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doen slightly curved, PS re 1-5 from the sere toon 
heeth ; male flower somewhat discoid. — Shaded woods, at the base o 
on. — Among the largest of og om: ep Eu.) 
9. B. Wahlenbérgii, Schwegr. Patches extensive, pale glaucous- 
green ; stems erect, or decumbent at the , 1-2! long; leaves nang the 
lower ones oyate-acuminate, the uppermost lanceolate, serrate at the apex, with a 
rather loose areolation ; capsule short-pyriform, iseyparsage shoreneked when 
wide-mouthed ; annulus none; male flower , conspicuous, 
a slender stem.—Springy and gravelly places; not uncommon; but the 
bee rare. (Eu.) 
ma, Linn. Patches silvery-white; stems 4-10! high, 
re 
lower distant, broadly ovate; the upper ovate-lanceolate, imbricating ; capsule 
abruptly pendulous, oval-oblong, deep purple when ripe. — On exposed ground, 
roofs, pavements, &c.: extremely common.— A small species. (Eu.) 
* * * Leaves mostly ovate ; the costa extending to the apex. (Diccivus.) 
11. B do-triquétrum, Schweer. Patches large, deep pies: 
inclining to blackish or purplish; stems 1/-3/ high, radiculose ; leaves 
and ovate-lanceolate, slightly bordered, the margins —— sited scans 
at the apex; capsule pendulous, oblong-pyriform, with a ck. — Wet 
rocks, in hilly districts, Southern Ohio. — Resembles B. ae tas is more 
robust, and with a different inflorescence. ( 
12. B. turbinatum, een —_— pale eee a vend a 
reddish tinge ; stems 1/-2! long ; 
subdecurrent, slightly recurved ¢ on hing margins, the marginal cellules long and 
narrow ; capsule ventricose-pyri very much constricted under the mouth 
when dry.— Wet rocks, below acs Falls, (Eu.) 
13. B. DuvaAlii, Voit. Distinguished from the preceding bupre forms 
of which it ih resembles) by its more slender stems ; its remote, spreading, 
very much decurrent, less elongated leaves, of a looser areolation with plane 
margins ; capsule less constricted under the mouth when dry. — Mountains of 
New England, Oakes. (Eu.) 
14. B. alpinum, L. Tufts dense, deep red, shining ; stems (}/-2! _ 
on the margins; costa strong, rigid; capsule oblong-pyriform, sesh 
deep red.— Alpine region of the White Mountains, New Hampshire, Oakes. 
{Eu.) ; 
x * * * Leaves ovate ; the costa excurrent. 
+ Inflorescence hermaphrodite. 
15. B. cérnuum, Hedw. Closely czspitose; stems branched, radicu- 
lose ; leaves ovate-acuminate, concave, with recurved margins ; capsule penta 
fons, oblong-pyriform, the mouth and operculum very small; inner peristome 
imperfect, adherent to the teeth. — Wet woods, Northern Ohio. (Eu.) 
16. B. bimvum, Schreb. Stems 1/-2' long, matted by the purplish 
radicels ; leaves above yellowish or lurid-green, below reddist-brown, ovate 
