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A remarkable species intermediate between B. canescens and B. 

 heterostichum, but more closely allied to the last, from which it differs 

 by the aspect, the yellowish color, the robustness and thickness of the 

 stems, the pedicel twice longer and the teeth much more elongated. 



On loose boulders in woods near McLeod's Lake, Northern British 

 Columbia ; on rocks, Mount Tolmie, near Yicloria, Vancouver Island ; 

 common on loose boulders at Yale, B.C., May Itth, 1875. (Macoun.) 

 On rocks, Texada Island, Gulf of Georgia, B.C. ( Dawson.) 



(292.) R. speciosum, C. Muell. (n. sp.^ 



Found on Vancouver Island by Dr. S. Eoell in 1888. This' species 

 was found by me at Victoria in 1875, and named by Austin JR. 

 lanuginosum, and also R. canescens var. ericoides. It was collected 

 again on April 26th, 1887, and named by Dr. Kindberg B. heterostichum. 

 It is very common on the rocks in oak woods around Victoria. 

 Fruiting abundantly. (^Macoun.) 



(293.) R. microcarpum, Brid. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. 

 America, 150 ; Canadian Musci, No. 101. 



Trichostomum microcarpum, Drumm. Muse Bor.-Am., No. 128. 



Upon rocks, shore of Lake Superior. (JDrummond.) Dry rocks, 

 North "West Arm, Halifax, N.S. ; on rocks, Mount Albert, Gaspd Co., 

 Que. ; on rocks, 25 miles north of Michipicotin, Lake Superior ; dry 

 rocks, Nepigon Eiver, and along the lake ; on earth on stones, Asulcan 

 Glacier, Selkirk Mountains. {Macoun.) Skeena Eiver, B.C. (J. M. 

 Macoun.) Godhavn, Greenland. {Fl. Gr.) 



(294.) R. tanuginosum, Brid. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. 

 America, 151 ; Canadian Musci, No. 102. 



Trichostumum lanuginosum, Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Am., No. 134. 

 Grimmia lanuginosa, Mitt. Journ. Linn. See. VIII., 21. 



Miquelon Island. (Deld,mare). Upon a rock near the " Height of 

 Land," Eocky Mountains, very rare, only a single patch being seen. 

 (Drummond.) Nottingham Island and Norlh Bluff, Hudson Strait. 

 (B. Bell.) Halifax Co., N.S. {McKay.) On rocks at Louisburg, 

 Cape Breton Island ; summit of Mount Albert, Gasp^ Co., Que. ; 

 Mount Aylmer, Eocky Mountains, 8,000 feet alt. {Macoun.) Van- 

 couver Island. {Wood.) Kotzebue Sound. {Both. Alash.) St. Paul 

 Island, Behring Sea. 1891. {J. M. Macoun.) Baflln's Bay. {Ross, 

 Voy.) Smith's Sound. {Dr. Kane.) Smith's Sound, between lat. 78° 

 —82°. {Br. Hayes.) Shannon Island, Greenland. {Fl. Gr.) 



