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§V. Convolutx. 



Leaves involute on margin. 

 Aristulate by excurrent costa .... B. agraria, 128. 



' Acute or aubmucronate B. Donnellii, 128. 



Leaves plane on margin or recurved. ^ 



Capsule costate when dry B. Rani, 128. 



Capsule smooth. 



Leaves acute, costa perourrent ... B. convolata, 12Y. 



Leaves with hyaline point .... B. Closteri, 127. 



njeaves obtuse. 



Perichaetial leaves rounded or truncate at apex B. chrysopoda, I4S. 



Perichsetial leaves obtuse or short apiculate B. convolata var. J.jj.7. 



§VI. Tortuosae. 



Leaf margin plane or undulate when moist. 



Leaves long linear, acute, abruptly mucronate . B. csespitosa, 129. 



Leaves very long acuminate, cuspidate. 



Twisted crispate when dry, above of one layer of cells B. tortaosa, 129. 



Not crispate, brittle, two layers of cells above . B. fragilis, 129. 



Leaf margin involute, cucullate above . . . B. inclinatnia, I49. 



§VII. Squarrosae. 

 Includes but one species B. sqnarrosa, 130. 



§VIII. SyntrichJas. 

 [B. brevipes may be sought here.] 



I. Leaves with a border of thickened cells. 



Leaves with a distinct border, sometimes absent at the apex, plane. 



Marginal cells elongated B. snbnlata,' 130. 



Marginal cells roundish B. laevipila, 132. 



Leaves with a narrow border at the base only. 



Basal cells faintly chlorophyllose . . . B. lato-excisa, 160. 



Basal cells strongly chlorophyllose . . B. papillinerris, 156. 



1 B. platyneura C. M. & Eindb., described from barren specimens (alls here. See Ap- 

 pendix, no. 146. 

 " See Appendix, no. 150. 



