180 The Ottawa Natuf^alist. [Jan. 



NEW CONTRIBUTIOiXS TO CANADIAN BRYOLOGY. 



By N. Conr. Kindberg, Ph.D., Upsal.v, Sweden. 



(Continued from page 143). 



36. Grimmia (Schistidium) diversifolia. 



Leaves large, channelled or concave, diversiform ; the lower 

 broader, subovate obtuse and muticous; the upper broadly 

 ovate-lanceolate, obtusate or short-acuminate, recurved all 

 around, muticous or rarel}' with a short and broad hairpoint: 

 cells not sinuous. Perichetial leaves larger. Capsule immersed ; 

 peristome orange, brittle. Stem 2-?> cm. high. Tufts blackish- 

 brown. 



On rocks in Pipestone Pass, eastern slope of Rockv 

 Mountains, Alta., altitude 7,300 feet. July 5th, 1904. No. 119a. 



37. Grimmia Hartmaxi Sch. 

 Gaspe-, 1907. 



i'6. Grimmia papillinervis. 



Capsule smooth oval; teeth nearly entire, reddish-yellow or 

 yellowish; stomata not distinct; pedicel exserted, curved when 

 moist. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, broadlv acuminate subacute, 

 carinate, slightly or not recurved, sometimes papillose at borders, 

 not large, faintly appressed when dry; cells quadrate, not 

 sinuous; the upper somewhat sm.all and chlorophyllose, the 

 lower larger, nearly uniform and hyaline; hairpoint long, denti- 

 culate or nearly siriooth; costa papillose. Monoecious (sub- 

 paroecious). Tufts pulvinate, densely cohering, about 1 cm. 

 high dark or glaucous green when dry. Lid and calyptra not 

 seen. 



British Columbia, Skagit summit. J. M. Macoun, 1905. 



39. Grimmia ha.ml:losa, Lssy. 



Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Biological Station. June, 1908. 

 New to Canada. 



40. Grimmia cogxata. Card, et Ther. 



Alberta. Lake Louise, alt. 6,000 ft. 13th Sept., 1904. 

 New to Canada. 



4L Grim.mia subpapillinervis. 



Agrees with G. papillinervis. Leaves v/ith not sinuous cells, 

 the upper cells subquadrate; costa papillose. Differs from it. 

 Leaves longer, long-subulate; lower cells rectangular, the alar 

 more distinct; hair-point smooth. Capsule oblong-cyhndric. 





