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ovata, superiora 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 /j. longis, 

 30 p. latis, mediis superioribusque brevioribus, rectangulis, quadratis 

 vel subhexagonis, long. 25-30 /*, lat. 20 /*, marginalibus saspe longi- 

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

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

 tate ramorum nascentes. Capsula in pedicello pallide luteo, 69 millim. 

 longo, flexuoso, oblique erecta, pyriformis, collo distincto attenuata, 

 operculo convexo, mamillato. Calyptra brevis, cucullata, baud vel 

 vix inflata. Camera ignota. 



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



A remarkable species, very distinct from all the Entosthodon of 

 Europe and North America by its polygamous inflorescence, its leaves 

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

 ing. It is much to be regretted that the too immature capsules do not 

 show the peristome, annulus and spores. 

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



From Alaska, sine loco (W. H. Evans) ; Douglas Island (Trelease, 

 2402). 

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



From Fort Yukon (F. C. Schrader). 



Family BARTRAMIACE^. 

 Bartramia ithyphylla Brid. Muscol. recent., n, part in, 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. 



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



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



323- 



From 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). 



