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1055. w. pseudo-carneum, Kindb., Ott. Nat. Vol. XIV, p. 88. 



Differs from IV. carneum in the leaves being shorter, ovate- 

 oblong, and long-decurrent; costa percurrent. Capsules not seen. 

 On damp sand, Sable Island, N.S., August i6th, 1899. {Macoun.) 



452. W. albicans, Schimp. 



Bryum albicans., Wahlenb rg ; Kindb., Bryol. N. Am. & 

 Eur. 389. 



St. Paul Island, Behring Sea, Aug. i8th, 1892. (/. M. Macoun.) 

 Damp rocks, Fort Chimo, Ungava Bay, Labrador, 1896. (A. P. 

 Low.) Damp banks, Cadboro Bay, and wet rocks, Coldstream, 

 Vancouver Island, 1893 ; wet rocks, Crow's Nest Pass, Rocky 

 Mountains, Alta., 1897 ; in a railway ditch above Leamington, 

 Essex Co., Ont., 1901. {Macoun.) 



1056. W. nitescens, Kindb., Botan. Notiser, 1896. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate ; perichetial leaves long. 

 Capsule not constricted ; cilia long. Perigonial leaves erect. 

 Tufts dense tomentose, silky or golden glossy. Dioecious with 

 gemmiform male flowers; rarely synoecious. 



On earth, Greenland. {Vanhaeffen.) 



T7. BRYUM, Dill. 



454. B, afcticum, Bruch & Schimp. 



St. Paul Island, Behring Sea, i8qi, Alaska. {Dr. Meniam.) On 

 earth in rather dry places at Dawson, Yukon, 1899. ( Williams,) 



45*7. B. purpurascens, Bruch & Schimp, subsp, autumnale, 



LiMPRICHT. 



Newfoundland. {Waghotne.) 

 460. B. pendulum, (Hornsch.) Schimp. 



At Dawson in fine fruit, July 30th, 1899 ; other specimens were 

 collected on earth on ledges of rock at Dawson which were for 

 a time doubtfully referred to B. Brotvnn, Br. & Sch. {Williams.) 



1057. B. Dawsonense, R. S. Williams. Bull, of New York Bot. 

 Gar., Vol. II., p. 124. 



This plant is undoubtedly close to B. pendulum, differing in the 

 short-pointed leaves, more distinctly bordered and in the long 

 cilia, some of which are finely appendiculate. 



