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172.B.TiHtailS Schreber. — Webera Hedwig. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate acuminate acute: upper narrower, 

 faintly reflexed; costa r. subexcurrent. Capsule oval-oblong us. 

 brown-red sometimes bicolored; cilia r. appendiculate. — Earth, 

 rocks and swamps common. Eur. Sweden etc.! Amer. Can.: 

 Macoun; Waghorne. U. S.; Roell. 



* B.cuspidulatum Kindb. n. subsp 



Perichetial leaves long-subulate gen. not reflexed; costa gen. 

 long-excurrent. Stem very short. Dioecious. — Alps r. Eilr. 

 Norway! 



* B.canaliculatnm C. M. et Kindb. — Webera cat. Can. m. 



Perichetial leaves with thicker, canaliculate sometimes excur- 

 rent costa. Cilia long-appendiculate. Lowest leaves short-de- 

 current. Spores larger. — Wet earth r. Amer. Can. Vane. isL: 

 Macoun. 

 *B.camptotrachelum Renauld et Cardot. 



Leaves erect but much longer than in B. atmotinum; periche- 

 tial gen. with excurrent costa. Capsule sometimes with cur- 

 ved neck. Stem very short. Dioecious. — Amer. r. »U. S.»: 

 Cardot. 

 *B.Macouiiii Kindb. n. subsp. 



All leaves, also on sterile stems and shoots, distinctly ser- 

 rate, not glossy, finally red, densely crowded, appressed when 

 dry. — Rocks r. Amer. Can. Vane, isl.: J. Macoun. 



b. Leaves nearlj"- entire. Dioecious or polygamous with sub- 

 discoid male flowers. Capsule with mamillate lid. 

 173.B.Schimperi C. Mueller. 



Capsule brownish narrow; teeth pale. Leaves reflexed. Tufts 

 often high and purplish. — Alp. swamps r. Eur. Scot!.: herb. 

 Milde. Amer. Can. northern Labrador: Macoun. »Greenl.»: 

 Berggren. 

 174.B.Sphag:ni »Bridel»: C. Mueller. — B. sphagnicola Br. eur. 



Capsule pale brown; teeth yellowish; pedicel yellowish often 

 very long. Leaves not reflexed, gen. distant. Stems r. tufted. 

 — • Turf-moors r. Eur. Sweden, Norway! Germany: Geheeb. 

 Amer. Can : Macoun. 



3. Pulchelliformia. 



A. Capsule .strangulate; teeth brown-red; annulus none. 

 Leaves crowded; cells wide, the upper subrhombic. 

 175.B.carneHiii L. — Webera Scbimper; Mniobryum Limpricht. 



Leaves broadly ovate-lanceolate or ovate-oblong short-acumi- 

 nate not decurreut; costa red not percurrent. Capsule broad oval 



