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Atriciiu.m (Catharixea) leiopiiyllum, Kindb. n. sp. 



Plants erect, simple, naked below, densely foliate above. 

 Leaves smooth, lower very small, upper lanceolate and acute- 

 cuspidate, not margined, the base scarcely broader ; borders 

 sharply serrate, with large teeth, the basal only entire; basal cells 

 narrow, the others round-hexagonal, all pellucid ; costa percur- 

 rent; lamellae 6, disappearing below the apex, entire or slightly 

 crenulate. Capsule single, long, sub-cylindric, thicker below, 

 slightly curved, constricted at the mouth; lid obliquely rostrate 

 from a conic base ; perichetial leaves long- cuspidate with excur- 

 rent costa ; pedicel bright red. Dioecious. 



In damp woods on the lower slopes of Mount Arrowsmith, 

 Vancouver Island. July i8, 1887. 



Alsia MacOUNII, Kindb. n. sp. 



Loosely ca^spitose, bright green. Secondary stems pinnately 

 divided, branching from the middle ' branches crowded, single or 



rarely pinnate, obtuse, not circinate when dry. Leaves involute 

 above, papillose-dentate at the back, branch-leaves imbricate 

 open-erect, five-ranked, ovate, or oblong obtuse, reflexed below, 

 serrulate above the middle; cells oval-oblong and pellucid, the 

 alar smaller and obscure, sub-quadrate; costa percurrent; upper 

 perichaetial leaves sheathing, filiform-acuminate, capsule red, 

 plicate-rugulose, oval-oblong, longer than the pedicel ; teeth . 

 trabeculate, yellowish inside, papillose ; cilia short and smooth; 

 annulus simple, adhering at the long-rostrate lid. Dioecious. 



This species is by Lesquereux confounded with the true Alsia 

 abiet2?ta, by others with Alsia Californica, On trees at Sooke, 

 Vancouver Island and on Salt Spring Island ; also on rocks at 

 Yoll. B. C. May 17, 1875. 



Neckera Donglasii, Hook., var. Macounii, Kindb. n van 

 {Neckera Macounii^ Kindb. enumer. bryin. exotic). 



Differing principally in the leaves less attenuate aud the cap- ■ 

 sule turgid oval, completely exserted on the long pedicel (not 

 *' narrow, half-exserted "). 



On large boulders between Cathedral Mountain and Mount 



Stephen, Rocky Mountains; also on trees at Hastings, B. C. and 



Coniox, Vancouver Island. 



Antitriciiia TENELLA, Kindb. n. sp. 



Tufts loose, green ; secondary stems irregularly divided ; 



branchlets numerous, the greater number very short. Leaves 



■ small, sub-patent or loosely appressed when dry, ovate-acute or 



