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short-acumiiicitc, dentate at the apex, not striate, reflexed to the 

 apex; the greater number of cells short, the inner and middle 

 narrow; costa with 1-2 accessorial brandies at the base, disap- 

 pearing below the apex; pcrigonlal leaves elongate. Dia3cioiis. 

 Female plants unknown. 



Amongst Racounin'?nn variuvi on rocks below the railway 



bridge over the Nanaimo River, Vancouver Island. April 26, 

 1887. 



Pr.ATVCVRIUM RUI'ESTRE, Kindb. n. sp. 



Plants intricate, ca^spitose, pale brownish-green, not glossy. 

 Stems irregularly divided, branchlets short, filiform, not creeping. 

 Leaves small, densely crowded, when dry appressed, open-erect 

 when moistened, scarious and pellucid, not'chlorophyllose nor pap- 

 illose, subovate, acute or long-acuminate, the upper denticulate 

 above, the borders recurved below, sometimes to the middle or 

 above it; areolation in the lower leaves sublinear above, looser at 

 the base. In the upper leaver looser, oblong-linear, in all sub- 

 quadrate at the borders and at the base ; costa none. Dioecious. 



The generic position of this plant collected only in a barren 

 state is not yet certainly defined. 



On the face of a cliff above the first tunnel at Yale, B. C. 

 May 17, 1889. 



HOMALOTIIECIUM CORTICOI.A, Kindb. Mss. 



Cedar Hill near Victoria, Vancouver Island. April 21, 1887. 



PSEUDOLESKEA SCIUROIDES, Kindb. n. sp. 



Macounia schiroides, Kindb. enumer. bryin. exot., 1888. 



Uitx:cIous. Stems creeping, loosely tufted, irregularly branch- 

 ing. Branches attenuate and incurved ; paraphyllia filiform or 

 subulate. Leaves from the ovate base attenuate to a long den- 

 ticulate point, reflexed on the borders, recurved or straight not 

 striate, most of the cells oblong; costa stout, percurrent. Peri- 

 chetial leaves ovate-oblong, abruptly attenuate to a filiform or 

 subukate point, not reflexed on the borders ; areolation narrower ; 

 costa thinner, disappearing below the point. Capsule oblon 



cr 



suberect or inclined, not striate; pedicel r-5 cm. long. Spores 

 0.02 mm. Lid and calyptra unknown. Peristome orange-colored ; 

 teeth densely articulate with indistinct longitudinal line, subulate 

 and hyaline-bordered, when dry incurved ; segments scarcely 

 shorter or narrower, pertuse in the middle ; basilar membrane 

 very short ; cilia smooth. 



Mo 



1883. Dr. G. M. Dawson coll. 



