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the top of the branches, short-acuminate, sHghtly or shortly mu- 

 cronate, the capsule shghtly curved, the inner peristome not 

 higher than the outer in a dry state, the spores smaller, about 

 0.0 1 mm. long or less. 



On rocks at Hastings, B. C. April ii, 1889. 



B. hydropJiilinn, Kindb. Read for B. hydrophylhim, Bulletin, 

 xvi. 95. • 



B. odco;n'cu7H,Hon\sh. sub-sp. CONSTRICTUM, Kindb. n. sub-sp. 



Stem higher; leaves green, larger, narrow-margined above; 

 costa reddish, long-excurrent ; capsule larger, constricted below 

 the mouth; spores very small, o.oi mm. long. 



Swamp in the Columbia River Valley at Donald, B. C, July 

 8th, 1885. 



B. pallesccns, Schleich., var. LAXIkolium, Kindb. n. var. 



Leaves loose, not glossy, long and narrow ; upper cells nar- 

 row ; spores small, about o.oi mm. 



Kananaskis Pass, Rocky Mountains, in damp woods. June 

 21, 1885. 



Var. LONGTFOLIUM, Kindb. n. var. 



Leaves dense, glossy, very long-attenuate; upper cells nar- 

 row; spores small. 



On wet gravelly soil at Morley, Rocky Mountains. June 13, 

 1885. 



B. PERCU^rcENTiNERVE, Kindb. Mss. 



On dripping rocks in a ravine just west of Kamloops, B. C. June 

 18, 1889. . ' 



B. Rauii, Aust. On wet earth at Agassiz, B. C. 1889. 



Dr. Kindberg says of this species that it is quite distinct from 

 the European B. Muhknheckii to which it was referred by Les- 

 quereux and James. 



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Miihim medium, Br. & Sch., sub-sp. ROBUSTLtm, Kindb. n. 

 sub-sp. 



Leaves larger than the species, ovate-oblong, more densely 

 denticulate, broadly yellow-margined, the comal scarcely larger 

 than the middle ones; costa yellow. Capsules clustered, 2-4, pale, 

 lid higher, conical, short-apiculate ; pedicel shorter than the stem. 



On logs and rocks in shaded woods near Victoria, Vancouver 



Island. June 1 1, 1887. 



