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LIST OF MOSSES COLLEOTED IN^ THE NEIGHBORHOOD 



OF OTTAWA. 



By John M/^coln, M.A., F.ll S.C, F.L.S. 



1. Sphagnum acutifoliura, Ehrh. — Common in [)3 it bogs. — Dow's 

 swamp. Oct., 1884. Mer Bleue. Lake Flora. 



2. Sphagnum Wulfianum, GLrgens. — Peat bogs and cedar swamps. 

 — Mer Bleue. (Fletcher). 



3. Sphagnum cymbifolium,Ehrh. — Peat bogs and swamps. — Dow's 

 swamp. Oct., 1884. Mer Bleue. Lake Flora. 



4. Cynodontium virens, Schinip. var. Wahlenbergii — Ptotten logs 

 in thick damp woods — Woods near Ironsides ; also at the mines on the 

 Piiver Lievre. May 19, 1885. 



5. Dicranella varia, Schimp. — On damp earth along ditches. Ditch 

 along the railway south of St. Louis Dam. May, 1885. 



6. Dicranella heteromalla, Schimp. — On damp sandy banks and on 

 turned up stumps in woods. — McKay's woods; also Skead's farm, Rich- 

 mond Road. May 12, 1885. 



7. Dicranum montanum, Hedw. — On the bases of trees and stumps. 

 McKay's woods, without fruit ; fiui;ing at the mines on the Lievre. 

 May 19, 1885. 



8. Dicranum viriJe, Schimp. On the bases cf trees in woods. 

 McKay's woods; also at the mines on theLievre. j\tay 18, 1885. 

 Always without fruit. 



9. Dicranum flagellare, Hedw. — On rotten logs in woods. — Dow's 

 swamp ; Skead's farm, Richmond Road. May 9, 1885. 



10. Dicranum fulvum. Hook. — On boulders in woods. — Woods 

 at the phosphate mines on the Lievre. Rare. May 19, 1885. 



11. Dicranum scoparium, Hedw. — On earth and old logs in woods. 

 Common everywhere. 



12. Dicranum Schraderi, Web. and ^^ohr. — Peat bogs and swamps. 

 Dows' swamp. Oct., 1884. 



13. Dicranum undulatura. Turn. — Logs and earth in damp woO'i s. 

 At the phosphate mines on the Lievre. May 19, 1885. 



