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around, areolation variable, often sub-rhomboidal ; costa thick, 

 reaching nearly to the apex. Probably dioicious. 



" Allied to E. hians and E. Stdlivantii." 

 " On rocks along the Nanaimo River below the railway bridge, 



Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, April 27, 1887." 



Eurhynchium pseudo-velutinoides Kindb. Rev. Bryol. 22 : 84. 



1895. 



" Leaves not or slightly striate, distant, subulate-acuminate 

 and filiform pointed, faintly reflexed near the base. Stem leaves 

 subobovate or ovate -oblong, entire ; costa scarcely reaching to the 

 middle. Branch leaves ovate-lanceolate, denticulate all around ; 

 costa reaching somewhat above the middle. Perichaetial leaves 

 with a very long filiform point. Capsules not found : pedicel 

 rough. Tufts loose and green. Stems pinnate, not creeping. 

 Leaves patent or spreading when dry. Probably monoecious/ ' 



"Canada, Vancouver Island, earth (1893): Macoun." 

 No specimens available and original description quoted. 



Eurhynchium crassixervium (Tayl.) Br. & Sch. var. laxorete 



Kindb. Macoun, Cat. Can. PI. 6 : 207. 1892. 



" Differs in the leaves being nearly entire or faintly denticulate 

 above, shorter acuminate and the cells larger. Only male flowers 

 found." 



" On earth in woods at Canaan Forks, Queen county, New 

 Brunswick. J. Moser." 



No specimens available and original description quoted. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES. 



Eurhynchium subintegrifolium Kindb. Ottawa Nat. 7 



1893. 



Specimens from " earthy banks by the sea, Comox, Vancouver 



J. M 



and double and certainly are not referrable to this genus. 



pseudo-serrulatum Kindb. Ottawa Nat. 7 



1893. = Brachythecium Starkei. 



Eurhynchium semiasperum C. M. & Kindb. Macoun Cat. Can 

 'i-6: 207. 1892. = Brachythecium plunwsum. 



The remainder of Kindberg's new species of Eurhynchium be- 



