MACOUN.] CATALOGUE OP CANADIAN PLANTS. 93 



56. ENCALYPTA, Schreb. 



(362.) E. commutata, Nees & Hornsch. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses 

 of N. America, 180. 



E. affinis, Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Am., No. 49. 

 Rocks and banks araorigst the Rocky Mountains. (Drummond.') 



(363.) E. vulgaris, Hedw. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. America, 

 181. 



Alaska. (Lesq. & James.) Under ledges of limestone rocks at the 

 Ferry Crossing opposite Belleville, Ont. ; and on limestone rocks at 

 Leamy's Lake, near Ottawa. (Macoun.} 



(364.) E. rhabdocarpa, Schwaegr ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. 

 America, 181 ; Canadian Musci, No. 131 ; Drumm. Muse. Bor.- 

 Am. 51. 



Rocks and banks amongst mountains. (Drummond.') On rocks, 

 Falls of Ste. Anne des Monts River, Gasp6 Co., Que. ; on stones along 

 Peace River below the mouth of Smoky River ; on loose stones and 

 gravel, Cypress Hills, Alberta ; crevices of rocks " Dry Canon," discharge 

 of Devil's Lake, at Banff, Silver City, and Hector, Rocky Mountains, 

 also in the foothills at Morley ; along the Telegraph Trail near 

 Quesnel, B.C. ; on earth, rocky slopes near Kamloops, B.C. (Macoun.') 

 Nulato. (Roth. Alask^ Clavering Island, Greenland. (Fl. 6rr.) 



(365.) E. subspathulata, C. M. & Kindb. (n. sp.) 

 E. spathulata, Canadian Musci, No. 421. 



Mono3cious. Stem very short, about 0.5 cm. high. Leaves bright 

 green, spathulate or Ungulate, twisting when dry, the upper spreading 

 when moist ; inner basal cells short-rectangular, smooth and hyaline, 

 finally red-brown, the outer ones very much longer, narrower and 

 yellowish ; costa faintly reddish below, yellow above, Ion g-excur rent. 

 Capsule cylindrical, short-necked, smooth or finally furrowed when 

 dry ; peristome pale, partly incomplete and membranose, but distinct 

 and high ; calyptra small, papillose in the narrower part, yellowish- 

 green, not covering the whole capsule, not fringed ; pedicel red. 



Nearly allied to E. vulgaris but it has the peristome merely present, 

 the calyptra longer, and the upper leaves not spreading. The true E, 

 spathulata, C. Muell., has a shorter capsule without a peristome. 



Quite common on boulders on the sides of ravines near the Eraser 

 River, below Lytton, B.C., April 17th, 1889 ; on earth near McLeod's 

 Lake, B.C. Lat. 55. June 25th, 1875. (Macoun.) 



