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(185.) B. brevirostriSy Bruch & Schimp. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses 

 of N, America, 1 15 ; Canadian Musci, No. 72. 



Tortula brevirostris, Drumm. Muse Bor.-Am., No. 136. 



Clay banks among the Kocky Mountains and at York Factory, 

 Hudson Bay. {Drummond.) On earth at Morley, foot-hills of Rocky 

 Mountains, 13th June, 1885 ; on earth along Cave Avenue, Banff, 

 Rocky Mountains. {Macoun.) Greenland. {Fl. Gr.) 



(186.) B. macrorhyncha, Kindb. (n. sp.) 



Habit of Barbula brevirostris. Leaves round-ovate, obtuse, involute 

 all around, also at the apex ; costa not excurrent. Capsule oblong- 

 ovoid ; annulus revoluble ; teeth long, twisted at least twice, beak of 

 the lid more than § length of capsule ; pedicel pale red or yel- 

 lowish. Dioecious. Calyptra unknown. 



Diflfers from Barbula rigida in the very much shorter leaves and the 

 longer lid. 



On earth, Hastings Road, Tador, North Hastings, Ont., August 

 16th, 1874. {Macoun.) 



(c.) Tortella, C. Muell. 



(187.) B. tortuosa, Web. & Mohr ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. 

 America, 120 ; Canadian Musci, No. 77. 



Tmtula tortuosa, Drumm. Muec. Bor.-Am., No. 141. 



Rocks at Lake Winnipeg; and amongst the Rocky Mountains, &c. 

 (JDrummond.) On rocks, Bass River, Kent Co., N.B. (Fowler's Cat.) 

 On rocks, Queen's Co., N.B. (J. Moser.) On stones, Tobique River, 

 N.B. (Say.) On rocks Ste. Anne's River and Mount Albert, G-aspd 

 Co., Que. ; on rocks in McKay's Woods at Ottawa ; common on rocks at 

 Shannonville, Belleville, Owen Sound and Lake Nipigon, Ont. ; Jupiter 

 River, Anticosti ; on rocks at Hector and Banff, Rocky Mountains ; at 

 Revelstoke, Deer Park and Sproat on the Columbia River ; Fort St. 

 James, Northern British Columbia ; Mount Arrowsmith, Vancouver 

 Island. (Macoun.) Mount Queest, Gold Range, B.C. (J. M. Macoun.) 

 On rocks, Newfoundland. {Rev. A. Waghorne.) Greenland. (Fl. Or.) 

 Miquelon Island. (Delamare.) 



(188.) B. inclinatula, ,C. M. & Kindb. (n. sp.) Canadian Musci, 

 No. 512. 



Dioecious. Tufts laxly coherent, yellowish green. Stem indistinct, 

 or 0.5 cm. high, not branching. Leaves cirrhate-crisped and rigid 



