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1055. W. pseudo-carneum, KINDB., Ott. Nat. Vol. XIV. p. 88. 



Differs from W. carneum in the leaves being shorter, ovate- 

 oblong, and long-decurrent; costa percurrent. Capsules not seen. 

 On damp sand, Sable Island, N.S., August i6th, 1899. (Macoun.) 



452. W. albicans, SCHIMP. 



Bryum albicans, Wahlenb- rg ; Kindb., Bryol. N. Am. & 

 Eur. 389. 



St. Paul Island, Behring Sea, Aug. i8th, 1892. (/. M. Macoun^ 

 Damp rocks, Fort Chimo, Ungava Bay, Labrador, 1896. (A. P. 

 Low.} Damp banks, Cadboro Bay, and wet rocks, Goldstream, 

 Vancouver Island, 1893 ; wet rocks, Crow's Nest Pass, Rocky 

 Mountains, Alta., 1897 ; in a railway ditch above Leamington, 

 Essex Co., Ont., 1901. (Macoun.} 



1056. W. nitescens, KINDB., Botan. Notiser, 1896. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate ; perichetial leaves long. 

 Capsule not constricted ; cilia long. Perigonial leaves erect. 

 Tufts dense tomentose, silky or golden glossy. Dioecious with 

 gemmiform male flowers; rarely synoecious. 



On earth, Greenland. (Vanhceffen.} 



77. BRYUM, Dill. 

 454. B, arcticum, BRUCH & SCHIMP. 



St. Paul Island, Behring Sea, i8gi, Alaska. (Dr. Merriam.) On 

 earth in rather dry places at Dawson, Yukon, 1899, (Williams.} 



457. B. purpurascens, BRUCH & SCHIMP, subsp. autumnale, 



LlMPRICHT. 



Newfoundland. (Waghotne.} 

 460. B. pendulum, (HORNSCH.) SCHIMP. 



At Dawson in fine fruit, July 3Oth, 1899 J other specimens were 

 collected on earth on ledges of rock at Dawson which were for 

 a time doubtfully referred to B. Brownn, Br. & Sch. (Williams.} 



1057. B. Dawsonense, R. S. WILLIAMS. Bull, of New York Bot. 



Gar., Vol. II., p. 124. 



This plant is undoubtedly close to B. pendulum, differing in the 

 short-pointed leaves, more distinctly bordered and in the long 

 cilia, some of which are finely appendiculate. 



