THE OTTAWA NATURALIST 



VOL. XXIII. OTTAWA, NOVEMBER, 1909 No. 8 



NEW CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANADIAN BRYOLOGY. 



By N. Conr. Kindberg,Ph.D., Upsala, Sweden. 



The collector of the specimens is Professor John Macoun, M.A., 

 F.R.S.C, etc., if no other is indicated. 



L Alsia californica (Hook et Arn.) Sull. 



Vancouver Island 1908, (also by Dr. Jal. Roll (1888). 



2. Climacium dendroides (L.) Web. et Mohr * Kindbergii 



(Ren. et Card.) Grout. 

 Brighton, October, 1888. 



3. Calliergon subturgescens. 



Allied to the last. Resembles C. iurgescens (T. Jensen) in 

 its jiilaceous stem, and C. scorpioides in its dark brownish 

 color. 



Leaves large, broadly oval obtusate obtuse and entire, not 

 decurrent, very densely crowded; only some branch-leaves 

 curved; alar cells large and well-defined, other cells narrow 

 linear; costa generally indistinct. ' Perichetial leaves long-acumi- 

 nate subulate and entire. Capsule not large; pedicel about 3 

 cm. long. Tufts about 10 cm. high. Stem weak. Monoecious. 



In a pool at Laggan at 5,200 feet altitude, Rockv Mountains, 

 Alta., July 25th, 1904. No. 45. 



4. Calliergon subsarmentosum. 



Stem pinnate, brown below the middle. Leaves golden 

 glossy, not reddish and not distinctly decurrent, long- lanceolate 

 and obtuse; alar cells very large and hyaline, reaching to the 

 costa; other cells linear; costa pale vanishing below (but near) 

 the apex. Branch leaves very small. Capsules not seen. Habit 

 of C. giganteum. Allied to C. sarmentosum. 



In wet earth, Shawnigan Lake, Vancouver Island, B.C., 

 June 18th, 1908. 



