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dark-green, ci'isped when dry ; indistinctly decurrent, doubly dentate 

 at the red-margined borders ; the lower more loosely disposed, oblong, 

 the upper lanceolate ; cells rotundate-hexagonal, often pellucid ; costa 

 red-brown, excurrent, at least in the upper leaves. Perichetial leaves 

 narrow sub-linear, dentate, the innermost very short. Capsule solitary, 

 pendent, narrow, often appressed to the pedicel, subclavate-cylindric, 

 constricted below the wide mouth ; teeth yellow ; lid obliquely 

 rostrate ; pedicel palered. This species, synoecious, intermediate 

 between Mnium spinutosum and M. serratum, is readily distinct in the 

 wide-mouthed capsule. 



On earth under trees near the water in the woods bordering the 

 Whirlpool, Niagara Falls, Ont., June 6th. 1891. {Macoun.) 



(546.) M. stellarOy (Eeichai*dt) Hedw. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of 

 N. America, 247 ; Canadian Musci, No. 199. 



M- orthorrhynchum, Canadian Musci, Na 471, in part 



Margins of brooks, Carleton,N.B. (Fowler's Cat.) Swamps, Canaan 

 Forks, Queen's Co., N.B. (J. Moser.) Roots of trees, Madeline River, 

 Gasp^ Co., Que. ; Dow's swamp, near Ottawa ; cedar swamps at Belle- 

 ville and Owen Sound, Ont. ; crevices of rocks at Hector, Rocky 

 Mountains. (^Macoun.) In woods, London, Ont. (J. Deamess) 



^547.) M. BIyttii, Bruch & Schimp. 



Bases of stumps at Morley, Rocky Mountains ; on earth among rocks 

 (jold Range, north of Griffin Lake, B.C. ; alt. 6.500 feet. (Macoun.) 



(548.) M. cinclidioides, Hueben; Lesq. & James,. Mosses of K 

 America, 248. 



On earth in wet woods, Brackley Point, Prince Edward Island ; 

 wet swampy woods, Huntingdon, North Hastings, Ont. ; in wet boggy 

 woods at Nanaimo, Vancouver Island. (Macoun ) Frederikshaab, 

 Greenland. {Bosenvinge.') 



(549.) M. punotatum, Hedw. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. 

 America, 248 ; Canadian Musci, No. 200. 



Bryum punctatvm, Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Am., Nos. 253, 254 and 272, in part. 



Moist woods and marshes, York Factory, Lake Huron and Rocky 

 Mountains. (JDrummond.) Damp shady ravine, Bass River and at 

 Fredericton, N.B. {Fowler's Cat.) Swamps, Tobique River, N.B. 

 {Bay.) Canaan Forks, Queen's Co., and Tay, York Co., N.B. {J. 

 Moser.) Pictou, N.S. {McKay.) Miquelon Island. {Delamare.) 



