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scabrous at the back, with simple incurved papilliferous ciliae ; borders 

 spinulose-dentate or fimbriate-ciliate ; cilise long, curved up and 

 dentate ; costa obsolete or very short. Perichetial leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, narrowly-acuminate, fimbriate. Capsule pale-brown, ovate- 

 cylindrical ; teeth subulate, short and broad, sometimes horizontally 

 divaricate when moist, distantly articulate, dusky, the upper article 

 cleft ; basilar membrane short, scarcely ^ the length of the teeth, 

 without segments ; operculum conic-obtuse, not curved, ^ the length 

 of the capsule; pedicel smooth, scarcely 1 cm. long. Differs from 

 Thelia hirtella in the longer branches, the larger and more pellucid 

 leaves, the greater leaf-cells and the longer and thicker capsule, also in 

 the peristome. 



Abundant on the stems of young maples in the central counties of 

 Ontario. It forms wide rings around the tree about four feet from the 

 ground and fruits abundantly. Vicinity of Belleville and in Seymour, 

 Northumberland Co., Ont. (Macoun.) On trees at Canaan Forks, 

 Queen's Co., N.B. (.7. Moser.) 



(632.) T. hirtella, Sulliv. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of K America, 

 299 ; Canadian Musci, No. 439. 



Ptprogonium hirtellum, Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Am., No. 79. 



On trees. Upper Canada (Ontario.) {Drummond.) On the roots of 

 trees in woods at Leamington, Ont. (^Macoun.^ On trees in woods at 

 Collins Bay, near Kingston, Ont. {Lawson.) 



(633.) T. asprel la,* Sulliv. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. America, 

 299. 



On earth at the bases of trees at the south end of Pelee Point, Lake 

 Erie, Ont. (Macoun.) 



104. MYURELLA, Bruch & Schimp. 



(G34.) M. julaceay Bruch & Schimp. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. 

 America, 300 ; Canadian Musci, No. 249. 



Hypnum moniliforme, Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Am-, No. 220. 



Eocks and banks ; but rare in fruit. (Drummond.) On ledges, 

 Kakabeka Falls, west of Lake Superior. (Mrs. E. G. Britton.) On 

 the bases of trees (fruiting) Gunn Eiver, Anticosti ; on the bases of 

 trees Mount Albert, Gasp^ Co., Que. ; on old stumps in Dow's Swamp, 

 Ottawa; abundant and fruiting on the base of cedar stumps in swamps 

 at Belleville, Ont. ; on limestone rocks, Point Wilkins, Lake Winni- 



