. Manual of the mosses of North America [microform]. Mosses; Mousses. WifW 132 BRYACE^. [ 44. B. ISBVipila, Bruch & Scliimp. Monoecious: plants long and robunt, in dense tnfts, dichotomous, tomentosc-radicu- lose at base: leaves glaucous green, brownish when old, oi)en or recurved at the apex, oblong-obovate and spatulate, entire or surroutided by a broad yellow margin of round-hexagonal cells, roiuided and eniarginate at the apex; costa reddish-brown, passing above into a white filiform mucro, cither smooth or dentate at the apex; upper areolation very dense: capsule oblong-cyli
. Manual of the mosses of North America [microform]. Mosses; Mousses. WifW 132 BRYACE^. [ 44. B. ISBVipila, Bruch & Scliimp. Monoecious: plants long and robunt, in dense tnfts, dichotomous, tomentosc-radicu- lose at base: leaves glaucous green, brownish when old, oi)en or recurved at the apex, oblong-obovate and spatulate, entire or surroutided by a broad yellow margin of round-hexagonal cells, roiuided and eniarginate at the apex; costa reddish-brown, passing above into a white filiform mucro, cither smooth or dentate at the apex; upper areolation very dense: capsule oblong-cylin<lrical, slightly arched, solid, dark brown; pedicel short, purplish, twisted to the left when dry; lid slender, conical; tubular membrane one-third the length of the peri- stome ; teeth closely and many times twisted. — Bryol. Eur. t. 1G4. IWtula litvipila, Schwaegr. Suppl. ii. 66, t. 120 ; Lindb. Trichost. 245. IIab. Foot of Monte Diablo {Dolander), and Duncan's Mills, Cali- fornia ( Watson); Nevada ( Watson); Vancouver Island {Lyall). 45. B. latifolia, Bruch & Schimp. Dioecious: plants ir- regularly and loosely cespitose, dark green or blackish: lower leaves distant, oblong-obovate, the inner tufted. Ungulate, close, spreading, twisted or complicate when dry; costa vanishing below the emarginate apex or passing a little beyond it: cap- sule short-pedicellate, oblong-cylindrical, brown; basilar mem- brane of the i)eristoir:'^ one-third its length; teeth long, many times twisted; annulus simple, narrow. — Bryol. Eur. t. 164. Tortilla latifolia., Hartm.; Lindb. Trichost. 243. Hab. On fence-posts close to the water of a creek near San Rafael, California (Bolander); on trunks of Alnus viridis, Colorado (E. Ilall). 46. B. ruralis, Hedw. Dicecious: plants w^idely tufted, whitish green above, brown-ferruginous below: leaves close at the apex, more distant along the stem, recurved-squarrose from the middle, half-clasping or subsheathing at base, large, oblong, rounded or
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