236 BULLETIN OP THE UNIVKRSITT OF WISCONSllT. 



Annulus none. 

 Leaves denticulate or aharply serrulate all around. 

 PerichEBtial leaves abruptly pointed . . . B. Idahense, 410. 

 Perichsetial leaves gradually acuminate B. sub-erythrorrhlzon, 467. 



Leaves serrate or denticulate above . \ j*' erythrorrhizon, 466. 



( B. digastram,^ 453. 



II. Seta rough. 



* Cilia rudimentary (1 or S), or none. 



Seta rough, at the base only, costa vanishing . . B. Fendleri, 340. 

 Seta rough above only, costa percurrent . . B. popnlenm, 345. 



* * Cilia well developed and appendioulate. (* * *) 



Leaves serrate or denticulate. 

 Costa percurrent or nearly so. 

 Seta rough throughout ..... B. reflexum,^ 342. 



Seta faintly rough above B. nanopes, ^77. 



Costa vanishing far below the apex. 

 Alar cells quadrate, enlarged, few . . . B. Starkei,' 341. 

 Alar cells quadrate, numerous . . . B. oedipodinm,' 342. 

 Alar cells oblong hexagonal, similar to basal B. rutabnliforme, 4S6. 

 Leaves entire B. plnmosnm, 345.'- 



* * * Cilia well developed but not appendiculate. 



Seta rough below only, capsule suberect . . B. Hillebrandi, 340. 

 Seta rough above only, capsule cernuous or arcuate B. campestre, 344. 

 Seta rough throughout. 

 Cells of basal angles of leaves scarcely different. 

 Leaves scarcely or abruptly acuminate, dioicous. 

 Very short acuminate, glossy, not decurrent B. rivalare,* 344. 



Linger acuminate, not glossy, decurrent B. NoTse-Anglise,^ 344. 

 Leaves gradually acuminate, autoicous. 

 Lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, sub-falcate secund B. Telutinniil,339. 

 Ovate to ovate-lanceolate, straight, spreading. 

 Capsule without evident collum . B. rntabnlum," 342. ^ 



1 1 am unable to obtain from the descriptions any characters which will separate these 

 two species. 



' See Appendix, nos. 479, 480. 



' B. curium Lindb. (Appendix, no. 482) falls here, if it is not identical with B. mdipo- 

 dium. 



* See Appendix, no. 474. 

 ^ See Appendix, no. 471. 



* See Appendix, no. 485. 



