. B OTA NIC A I. 

 GARDEW. 



BULLETIN 



OF THE 



TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB 



Vol. XVII.] New York, November 9, 1890, [No. II 



Contributions to Canadian Bryology —No. 3.^^ 



By Joitx Macoun.- 



Continued from Vol. XVI., p. 90. 



Grim. MIA densa, Ktndb. n. sp. 



Dioecious. Plants 2-3 cm. high, densely tufted, coherent, 

 green, at the base brown. Leaves patent, not crisped, muticous 

 (without hairpoint), long-lanceolate, borders reflexed ; upper 

 cells short, middle ones sinuous, lower narrower and not sinuous, 

 alar quadrate ; costa not winged at back. Capsule elliptical, pli- 

 cate-rugulose when dry, not costate, yellowish brown, declined 

 upon a 0.6 cm. long, curved and flexuous pedicel; beak long 

 and straight; teeth irregular 2-4-fid. to ^, dark red, patent 

 when dry, annulus large, 3-seriate. 



On rocks, summit of Mount Benson, near Nanaimo, Vancou- 

 ver Island, June 3, 1887. Alt. 3,000 feet. 



G. HETEROPIIYLLA Kindb. Mss. 



On rocks on the mountains between the Nicola and Thomp- 

 son rivers, at Spence's Bridge, B. C. Alt. 2,500 feet. May 28th, 



1889. 



Grimmia sarcocalyx. Kindb. Mss. 



On rocks on the summit of the mountain between the Nicola 

 and Thompson rivers, at Spence's Bridge, B. C. Alt. 3,500 

 feet. May 28th, 1889. 



Grimmia concinodontoides, Kindb. Mss. 



On dry rocks overlooking the Thompson River, at Spence's 

 Bridge, B. C. Alt. 3,500 feet. May 28th, 1889. 



Grimmia nivalis, Kindb. n. sp. 



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Tufts blackish, low and compact. Stems denudate below. 



*Owing to lack of space we have been forced to omit nearly all species from 

 Prof. Macoiin's list except those described as new by Dr. Kindbcrg.— [Eos.] 



