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ovata, superlora majora, 1.5-2 millim. longa, i lata, oblongo-spathu- 

 iata, Integra, obtusa subapiculatave, marginibus planis , basin versus 

 interdum subrevolutis, costa tenui, attenuata, plus minus longe ab apice 

 evanida, rete laxo, cellulis basilaribus subrectangulis, 60-80 /x longis, 

 30 11 latis, mediis superioribusque brevioribus, rectangulis, quadratis 

 vel subhexagonis, long. 25-30 [x^ lat. 20 /x, marginalibus saepe longi- 

 oribus angustioribusque, lutescentibus, 1-2-seriatis. Flores polygami, 

 terminales, nunc unisexuales, nunc synoici ; flores masculi in extremi- 

 tate ramorum nascentes. Capsula in pedicello pallide luteo, 6-9 millim. 

 longo, flexuoso, oblique erecta, pyriformis, collo distinct© attenuata, 

 operculo convex©, mamillato. Calyptra brevis, cucullata, liaud vel 

 vix inflata. Ca^tera ignota. 



From St. Paul Island (Trelease, 2067, 2074). 



A remarkable species, very distinct from all the Entosthodon of 

 Europe and N©rth America by its p©lygamous inflorescence, its leaves 

 shortly spatulate, obtuse or subapiculate, and its calyptra hardly svsrell- 

 ing. It is much to be regretted that the to© immature capsules d© n©t 

 show the perist©me, annulus and spores. 

 Funaria hygrometrica Sibth. Fl. oxon., p. 288. ''' 



From Alaska, sine loc© (W. H. Evans) ; D©uglas Island (Trelease, 

 2402). 

 Funaria hygrometrica calvescens Br. eur., fasc. 11, p. 8, pi. 3. 



From Fort Yuk©n (F. C. Schrader). 



Family BARTRAMIACE^. 

 Bartramia ithyphylla Brid. Muscol. recent., 11, part iii, p. 132, pi. 



I, f. 6. 



From Port Clarence (Trelease, without number) ; Disenchantment 

 Bay (Trelease, 2520) ; Orca, 1,400 ft. (Trelease, 2242, 2483 in part) ; 

 Kodiak (Trelease, 2488); Hall Island (Trelease, 2126) ; St. Paul 

 Island (J. M. Macoun). 

 Bartramia ithyphylla strigosa Wahlenb. Fl. lapp., p. 362. 



Bariramia ithyphylla var. rigidulaScn. Syn., ed. 2, p. 510. 



Bartramia ithyphylla subsp. rigidula Kindb. Eur. and N. Amer. Br., p. 



323- 



Fr©m St. Matthew Island (Trelease, 2147, 2152, 2164; Coville and 

 Kearney, 2181 ; Brewer and Coe, 679, 681). 

 Bartramia pomiformis Hedw. Sp. muse, p. 164. 



From Yes Bay (Gorman, 183) ; Juneau (Coville and Kearney, 574, 

 577 in part) ; Orca (Setchell, 1216 ; Trelease, 2243, 2483); Virgin 

 Bay (Trelease, 2485) ; Douglas Island (Trelease, 2408). 



