrent. Capsule us. thick, suboval or round-oval, not oblique 

 and scarcely curved, pale brown; teeth yellow; Ud convex or 

 subconic, obtuse or mamUlate; pedicel somewhat long. Tufts 

 low and greenish, radiculose. Synoecious. — On earth below 

 alps r. Eur. Germany: Ruthe, com. Warnstorf. 



B. Leaves not twisted, yellowish or finally red. Tufts dense. 

 Cilia appendiculate. Spores sometimes not large. Male flowers 

 disciform. 

 124.B.mee8eoides Kindb. bull. Torr. club XVI. 



Leaves not decurrent, ovate-oblong or broadly ovate-lanceolate, 

 not distinctly reflexed, faintly denticulate, brown-limbate; costa 

 abbreviate or subpercurrent. Capsule shorter than neck, narrowly 

 piriform or subclavate, us., princ. unripe, arcuate (Meesea-\ike); 

 teeth pale yellow; basal endostomial membrane nearly indistinct; 

 lid mamillate; pedicel long. Stem often longish. Dioecious. — 

 Wet rocks r. Amer. Can.: Macoun. Alaska: J. M. Macoun. 

 4. Purpurascentiformia. 



A. Stems not or loosely tufted. Leaves gen. narrowly lim- 

 bate. 



a. Spores gen. not large, about 0,02 m. m. Capsule gen. 

 narrow; cilia not appendiculate; pedicel long. Leaves decurrent, 

 faintly reflexed us. rose-red; costa gen. subpercurrent. Stems 

 gen. very short and scarcely or not cohering; shoots long loosely 

 foliate. Us. synoecious. 



125.B.pnrpurascens R. Brown. — Pohlia R. Br.; Bryum 

 Br. eur. 



Leaves short-decurrent suboblong or oblong-lanceolate, more 

 or less limbate. Capsule suboblong pale yellow or finalh' pale 

 brown; teeth yellow; lid large deplanate, mamillate or subapi- 



