296 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



On wet rocks, Goldstream, near Victoria, Vancouver Island, 

 June 2nd, 1893. (Macoun.) 



Dr. A. J. Grout refers this species to Brachythecium asperrimum 

 mixed with what is probably a Scleropodium. 



1162. E. Macounii, KINDB., Revue Bryol., 1895. 



Stem-leaves ovate-oblong, long-acuminate, often fili f orm- 

 pointed, denticulate at least at the acumen. Branch-leaves sub- 

 ovate-lanceolate, obtusate, denticulate below ; upper cells 

 rhombic, alar hyaline, subquadrate, the others sublinear-lanceo- 

 late ; costa stout, vanishing above the middle. Perichetial leaves 

 long-acuminate, filiform-pointed, denticulate above. Capsule 

 narrow-cylindric, suberect, nearly straight ; lid rostellate. Tufts 

 golden, glossy or green. Stem subpinnate ; branches acute. 



On rocks, Mount Finlayson. near Goldstream, Vancouver 

 Island, 1887. (Macoun.) 



1163. E. glaciale. BR. EUR. 



Greenland. (Berggern.) On trees in a swamp at Big Intervale, 

 Margaree, Cape Breton Island, N.S., July 2Oth, 1898. (Macoun.} 



1164. E. Labrador icum, KINDB., Bryol. N. Am. & Eur. 101. 



Differs from E. glaciale : Leaves larger, somewhat glossy, not 

 appressed when dry; cells sublinear except the large not numer- 

 ous alar ones ; costa vanishing near the middle. Stem-leaves 

 generally entire ; branch-leaves long-acuminate minutely denticu- 

 late above. Perichetial leaves patent. Capsule curved ; pedicel 

 quite smooth, 3-4 cm. long; lid acute; oeristome not seen. 



Fort Chimo, Ungava Bay, Labrador, Sept. 9th, 1896. (A. P. 

 Low.) 



1165. E. acutifolium, KINDB., Revue Bryol., 1895. 



Differs from E. strigosum : Leaves long-distant, long-decurrent, 

 with long subulate acumen, spreading also when dry ; branches 

 more distant ; pedicel of capsule longer; monoecious. 



On wet logs near Victoria, Vancouver Island, May 25th, 1893 

 (Macoun.) 



