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capsule smooth ; Eurhvnchiutn illecehrum (Beauvois), Milde. 

 Alabama : Baker. 



Eurhynchiiun glaciale (Br. Eur.), Kindb., and h. lahradoriciim 

 Kindb. Canada, Cape Breton : Macoun. E. scabi-idum, Lindb., 

 new to America. Newfoundland : Waghorne. 



6. Eurhynchium lusitanicum, Kindberg, Revue Bryol., 1898, 6 



and 1899, I. 



Stem decumbent, not creeping"; paraphyllia numerous ; leaves 

 subdistichous, nearly crowded, not distinctly decurrent ; alar cells 

 oblong-, generally not well-defined ; other cells sublinear ; costa 

 vanishing near middle or somewhat above it ; stem-leaves from 

 cordate base attenuate with longish subpiliform point, sinuolate 

 below middle, entire above ; branch-leaves oval-oblong acuminate 

 apiculate, denticulate all around. Perichetial leaves small, narrow. 

 Capsule small, piriform, sub-symmetric, strangulate ; pedicel 

 smooth. Monoecious. Resembles E. incgdpolitantun but pecu- 

 liarly differing through the present paraphyllia. Europe, Portugal, 

 Coimbra : C. M. G. Machado. 



7. Brachythecium cyrtophyllum, Kindberg, in Ottawa 



Naturalist, IV, 63. 



Leaves small and short, not plicate, sometimes recurved at 

 one side, not or slightly decurrent. loosely appressed when dry. 

 Stem-leaves round-ovate or ovate, subobtuse or short-acuminate 

 acute, generally entire ; branch-leaves ovate, longer acuminate, 

 denticulate all around ; alar cells small, numerous, green or some- 

 times pellucid ; upper cells narrowly rhomboidal, inner sublinear ; 

 costa vanishing near middle. Dicecious. Capsules not seen. 

 Tufts green, faintly glossy. Resembles B. Fendleri, which differs 

 in all leaves denticulate long-pointed or long-acuminate, etc. 

 Elm logs r. Amer., Canada, Ontario : Macoun. 



Brachythechun Hillehrandi, Lesquereux. Branch-leaves sub- 

 ovate acute, slightly acuminate ; alar cells hyaline, well-defined 

 from the green ones. Alabama : Baker. 



Brachythecium ^'^ fagineum'' (H. Miiller) was "by Spruce 

 named Hypnum fenuicaule,'' Has not muscol. gall.; its name 

 must therefore be changed to Brachythecium tenuicmile, but 



