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neck long, tapering; stomata abundant at the base of the sporesac, — 
lid conic apiculate; peristome double, teeth recurved when dry, 
united in pairs, white, granulose-striolate, cilia 8, fugacious, a little 
shorter than the teeth of two rows of cells ; calyptra 2 mm. long, 
hairs short appressed. 
On trees Yaquima Bay, Oregon, Howell, New West Junction, 
Macoun in fruit. ; 
_ All the Eastern specimens of this species are sterile, though it 7 
has been collected in Mt. Desert, Maine, by Mr. White; in Anticosti _ 
and Nova Scotia, by Macoun; Newfoundland, Waghorne. It has — 
also been collected in fruit in Europe, at Killarney, by Schimper, — 
and in the Jeger herbarium there is one specimen collected by _ 
Jensen in 1851, in Insula Mona, Denmark, labelled O. /utlandicum, 
which has seven young capsules, all with long curved pedicels : 
and elongated necks. They grew in a small dense cushion I — ; 
across, but the label does not say whether on rocks or trees. AS . . 
neither Limpricht nor Braithwaite cite these specimens, it seemS 
worth noting. 
WEISSIA maritima (C. M. & ns 
Ulota maritima C. M. & Kindb. ; Macoun, Cat. Can. Pl. 6, 84 
(1892). a 
This species is said to differ from U. Phyllantha in its short — 
oval capsule with a short neck, shorter and thicker pedicel, curved 
when moist, the leaves long attenuate to the subulate point, dis- 
tinctly papillose, the vein narrower, rough on back. The habitat — 
also is on rocks, not on trees. The localities are mostly Wester, _ 
excepting Miquelon, Delamare, and it is also credited to Sweden, 
but sterile. i 6 
We have examined all of Prof. Macoun’s suite of specimens of 
this and U. phyllantha and find fruiting specimens of both in his 
collection. The finest of U. maritima are from Cape Breton, and 
not listed in his catalogue. There is a decided difference macto- 
scopically between the two species. U. phyllantha was collected 
in fruit by Prof. Macoun at New West Junction, B. C., and the 
capsules are in better condition than those collected by Howell. 
These were compared with the Cape Breton specimens, presum 
ably collected on rocks, though the label does not say so. Besides 
the differences noted above, the latter plants are smaller, dark 
