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convolute. Capsule sub-cylindric, shortly emerging fi*om the side of 

 the perichetium. Dioecious. 



This species has the habit of D ichelyma falcatum ; and is the D. 

 falcatum of Prof. Fowler's New Brunswick list. 



Collected in still water, Bass Eiver, N.B. (Fowler's Cat.) 



(607) D. uncinatum, Mitt. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. America, 

 273 ; Canadian Musci, No. 234. 



On twigs in ponds at McLeod's Lake, lat. 55** ; also abundant on 

 trees at the mouth of Pass Creek, near Sproat, B.C. (^Macoun.) 



(608.) D> capillaceum, Eruch & Schimp. ; Lesq. & James, Mouses 

 of N. America, 273 ; Canadian Musci, No. 431. 



Fontinalis capillacea, Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Am., No. 234. 



Grand Lake and Newcastle, N.B. (Fowler's Cat.) On sticks in 

 brooks, Canaan Forks, Queen's Co., N.B. (J. Moser.) On the roots of 

 trees, bordering the rivulet at Holland Landing (Ontario). (Drum- 

 mond.) 



Var. elongatum,~Kindb. (n. var.) 



Stems more elongate, branches more distant, the leaf-base longer 

 than the excuiTent part of the costa. 



In the bed of a small brook, 30 miles north of Michipicotin Eiver, 

 Lake Superior, July 27th, 1869. (Macoun.) 



(609.) D. pallescens, Bruch & Schimp. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses 

 of N. America, 274 ; Canadian Musci, No. 235. 



Dead wood, Eiver Eouge, Argenteuil Co., Que. (D' Urban.) Abun- 

 dant on the bases of trees in the inundated woods at the mouth of the 

 Gatineau, near Hull, Que. ; also on twigs in water-holes near St. 

 Patrick's Bridge, Ottawa. (Macoun.) On bases of trees, Bass Eiver 

 and Fredericton, N.B. (Fowler's Cat.) Tay, York Co., N.B. (J. 

 Moser.) 



(610.) D. cylindricarpum, Aust. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. 

 America, 274. 



On damp rocks in the Coast Eange above Yale, B.C., May 17th, 1875. 

 (Macoun.) The specimens (fathered here were the same as those sent 

 to Austin by Mrs. Eoy and labelled Cascade Mountains. 



