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258. Bartraiiiia circinnatula C. M. & Kindb.— Also allied to B. pomi- 

 formis but still more distinct than B. glaucoviridis : leaves green, loosely- 

 disposed, circinate, long sheathing, very long cuspidate: costa longer ex- 

 current: probably dioicous. Mac. Cat. 105. — On rocks: Hastings, Burrard 

 Inlet, B. C. 



259. Philonotis foutana caispitosa Sch.— Stems usually simple, leaves 

 more distant than those of P. fontaiia, more or less secund, oval, short 

 acuminate, toothed, plane on border, not plicate: perigonial leaves broader 

 than long, triangular, subulate, costa reaching apex. Husnot, Muse. 

 Gall. 269.— Indiana; Illinois, 



260. Philonotis lontana microblasta C. M. & Kindb.— Male flowers 

 very small, brown; perigonial leaves all acute, strongly costate. Mac. Cat. 

 107.— On damp earth: Rogers Pass, Selkirk Mts., B. C. 



261. Philonotis fontana Columbia Kindb. — Lower leaves narrow, costa 

 long excurrent, perigonial leaves acute or subacute. Mac. Cat. 107. — On 

 wet rocks: Revelstoke, B. C. 



P. fontana hrachij2)hylla Kindb., Prince Edward Is., and P. fontana 

 serrata Kindb., Selkirk Mts. and Islands of Behring Sea, are nomina 

 nuda. Mac. Cat. 107. 



262. Philonotis seriata Mitt.— Dioicous: in stiflBsh yellow-green tufts 

 with rufous tomentum, readily falling asunder, and with habit of P. fon- 

 tana: leaves in spiral rows, imbricated when dry, erect or sub-falcate, di- 

 morphous, those of male innovations ovate, bluntish, nerve vanishing, the 

 rest deltoid ovate, acutely pointed: nerve thick, reaching apex or vanish- 

 ing, ail somewhat decurrent, concave, with two deep plaits at base on each 

 side, margin revolute in lower third, bluntly toothed by single or double 

 papillae; nerve very strong, rough at back, reaching to apex; cells above 

 small and rectangular, with a papilla at lower and often at upper end, be- 

 low laxer, oval, and longish with a central papilla on both sides: perichge- 

 tial leaves with nerve excurrent: capsule on a long straight seta, cernu- 

 ous striate and furrowed; lid conic obtuse; peristome rufous, endostome 

 orange, finely papillose. Braithw. Brit. Moss Flora 2: 212.— Washington. 



263. Philonotis glabriuscula Kindb.— Tufts radiculose below, 4 cm. 

 high: stem slender: leaves small, green, distant, spreading and straight 

 when moist, indistinctly decurrent, short ovate-lanceolate, short acumi- 

 nate, acute, slightly papillose, pellucid, plane at margins, not plicate, min- 

 utely serrulate principally above; cells oblong hexagonal, the lower nar- 

 rower, less chlorophyllose; costa sub-percurrent: barren. Mac. Cat. 107. — 

 By springs; Canaan Forks, N. B. 



264. Mielichhoferia cuspidifera Kindb.— Differs from M. yiitida in 

 leaves broad-ovate, suddenly cuspidate, entire or slightly crenulate above, 

 cells a little wider and costa often percurrent. Mac. Cat. 110. — On damp 

 rocks: Hector, Rocky Mountains. 



