— 389 — 



cells narrower. Capsule reddish yellow; cilia sometimes sub- 

 appendiculate. Spores verj-^ small. — Alps r. Amer. Brit. Col. 

 2100 metr. a. sea: Macoun. 



188.B.canadense Kindb. — Webera micro-apiculata C. M. et 

 Kindb. cat. Can. m. 



Leaves small suboblong or oblong-lanceolate apiculate or 

 narrowed to a short gen. entii'e acumen, finally red, appressed 

 when dry; the uppermost denticulate faintly reflexed; cells 

 very narrow; costa faint, vanishing far below apex. Tufts dense 

 not high, green above, reddish below. Capsules unknown. — 

 Rocks r. Amer. Can. Brit. Col.: Macoun, 



189.B.norvegicum Kindb. — B. micro-commutatum Kindb. 

 botan. iiotiser 1896. 



Leaves small oval-ovate obtusate or short-acuminate faintly 

 denticulate nearly crowded and gen. not decurreut; cells not 

 wide; costa not excurrent. Tufts low green. Difiers from B. 

 commiitatum: Capsule subglobose or broad-piriform purplish or 

 finally dark brown-red, often erect; neck very short; teeth brown- 

 yellow; pedicel us. shortish. — In alp. region r. Eur. Norway 

 Dovrefjeld and Tronfjeldl 



5. Albicantiformia. 

 190.B.albicailS Wahlenberg. ■ — Mniobryum Limpr. 



Leaves not glossy, often glaucous green sometimes finally 

 red; cells rhomboidal; costa not percurrent. Lower leaves ovate 

 or ovate-oblong; upper acute not reflexed, distant short- decur- 

 rent, us. narrowly ovate-lanceolate. Capsule glaucous finally 

 reddish or orange-brown, blackish when old, thick piriform; 

 neck thick; teeth orange; lid mamillate; pedicel long. Tufts 

 loose often high when sterile, about 2 — 3 c. m. when fruiting. 

 Dioecious. — Wet places princ. in alps, Eur. common in alps. 

 Sweden, Norway, Switzerl.l Amer. Can.: J. Macoun; Moser. 

 Alaska: .J. M. Macoun. U. S.: Henderson, com. Cardot. 

 *B.sparsum »Hampe»: C. Mueller. 



Leaves smaller; cells narrower. Stem short. — Amer. r. U. 

 S.: Roell; Bolsender, com. C. Mueller. 



VI. Epipterygium Lindberg. 

 191.B.Tozeri Greville. — Webera Schimper. 



Leaves pale green; the larger oval or obovate abruptly short- 

 acuminate acute decurreut; inner cells wide rhomboidal. Smaller 

 leaves oblong. Capsule small obovate rufescent; ueck short; 

 lid conic; annulus very broad; pedicel not long. Stems short 

 not tufted. Dioecious. Habit of B. carneum, — Wet earth r. 



