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leaves agree in all respects with those of undoubted H. 

 citpressi forme, and I am unable to see any reason for 

 separating it. A third packet, " St. canariensis, in rup'ihus 

 humidis, Cromagloun, Jul. 23, 1873, S. 0. L. " contains 

 two distinct plants, both sterile; one a slender, green 

 plant, I should say obviously a very ordinary form of H. 

 ciipressi forme; the other very closely agreeing with Moore's 

 Cromagloun H. canariense, and doubtless correctly so 



named. . . " 



It may be assumed, supposing the above determmations 



to be correct, that the sharp serration of the leaf acumen 

 which is characteristic oiH. canariense (as of//, circinale), 

 led to the identification of the plants with this species. 

 The same character however occurs equally in forms of 

 H. ciipressi forme , notably the var. mamillalum, and in 

 the absence of explanatory notes it is certainly difficult to 

 see why Lindberg considered them to differ. 



Finally I fully agree with Gardot in considering both 

 //. Sequoicti C. M. d^nd Raphidostegiinnpsezido-reciirvans 

 Kindb. (Not. on Can. bryol., 1893) as only forms of 

 //. circinale Hook , certainly'not specifically distinct. Of the 

 latter I have received from D"" Cardot a fruiting specimen, 

 '< Revelstoke, Brit. Col., leg. J. Macoun, 1890". This is 

 clearly in no sense a Raphidostegium, and cannot I thiiik 

 be distinguished in any way from 11. circinale. 



23 East Park Parade, Nortliamplon (England). 



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Bryum meeseoides Kindb., a new European moss. 



A short time ago Mr. W. E. Nicholson, of Lewes, Sussex, 

 sent me a Bryum gathered by him in Norway, at Bolkesjo, 

 Telemarken, in July of 1898. The appearance, was somewhat 

 that of some forms of pallens, but the capsule was very 

 remarkable for the slender, curved, almost cygneous neck. 

 The small narrow capsule, gradually and almost indefi- 

 nably passing into this long tapering neck, gave it, in 

 addition, a quite distinct appearance from that of any 



form oi B. pallens. 



Being unable to identify it, I sent it to M. Cardot, who 

 recognised it as B. meeseoides Kindb. (Bull. Torr. Bot. 

 Club, XYI, 95). It agreed exactly with a specimen sent to 

 Cardot by Kindberg himself, gathered in Vancouver I. ; the 

 only difference being that the cilia on the Norwegian plant 

 were slightly less strongly appendiculate than in the 

 original plant. Further examination of Mr. Nicholson's 



