220 IP s t c I s 1 a 



INI. 8. The specimen from Nanaimo, which 

 Macoun cites, should be referred to R, sinuata. 



8. RiccanUa palmata (Hedw.) Carruth. 

 Comox (Macoun). P. 26, INI. 7. The Cedar 

 Hill specimen, c|uoted by Macoun, represents 

 a form of R. lafijrons. 



9. Riccardia suiuata (Dicks.) Trevis. Na- 

 naimo (Macoun). M. 7 (as Aneiira pijinatifida). 

 The specimens cited by Macoun belong to 

 R. muJtifida. The widely distributed R. pin- 

 giiis is also recorded from Vancouver Island by 

 Pearson and by ^lacoun. A specimen from 

 Comox, however, kindly sent for examination, 

 is a sterile P cilia. 



10. ]\Ictz;j!^crla conjugata Lindb. Gold- 

 stream, near \'ictoria; Qualicum; Comox (Ma- 

 coun). Blankensop Bay (Dawson). Port Ren- 

 frew (Miss Gibbs, Skinner). P. 27, M. 6. 



Four other species of Metzgeriacece have 

 been reported from Vancouver Island by Ma- 

 coun, but all must be considered more or less 

 doubtful. These four species are the follow- 

 ing: Pellia cpiphylla, P. endividjolia, Blasia 

 pusilla, and Fossomhronia pusilla. The Blasia 



