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Rouge, Argenteuil Co., Que. (D' Urban.) Miquelon Island. (Dela- 

 mare.} Harbor Breton and Broad Cove, Newfoundland. (Rev. 

 A. Waghorne.) In bogs, Jupiter River, Anticosti ; at Truro, N.S. ; 

 Brackley Point, and Otter Pond, Prince Edward Island ; on Mount 

 Albert, G-aspe Co., Que. ; at Morley and Banff, Rocky Mountains ; and 

 common in Roger's Pass, Selkirk Mountains ; in bogs, at Blackwater 

 River, and McLeod's Lake, B.C. ; also Peace River near Dunvegan, 

 lat. 56. (Macoun.) Mountains south of Tulameen River, B.C. ; alt. 

 6,000 feet. (Dawson.) Cascade Mountains, B.C. (Lyall.) Kotzebue 

 Sound and Sitka. (Roth. Alask.) Jakobshavn, Greenland. (R. Brown.) 

 Common in Greenland. (Fl. Gr.) 



(595.) P. commune, Linn.; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. America, 

 266. 



P. pallidisetum, Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Aiu., No. 279. 



In Canada. (Drummond.) Pictou Co., N.S. (McKay.) Miquelon 

 Island. (Delamare.) New Harbor, Newfoundland. (Rev. A. Wag- 

 horne.) Damp shady places ; common at Bass River, N.B. (Fowler's 

 Cat.) In woods, Belledune, N.B. (Chalmers.) Canaan Forks, N.B. 

 (J. Moser.) Damp woods, Missinaibi River, Ont. (R. Bell.) Common 

 in swamps near London, Ont. (J. Dearness.) Sitka. (Roth. Alask.) 

 Not uncommon in Greenland. (Fl. Gr.) 



Yar. perigoniale, Bruch & S chimp. 



In swamps near Stirling, Hastings Co., Ont. ; abundant at Pass 

 Creek near Sproat, Columbia River, B.C. ; also at McLeod's Lake, lat. 

 55, B.C. (Macoun.) 



Yar. Canadense, Kindb. (n. var.) ; Canadian Musci, No. 563. 

 Polytrichum commune, Canadian Musci, No. 225. 



Differs principally in the low stem, about 6-8 cm. high, the pedicel 

 not much longer, the blackish capsule much shorter than in the type 

 which probably is very rare in Canada and only once examined by 

 Kindberg. 



On damp earth at Rustico Bay and Royalty Junction, Prince 

 Edward Island ; woods, Mount Albert, Gasp6 Co., Que. ; McKay's 

 woods, Ottawa, also at Belleville, Ont. ; damp woods, Lake Nepigon; 

 abundant on earth in the railway cuttings above the trestle at 

 Albert Canon Station, Selkirk Mountains, B.C., May 29th, 1890. 

 (Macoun.) 



