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(366.) E. leiomitra, Kindb. (n. sp.) 



E. rhabdocarpa, Schw. var. leiomiira, Kindb. Ott Nat. Vol. IV. 61. 



Nearly allied to E. rhabdocarpa but differing in the leaves being- 

 shorter, often subspathulate, with the costa vanishing at the apex, 

 peristomial teeth nearly blunt, calyptranot papillose, the spores larger. 



On rocks along the Clearwater Eiver, Athabasca. Lat. 57°. July 

 11th, 1888. (J. M. Macoun.) 



(367.) E. Macounii, Aust. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. America, 

 182 ; Canadian Musci, No. 133. 



E. ciliala, Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Am., No. 50. 



On rock8,^Canaan Forks, Queen's Co., N.B. (J. Moser.') Crevices 

 of rocks, Tobique Eiver, N.B. (Hay.) On rocks along the Gasp^ 

 coast, Que. ; quite common on rocks at Shannonville, and at Leamy's 

 Lake and Rockcliffe, Ottawa ; on earth at Pelee Point, Lake Erie y 

 and in crevices of rocks. Lake Nepigon ; also abundant on rocks at 

 Fort Chipwcyan, Lake Athabasca ; also on rocks at Hector, Rocky 

 Mountains ; on rocks. Deer Park, Lower Arrow Lake ; on rocks at 

 Stewart's Lake Mountain, B.C. ; quite common on damp rocks at 

 Agassiz, Criche Creek and Sicamous, B.C. ; very abundant on rocks at 

 Departure Bay and Victoria, Vancouver Island. {Macoun.) Rocks 

 and banks amongst the Rocky Mountains. (Drummond.) Ounalaska 

 and Kadiak Islands, Behring Sea, 1891. (J. M. Macoun.) Rocky 

 ledges, Mount McKay, near Fort William and Kakabeka Falls, Lake 

 Superior. (Mrs. G. E. Britton.) Greenland. (FL Gr.) 



(368.) E. ciliata, Hedw. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. America, 

 182 ;S Canadian Musci, No. 132. 



Encalypta ciliata, Hedw,, and E. Macounii, Aust., are very difficult 

 to distinguish apart. The descriptions of the best authors are also not 

 consistent. Schimper in synops. muscor. Europ. p. 343, says : ** Peri- 

 stomium siccitate capsulam horizontal iter claudens, humiditate patens;" 

 Braithu-aite, Brit. Moss-flora, p. 283, " peristome when dry horizontally 

 closing the capsule, patent when moist ;" Lesq, & James, Mosses of N. 

 America, p. 182, " peristome spreading when dry ;" Boulay, Muscindes 

 de la France, p. 314, " dents du peristome dress^es tt I'dtat sec, inflechies 

 en voute surbaiss^e a I'dtat humidc." It is probable that the authors 

 are confounding both species, also occurring in Europe. E. ciliata 

 is principally found growing in the lower mountain districts. E. 

 Macounii seems to be an alpine species also collected by Kindberg in the 

 Norwegian Alps and considered as a new species, E. borealis, Kindb. 



