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(285.) R. Sudeticum, Bruch & Schimp. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses 

 of N. America, 149 ; Canadian Musci, No. 98, in part. 



Trichostomum Sudeticum, Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Am. No. 129. 



On rocks near the " Height of Land,'' Eocky Mountains. {Drum- 

 mond.) On earth among rocks at Truro, N.S. ; on rocks at the 

 Asulcan G-lacier and Eoger's Pass, Selkirk Mountains. (^Macoun.) On 

 rocks. Mount Queest, Gold Eange, B.C., alt. 6,000 feet. {J. M. Macoun.) 

 On rocks at New Harbor and Chance Cove, Newfoundland. (iZey. 

 A. Waghorne.) Greenland. {Fl. Gr.) 



(286.) R. heterostichum, Brid. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N, 

 America, 149 ; Canadian Musci, No. 99. 



On rocks at the base of Avalanche Mountain, Eoger's Tass, Selkirk 

 Mountains ; dry rocks at Eevelstoke, on the Columbia Eiver ; Deer 

 Park, Lower Arrow Lake, and along Pass Creek at Sproat ; on rocks 

 at Sicamous, at Tale, and Spenee's Bridge, also at Hastings, B.C. ; 

 very common on rocks around Victoria, and on Mount Arrowsmith, 

 Yancouver Island. (Macoun.) Greenland. (Fl. Gr.) 



(281.) R. obtusum, (Smith) Lindb. ; Braithw. British Moss-Flora> 

 Vol. II., 40. 



E. Sudeticum, Canadian Musci, No. 98, in part. 



Dioecious ; short, densely pulvinate. Leaves quite hairless, ovate- 

 oblong, gradually acuminate, obtuse at the point, nerve lost far below 

 the apex, margin narrowly revolute. Capsule oblong, narrowed at the 

 mouth, lid acicular, peristome fugacious, irregular, teeth with 2 'un- 

 equal legs. 



On rocks near Otter Head, Lake Superior, July 28th, 1869. (Macoun.} 



(288.) R. affine, (Schleich.) Lindb. ; Braithw. British Moss-Flora, 

 Vol. II., 41 ; Canadian Musci, No. 499. 



Dioecious ; yellowish green, scarcely hoary. Stems slender, elongate, 

 fasciculate-branched. Leaves lanceolate-acuminate, acute with a short 

 or obsolete hair-point. Capsule elliptic-oblong, narrow at mouth ; lid 

 conico-rostrate ; teeth short, pale, cleft to the base ; pedicel short. 



On dry rocks. North West Arm, Halifax, N.S., June 19th, 1883 ; on 

 rocks in Eoger's Pass, at the base of Avalanche Mountain, Selkirk 

 Mountains ; and near McLeod's Lake, B.C. (Macoun.) 



