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sparingly chlorophyllose ; costa vanishing in the acumen. Capsule 

 small, at the base indistinctly gibbous, narrow, cylindric, and curved ; 

 lid elongate-conic ; pedicel very short, 0.5 0.8 cm., very faintly 

 muriculate. Perichetial leaves nerveless, longer filiform -cuspid ate, 

 irregularly sinuolate, the point patent or arcuate ; basal cells larger, 

 rectangular ; archegonia numerous, about 20. Monoecious. 



This species is allied to Brachythecium Rutabulum, differs principally 

 in the minutely muriculate and short pedicel of the small, narrow 

 capsule, also in the leaves. 



On old logs in woods, Canaan Forks, Queen's Co., and Elmwood, 

 King's Co., N.B., July, 1888. (J. Moser.) 



(745.) B. asperrimum, (Mitt.) 



Hypnum (Brachythecium) asperrimum, Mitt. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. 

 America, 343. 



.British Columbia. (Lyall, Douglas) On earth at Quesnel, B.C. 

 (Macoun.') On logs, Melaspina Inlet, Gulf of Georgia, B.C. (Dawson.) 



(746.) B. vallium, Sulliv. & Lesq. 



On old logs near Tictoria, Vancouver Island, May 7th, 1875. 

 (Macoun.) 



(747.) B. glaciate, Bruch & Schimp., Bryol. Europ. 

 Greenland. (Fl Gr.) 



(748.) B. campestre, Bruch & Schimp., Bryol. Europ. 



Hypnum (Brachythecium) campestre, Bruch ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. 

 America, 344. 



On the ground at Bass Eiver, N.B. {Fowler's Cat.) On rocks and 

 logs, Canaan Forks, Queen's Co., N.B. (J. Moser.*) On Kettle Eiver, 

 British Columbia. (Watson.) 



(749.) B. rivulare, Bruch & Schimp., Bryol. Europ. 



Hypnum (Brachythecium) rivulare, Bruch MS. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of 



N. America, 344 ; Canadian Musci, No. 288. 

 Camptolhedum megaptilum, Canadian Musci, No. 439. 



Miquelon Island. (Deldmare.) Bass Eiver and Fredericton, N.B. 

 (Fowlers Cat.) On earth at Canaan Forks, Queen's Co., and Tay, 

 York Co., N.B. (J. Moser.) On damp earth, Brackley Point, Prince 

 Edward Island ; in wet woods at Ottawa ; common on stones in brooks 

 and wet woods at Belleville, Brighton, Niagara Falls, Owen Sound and 



