LIBRARY 
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NOTES ON CANADIAN BRYOLOGY. 
By DR. N. C. KINDBERG, Linkoeping, Sweden. 
(Communicated by folin Macoun. M.A., F.L.S., F.R.S.C.) 
Andrea sparsifolia, Zett. Var. subl^evis, Kindb. (N. var.) 
Leaves generally smooth, rarely faintly papillose ; the perichetial 
ones subobtuse. 
Near Cape Beale, Vancouver Island, May 9th, 1 892. (J. M. Macoun.) 
Dicranoweisia obliqua, Kindb. (N. sp.) 
Differs from D. crispitla, principally in the capsule being asymme- 
tric, curved, substrumose in a dry state ; the perichetial leaves being 
acuminate, and the costa excurrent in all leaves. 
On stones along Asulcan Creek, near the Glacier Hotel, Selkirk 
Mountains, B.C. August 8th, 1890. (Macoun.) 
Dicranella polaris, Kindb. (N. sp.) 
Tufts dusky green, not shining, fuscescent below. Stems 1-3 mm. 
high, erect and simple, leaves rigid, patent-erect, nearly straight, from 
the ovate-oblong base narrowed to the subulate, indistinctly two or three 
toothed, acumen ; cells not papillose, the lower marginal narrow, the 
upper sub-oblong ; costa broad, often two-thirds of the lower part 
below, faintly marked, filling the whole acumen ; perichetial leaves 
larger, entire, broader at the base, with more numerous marginal cells. 
Capsule asymmetric suboval, finally subclavate,' curved, smooth, short- 
necked, orange ; lid with a long, oblique beak ; peristome of 16 teeth, 
nearly entire, slightly cleft above, orange with paler tips ; annulus not 
distinct; pedicel yellow, erect, 10-12 mm. long. Spores small, about 
0.015 mm. Calyptra short, dimidiate. 
Differs from Dicranella cerviculata in the structure of the per- 
istome, the broader leaf costa, and the larger perichetial leaves; also 
from D. heteromalla in the smaller size, the rigid leaves, the broadei 
costa and the not striate capsule. 
St. Lawrence Island, Behring Sea, Aug. 15th, 1891. (J. M. Macoun.) 
