— 386 — 



red-yellow or finnUy brown-red. Tufts green. — On earth. Eur. 

 not common. Switzeil.l Sweden: M. Huss. France; Le Jolie. 

 Amer. r. Can.: Macoun. 



B. Capsule not strangulate; teeth yellow; annulus us. pre- 

 sent. Leaves more or less distant; cells narrow or not much 

 dilated. 



a. Shoot-leaves and lower leaves of fruiting stem distant 

 narrowly long-decurrent. Leaves finally red. Tufts dense. 

 176.B.columbicum Kindb. — Webera cat. Can. m. 



Leaves sublinear-lanceolate long-acuminate serrate reflexed; 

 cells narrow; costa red subpercurrent. Capsule red or red-yellow 

 broad-oval or subglobose; annulus broad; cilia in pairs. — 

 Moist banks r. Amer. Can.: Macoun. 



b. Leaves not distinctly decurrent us. green. Tufts us. loose. 

 aa. Capsule more or less distinctly annulate. 



ITT.B.pulcliellum Hedwig. — Webera Schimper, in part. 



Capsule subglobose or oval red-yellow or finally brown-red; 

 neck shortish. Leaves ovate-lanceolate acuminate: upper denti- 

 culate faintly reflexed; cells narrow; costa green not excurrent. 

 — Earth in northern distr. Eur. Norway!; E Nyman. Finl.: 

 Brotherus. Sweden not r.: P. Olsson. Amer. r. Can.: Macoun. 

 178.B.lutescens Limpvicht. — Webera Limpr.; Bryum Kindb. 



Differs from the last: Capsule suboval paler; neck us. longish. 

 Leaves more distinctly senate and distant; costa red, in comal 

 leaves sometimes excurrent. Tufts less loose. — Earth also in 

 alps r. Eur. Norway! 



179.B.Lescurii Sullivant ic. muse. — Webera Lesq. et Jam. 



Differs from B. pulchellum: Annulus broader, wholly revoluble. 

 Leaves longer: lower less distant, upper more subulate not 

 reflexed; cells wider. — Wet clay soil r. Amer. Can.: Macoun. 

 U. S.: Sullivant and Austin, com. Mrs Britton. 



bb. Capsule not annulate. 

 IBO.B.Drummondii C. Mueller. — Mniobryum vexans Limpr. 



Capsule sometimes larger than in jB. pulchellum. Differs 

 also from it: Leaves erect distinctly reflexed and serrate; cells 

 wider; costa finally red below. — Earth also in alps r. Eur. 

 »Germany»: Limpricht. Aine): Can.: Drummond n. 261, com. 

 Macoun, 



4. Cucullatiformia. 



A. Leaves very distant, us. broadly long-decurrent; cells 

 gen. very wide. 



