108 GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY OF CANADA. 



pally above ; cells oblong-hexagonal, the lower narrower, less chloro- 

 phyllose, costa subpercurrent. Habit of Webera albicans. Barren. 



By springs in a gully, Canaan Forks, Queen's Co., N.B. January 

 2nd, 1890. (J. Moser.) 



XV. MEESIE^E. 



70. CATOSCOPIUM, Brid. 



(418.) C. nigritum, Brid.; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. America, 

 211; Canadian Musci, No. 154. 



Wdsia nigrita, Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Am., No. 73. 



Common in swamps in the Rocky Mountains. (Drummond.) In 

 boggy meadows, Lake Superior. (Agassiz.) Common in boggy and 

 springy places throughout Canada. Bogs at Salt" Lake and Gunn 

 River, Anticosti ; quite common along the shore at Red Bay and Fish- 

 ing Islands, Lake Huron ; wet rocks, shore of Lake Nepigon ; abun- 

 dant at Stephen, Banff and Hector, Rocky Mountains ; in boggy soil 

 near the Hot Springs, Kootanie Lake, B.C. ; abundant in springs, 

 Hudson Hope, Peace River, lat. 56. (Macoun.) Godhavn, Green- 

 land. (Fl. Gr.) 



71. AMBLYODON, Beauv. 



(419.) A. dealbatus, Beauv. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. 

 America, 211 ; Canadian Musci, No. 155. 



Bryum dealbatum, Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Am., No. 249. 



Canaan Forks and Tay, N.B. (J. Moser) Moist rocks among the 

 Rocky Mountains ; and about York Factory, Hudson Bay. (JDrum- 

 mond.*) Peat bog near Ste. Anne des Monts, Gasp6 Co., Que. (J. A. 

 Allen.) Peat bog, Salt Lake, Anticosti ; also in a bog at Kingston, 

 N.S. ; on clay around springs opposite Hudson Hope, Peace River, lat. 

 56 ; boggy places at Morley Station, on tufa mounds at Banff and by 

 springs at Hector, Rocky Mountains. (Macoun.) 



72. MEESIA, Hedw. 



(420.) M. uliginosa, Hedw.; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. America, 

 212 ; Canadian Musci, No. 156. 



Bryum trichodes var. longiseta, Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Am., No. 247. 



In swamps in the country extending from York Factory to the 

 Rocky Mountains. (Drummond.) Peat bog near St. Anne des Monts, 



