NATURAL HISTORY, TORONTO REGION 
Muscr—Mosses. 
Family Sphagnaceae. 
Sphagnum acutifolium, Ehrh. Common. 
eymbifolium, Ehrh. Common. 
squarrosum, Pers. Common. 
There are sphagnum bogs at Wilcox Lake, High- 
land Creek, Snelgrove, and other places almost as 
accessible, and remains of a sphagnum vegetation 
just west of High Park. Up to about 1905 there was 
one at Swansea, and in it there was a typical and 
abundant bog flora, including pitcher plants, sun- 
dews, ete. 
Family Georgiaceae 
Georgia pellucida (L.), Rabenh. Everywhere com- 
mon. 
Family Polytrichaceae. 
Catharinea undulata (L.), W. & M. Abundant in 
woods. 
Polytrichum commune, L. 
eS juniperinum, Willd. 
Family Dicranaceae. 
Ceratodon purpureus (L.), Brid. Common. 
Dicranum flagellare, Hedw. In woods at Bond Lake, 
near Toronto. 
Leucobryum glaucum (L.), Schimp. Woods in 
Long Branch Park, Toronto. 
Dicranella varia, Schimp. Wet clay banks, Bloor 
Street West. 
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