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(731.) B. COllinum, Bruch «& Schimp. Bryol. Europ. 



Hypnum {Brachythecium) collinum, Schleich. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. 

 America, 339 ; Canadian Musci, No. 398. 



On gravel on the prairie south of the Touchwood Hills, Assiniboia ; 

 on earth in the Cypress Hills, Alberta ; on stones at the mouth of 

 Smoky Eiver, lat. 56° 20' ; on dry rocks at Morley, Rocky Mountains ; 

 in ravines at Kamloops and on dry rocks at Lytton, B.C. (Macoun.) 

 Cascade Mountains, B.C. {Lyall.) Greenland. (Fl. Gr.) 



(732.) B. pseudo-collinum, Kindb. (n. sp.) 



Agrees with Brachythecium collinum in the pinnate and creeping 

 stem, the decurront leaves denticulate all around, the short, suboval 

 capsule and the smooth pedicel ; differs in the stems not being julaceous, 

 the leaves larger and longer, ovate-lanceolate, more loosely disposed, 

 spreading or patent, gradually tapering into the short, half-twisted 

 acumen, the cells chlorophyllose, the alar ones larger, the costa longer, 

 reaching above the middle. Monoecious. 



The true Brachythecium collinum has short-ovate, appressed and 

 imbricate leaves, suddenly narrowed with a prolonged filiform, not 

 twisted, point ; the upper cells are hyaline, the alar small, the costa 

 generally short, reaching to the middle. It is a high-alpine plant. 



Under a platform of a well at Canaan Forks, Queen's Co., N.B. (J. 

 Moser.) 



(733.) B. velutinum, Bruch & Schimp. Bryol. Europ. 



Hypnum {Brachythecium) relutinum, Linn. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. 

 America, 339 ; Canadian Musci, No. 379. 



Pend d'Oreille Eiver, B.C. {Lyall.) On the bases of trees in woods 

 at Belleville, Ont. ; on earth in Gilmour's Park, Chelsea, Que. ; on 

 earth in woods, Brackley Point, Prince Edward Island. {Macoun.) 

 On earth near London, Ont. (J. Bearness.) 



(734.) B. Starkii, Bruch & Schimp. Bryol. Europ. 



Hypnum {Brachythecium) StarUi, Brid. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. 

 America, 341 ; Canadian Musci, No. 284. 



Near New Ht.Tbor, Newfoundland. {Bev. A. Waghorne.) Bass Eiver, 

 N.B. {FowWsCat.) Greenland. (Fl. Gr.) Miquelon Island. (DeB- 

 mare.) Abundant on old logs and earth in woods at Eustico Bay, Prince 

 Edward Island ; on stones in brooks west of Ottawa ; quite common 

 on logs at Owen Sound, Ont. ; at Comox, Vancouver Island. {Macoun.) 



