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78. ZIERIA, Schimp. 



(526.) Z. julacea, Schimp.; Lesq. & James, Mosses of K America, 

 240. 



Bryum Zierii, Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Am., No. 252. 



Eocks near the " Height of Land," Rocky Mountains. (Drummond.) 

 Crevices of damp rocks, Mount Albert, Gasp Co., Que. ; alt. 4,000 

 feet ; on rocks along the Bow Kiver at Morley, Rocky Mountains. 

 (Macoun.) Jakobshavn, Greenland. (R. Brown.} 



(527.) Z. demissa, Schimp.; Lesq.& James, Mosses of K America. 

 241. 



Bryum demissum, Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Am., No. 250. 



Summits of the Rocky Mountains ; rare. (Drummond.) Sabine 

 Island, Greenland. (Fl. Gr.) 



79. MNIUM, Linn. 



(528.) M. cuspidatum, Hedw. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of K 

 America, 242 ; Canadian Musci, No. 189. 



Bryum cuspidatum, Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Am., No. 258. 



Shady woods ; at the roots of trees. (Drummond.) Forms large 

 patches among the roots of trees in woods, N.B. (Fowler's Cat.) Canaan 

 Forks and Tay, N.B. (J. Moser.) New Harbor and Broad Cove, New- 

 foundland. (Rev. A. Waghorne.) Shaded places, lake region, and at 

 Tobique River, N.B. (Hay.} Common in Pictou Co., KS. (McKay.} 

 In woods, Levis Co., Que. (St. Cyr.} Miquelon Island. (Delaware.) 

 Very abundant on earth nearly across the continent. Brackley Point, 

 Prince Edward Island ; at Truro, N.S. ; on Montreal Mountain, Que. ; 

 common at Ottawa, Belleville, Owen Sound and other parts of Ontario ; 

 Lake Nepigon and Lake Nipissing, Ont. ; Swan Lake House, Man. ; 

 Revelstoke, Eagle Pass, Quesnel and Agassiz, B.C. (Macoun.) Atha- 

 basca River, N.W.T. (J". M. Macoun.) Vicinity of Kingston, Ont. 

 (Prof. Fowler.) Saskatchewan River. (Bourgeau.) A common species 

 at London, Ont. (J. Dearness.) 



Var. tenellum, Kindb. (n. var.) 



Differs in all parts being smaller. 



On earth in woods at Rustico Bay, Prince Edward Island, July 3rd, 



1888. (Macoun.) 



