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Var. lonsifolia, Kindb., Bull. Ton-. Bot. Club, Vol. XVII., 89. 



Intermediate between B. subulata and B. angustata. Leaves long- 

 and narrow, acuminate and acute, distinctly denticulate above, 

 papillose, yellow, bordered ; costa long-excurrent, but shorter in the 

 perichetial leaves. 



On earth, Cypress Hills, Alberta ; on earth at Cache Creek, Yale 

 and Lytton, B.C. ; vicinity of Victoria, Vancouver Island, May 7th, 

 1875. (Macoun.) 



(218.) B. mucronifolia, Bruch & Schimp. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses 

 of W. America, 131 ; Canadian Musci, No. 80. 



On rocks at Trui-o, N.S. (Fowler's Gat.) On calcareous earth,, 

 Jupiter Eiver, Anticosti ; crevices of limestone rocks at Belleville,. 

 Ont. (Macoun.) Sandy banks of the St. Lawrence at Fox Eiver,. 

 Gasp^ Co., Que. (J. A. Allen.) Jakobshavn, Creenland. (Fl. Grr.) 



(219.) B. angustata, Wils. ; Braithw. British Moss-Flora, 221 - 

 Canadian Musci, No. 413. 



B. mbuiata, Beauv. var. angustata, Schimp. ; Lesq.'&JJames, Mosaes of N. 

 America, 131. 



Eesembling B. subulata, but more slender. Leaves narrowly ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, nearly smooth, margin inorassate, hyaline. Capsule 

 paler, suberect, narrowly cylindric. On sandy soil near London,, 

 Ont. (/. Deamess.) On sand at the extreme end of Pelee Point, 

 Ijake Brie ; on rocks at Morley, Eocky Mountains ; on earth at Lytton,. 

 Spence's Bridge and Agassiz, B.C. (Macoun.) 



(220.) B. ruraiis, Hedw. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. America, 

 132 ; Canadian Musci, No. 82. 



Tortvla ruraiis, Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Am., No. 143. 



Vai'ious parts of the country ; scarcely common. (Brummond.) On< 

 limestone rocks at Ottawa, Belleville, Owen Sound and Niagara Falls ; 

 also at Flat Eock Portage, Lake Nepigon ; on rocks near Victoria, Van- 

 couver Island ; dry rocks, Kananaskis Station, Eocky Mountains. 

 {Macmn.) Smith's Sound, between lat. 78°— 82°. (Br. Hayes.) 

 Shannon Island, Greenland. {Fl. Gr.) 



(221.) B. alpina, Bruch & Schimp. 

 On rocks, at Quesnel, B.C., May 29th. 1875. (Macoun.) 



