BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 89 



Vaccinium Myrtillus, L., var. microphyllum, Hook. A straggling bush 4 to 6 feet 

 high, in the Alpine woods of the Cascades, rare, fruit scarce and uniniijortant. 



Vaccinium ov<(tuin, PwraAi. Sand hills on the coast. A shrub 1 to 3 feet high, 

 abundant and exceedingly fruitful. Large quantities of the fruit are collected by the 

 Indians and sold to the inhabitants, but it is inferior in quality to that of other species. 



Rhododendro)i Ctiliforniciim, Hook. A large shrub in subalpine woods of the 

 Cascades, 4 to 10 feet high, bearing large flowers, very ornamental. 



Rhododendron alhifloruni, Hook- A rare shrub. 3 feet high, in the Alpine woods 

 of the Cascades, with inconspicuous flowers. — Elihu Hall, Athens, III. 



[To he continued.^ 



Bryological Notes by C. F. Austin. — Ceratodok minor, n. sp. — Facile 

 dignoscitur a C. purj)ureo, cui caeterum simillimus, statura minore, foliis 

 ob costain longissime excurrentem aristatis, pcdicello tenuiore, capsula breviore, 

 peristomii dentibus angustioribus laevioribus solum inframedium articulatis et 

 (angustissime) marginatis. 



West of the Frazer River, June oth, 18T5, Macoun. 



Nearest to G. purpureuii, \av. aristatus Axjst. Muse. AppulacJi, n. 117; but that is 

 more robust ; with longer stems ; leaves With the stouter costa not so long excurrent ; 

 color of the whole plant paler (pedicel and capsule yellowish), and with" the peristome 

 as in the typical form. 



In C. MINOR the stems are about 3 lines high. The very slender pedicel and 

 shining capsule are of a dark red color. The annulus and operculum are about as in 

 C. purpureas. The peristomal teeth are nearly of the same length but much narrower 

 and neither articulated nor margined above the middle, very narrowly margined and 

 with only about half as many articulations and l)ut 2 or 3 cross-bars below the mid- 

 dle. Inflorescence as in G. purpureus. 



Cryphea Ravenelii, n. sp. — Plantne humilis sordido-virides; caule vix unciam 

 lon';;0 julaceo subarcuato subsimplici, foliis siccitate appresis in humido apertisrotundo- 

 fvatis concavis obtusiusculis opacis, inargine piano integerrimo versus apicem subin- 

 curvo, dorso minutissime papilloso, costa validiuscula supra medium procedente apice 

 subflexuosa et ssepe iniEqualiter bicrura, reti obscuro granuloso minuto uniformiter 

 brevi; ramulis fructifris brevissimis secundis, foliis perichajtialibus pallidis arete con- 

 volutis tenuis abrupte breviter acuminatis, costa tenui longe infra apicem evanida, 

 cajjsula fere sessili ovali solidiuscula ore limbo lato solidissimo rubro circumciucta, 

 peristomii dentibus 8 rubris solidis e basi lata subulato-filiformibus siccitate erecto- 

 incurvis in humido erecto-adpressis valde noduloso-articulatis in medio linea divisurali 

 notatis pertusisque, ciliolis nullis, calyptra opeiTulo annuloque baud visis: florescentia 

 C. glonieratie. 



Rome, Georgia, Ravenel. 



Resembles G. glouicraUi, but is readily distinguished by its obtusish opake gran- 

 ulose leaves not squarrose when moist, by its shorter and less abruptly pointed i)eri- 

 cluBtial leaves not costate to the apex, by its shorter and more solid capsule with a 

 broad solid rim and without a persistent annulus, by its solid red peristomal teeth 

 erect-appressed when moist (slightly spreading iu G. ylonuratu) and by the want of an 

 inner peristome. 



Barbula Ravenelii, ??.. sp. — Plantaj parvae sordido-flavescentes cfespitos?e rigidse; 

 caule 2-3 lineas longo erecto simplici, foliis siccitate crispis ovato et lanceolato- 

 ohlongis subcarinatis obtusiusculis et obtusis pro more minutissime apiculatis, ai)iculo 

 paululum recurvo, margine inframedium angustissime recurvo, costa terreti percurrente, 

 reti minuto baud granuloso basilar! jjaulum majore et laxiore; cietera desunt. 



On the earth, Georgia, Racead. 



