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217. B. subulata, (Linn.) Beauv. 



On earth, Skull Creek, Crane Lake, Assa., June, 1894; on 

 Bragg's Creek, Elbow River, Rocky Mountains, June, 1897 ; on 

 earth on rock, Niagara River, Ont.; also on Pelee Point, Essex 

 Co., Ont., 1901. {Macoun.) On earth in rather dry places at 

 Dawson, Yukon, 1899. {Williafns.) 



218. B. mucronifolia, Bruch & Schimp. 



Crevices of limestone rocks, Rockcliffe Park, Ottawa, Ont., 

 May, 1900. (Macoun.) 



220. B. ruralis, (Linn.) Hedw. 



On sand along the sea-beach at Comox, Vancouver Island, 

 May 2nd, 1887 ; in sand under trees, Pelee Point, Essex Co., May, 

 27th, 1901. {Macoun.) On rocks, Unalaska Island, Behring Sea, 

 Sept., 1892. (/. M. Macoun.) On rocks about lakes Lindeman 

 and Bennett, Yukon, 1899. {Williams.) 



222. B. aciphylla, Bruch & Schimp. 



All references to B. aciphylla in part VL belong here, except 

 that of Roger's Pass, which belongs to the next. 



On earth by the Indian cemetery, Comox, Vancouver Island, 

 June, 1893. {Macoun.) 



999. B. pseudo-aciphylla, Kindb. in Hedwigia, 1896, 63. 



Leaves long, sublinear-lingulate ; obtuse ; costa very rough 

 above ; hair-point red only at the base or in the upper half. 

 Capsule narrower than in B. norvegica ; peristome not seen. 



On mountain slopes at discharge of Devil's Lake, Banff, 

 Rocky Mountains, Alta,, July ist, 1891. {Macoun.) 



223. B. megalocarpa, Kindb. 



Our undoubted specimens of this species are : — 

 On rocks, Cypress Hills, Assa., Aug. 3rd, 1880; at Yale, B.C., 

 July 17th, 1889 ; in Eagle Pass, near Revelstoke, B.C., May 13th, 

 1890; along Cadboro Bay and the Burnside Road, Victoria, Van- 

 couver Island, 1887 and 1893. {Macoun?) 



1000. B. SUbmegalocarpa, Kindb. in Hedwigia, 1896, 64. 



Differs from B. ruralis : Leaves longer, narrow and less 

 reflexed above, from a broader base alternate or sublinear; outer 



