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unites with it PolysticJium ehngatum (Aiton) which, he says 

 (probably in error), occurs in tlie Southern States; Sir Wm. 

 Hooker unites with it his own Polystichum Floridanum, which is 

 found throughout the Gulf States, but Mr. Eaton has correctly 

 shown that the affinity of this plant is with P. cristatum. Several 

 fronds of its normal form wsre found among some specimens of 

 P. Goldieanum, obligingly sent to me by Mrs. Roy, of lloyston 

 Park, Owen Sound, who afterwards recognized one of them as 

 belonging to a large and stately plant which grew close to her 

 residence. Mrs. R. hopes to collect an abundance of specimens 

 next year. Her neighbourhood is very rich in ferns, perhaps 

 richer than any other equally circumscribed locality in Canada. 

 Filix-mas doubtless occurs throughout the continent from the 

 Great Lakes to the Pacific, and perhaps southward to Mexico 

 along the Rocky Mountains. 



Mosses new to Canada. — Since the publication of my 

 catalogue of Canadian Cryptogams, Mr. Macoun has detected 

 the following species of Musci in the neighborhood of Belleyille, 

 which were not then known as Canadian : — 



Sphagnum Wulfianum Girg^ensohn, 

 {=S. pyctiocladum Angst.) 



Girgensohnii Russow, 



Austinii Stcll. 



laricinum Spruce., 



recurvum Beauv. 



subsecundum Nees, 



Gymnostomum calcareum Nees et Horns. 

 Anodus Donianus Bry. Eur. 

 Campylopus viridis SuU, et Lesg. 

 Dicranum spurum Hediv. 



Schreberi Hedw. 



Fissidens minutulus Sull. 

 Barbula esspitosa ^chtutpg^r. 

 Encalypta vulgaris Hedw. 

 Ortliotrichum Lescurii Austin, 

 Bryum cernuum Hedw. 



cyclophyllum Bry. Eur. 



— — intermedium Brid. 



Mnium spinosum Bry. Eur. 

 cinclidioides Blyti, 



lycopodioides Hook. 



Fontinalis novje-Anglis SuU, 



Dalecarlica Bry. Eur. 



Myurella Careyana SuU. 



julacea Bry. Eur. 



Pterigynandrum filiforme Hedw. 

 Hypnum lutescens Hudson, 



plumosum SwariZs 



rivulare Bry. Eur. 



hispidulum Brid. 



stellatum Schreber, 



and var. protensum Schint. 



minutissimum Sull. et Lesq. 



cariosum Sull. 



compactum Sull. 



Sullivan tise Schivi. 



turfaceum Lindberg, 



Specimens of these mosses will be presented by Mr. Macoun to 

 the Society's herbarium. 



Rev. James Fowler of New Brunswick recently sent a set of 



