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148.B.Lorentzii Schimper. 



Differs from the last; sUpper leaves longer acuminate. Cap- 

 sule constricted below mouth, longer necked; pedicel about 3 

 c. m. long. Stem with longer shoots, their leaves decurrent. 

 ■ — Turfy soil near Atlantic sea r. Eur. Norway*: Jorgensen 

 in Christiania Vidensk. Selsk. Forhandl. 1894. 

 149.B.Kaurinianiim Warnstorf. 



Differs from B. Qrcefii: Upper leaves with long-excurrent costa. 

 Pedicel of capsule 4 — 5 c. m. long. — Schistose rocks in alps r. 

 Eur. » Norway near Kongswold in Vaarstien»: Kaurin; Sweden 

 in Lapland near Virijaur: Miss A. Cleve, com. E. Nyman. 



CC. Peristome gen. orange. Capsule sometimes narrow. Spores 

 gen. large. Fruiting stem us. distinct. 



150.B.penduIum Hornschuch. — Ptychostomum Hech.; Bryum 

 Schimper. 



Leaves ovate-oblong narrowly acuminate, refiexed all around: 

 comal (also on shoots) glomerate; apical cells narrow; costa 

 often long-excurrent. Capsule thick suboval; neck short; seg- 

 ments often not well-evolute; lid us. apiculate; pedicel gen. not 

 long. Fruiting stem tomentose in lower half; shoots short. — 

 Earth and rocks also in alps. Eur. not uncommon. Sweden, 

 Norway, Germany, Switzerl.l France: Renauld. Amer. Greenl.: 

 Berggren, Alaska: J. M. Macoun. Can.: J. Macoun; Waghorne. 

 ISl.B.compactiiiii Hornschuch. 



Differs from the last in leaves narrower and longer acumi- 

 nate; capsule narrow subclavate; segments not adhering. Us. 

 monoecious. — Alps r. Eur. » Germany*; Limpricht. Amer. 

 Greenl.: Vanhoeffen. 

 152.B.Eoellii Philibert. 



Leaves narrowly ovate-oblong, longer acuminate than in B. 

 pendulum, refiexed nearly all around, not distinctly limbate in 

 upper part; upper and middle cells narrow; costa sometimes 

 short-excurrent. Capsule narrow suboblong, sometimes scarcely 

 longer than neck; lid apiculate; pedicel somewhat long. Frui- 

 ting stem nearly indistinct with gemmiform shoots. Spores 

 smaller than in B. pendulum. — Amer. r. U. S.: Roell, com. 

 Brotherus. Can. Cypress hills: Macoun 1894. 

 153.B.angustirete Kindb. bull. Torr. club XVI. 



Differs from B. pendulum: Stem-leaves more distinctly limbate 

 and strongly recurved. Capsule narrowly oblong; lid not api- 

 culate; pedicel long; spores smaller. Shoots longer, not thicker 



