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rent, denticulate above, forming at least half the acumen. Perichetial 

 leaves denticulate above. Capsule obovate, sub-erect or inclined 

 without a neck, not striate ; beak very short and thick ; annulus 

 scarcely loosed ; teeth orange, pale at apex, partite, without basilar 

 membi-ane, not papillose ; pedicel pale red-yellow 1 c. m. long or 

 shorter, straight or curved only at apex. Dioecious. 



On earth, on the northern slope of Cathedral Mountain, Kicking 

 Horse Eiver, Eocky Mountains, B.C. Alt. 6,500 feet. July 28th, 1885. 

 (Macoun.) 



(78.) D.! rufescens, Schimp. ; Lesq. & .lames. Mosses of N. Ame- 

 rica, 66 ; Canadian Musci, No. 27. 



On earth, Bass Eiver, Kent Co., N.B. (Fowler.) Canaan Forks, 

 Queen's Co., N.B. (J. Moser.) By roadsides, on wet earth, at 

 Brackley Point and Black Eiver. Prince Edward Island, 1888 ; in 

 cuttings along the C. P. Eailway, east of Hastings, and by a brook 

 at Yale, B.C.; common on wet earth at Owen Sound, Ont., 1874. 

 (Macoun.) 



(79.) D. subulata, Schimp.; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. America, 

 66 ; Canadian Musci, No. 28. 



Dicranwn subttlatum, Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Am. No. 98. 



Disco, Greenland. (JF7. Gr.) Kouchibouguac, N.B. {Fowlefs Cat.) 

 Tay, York Co., N.B. {J. Moser.) On old roads along the CJaspcS 

 Coast, Que., 1882 ; on earth, Salmon Eiver, near Fort McLeod, B.C., 

 1875 ; very abundant along the C. P. Eailway at Hector, Eocky 

 Mountains ; along Bear Creek in Eoger's Pass, and at the Asoulcan 

 Glacier, Selkirk Mountains, B.C., 1890. (Macoun.) Banks in alpine 

 situatioMs. {Drummond.) 



(80.) D. heteromalla, Schimp. ; Lesq. & James, Mossey of N. 

 America, 66 ; Canadian Musci, No. 29. 



Dicranum JieteromaUum, Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Am. No. 95. 



" •' var. cavlibus foliisque longioribus, Drumm. Muse. 



Bor.-Am. No. 96. 



Near the Columbia (No. 95) ; Upper Canada (No. 96). (Drummond.) 

 Miquelon Island. (Delamare.) Common in Nova Scotia. (McKay.) 

 On clay banks at Pirate's Cove, Yarmouth, and Truro, N.S., 1883 ; on 

 earth Eustico Bay, Prince Edward Island, 1888 ; on the summit of 

 Mount Albert, and at Gasp^ Basin, Gasp^ Co., Que., 1882 ; common 



