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(366.) E. leiomitra, Kindb. (n. sp.) 



E. rhabdocarpa, Schw. var. leiomitra, Kindb. Ott. Nat. Vol. IV. 61'. 



Nearly allied to E. rhabdocarpa but differing in the leaves being 

 shorter, often subspathulate, with the costa vanishing at the apex, 

 peristomial teeth nearly blunt, calyptra not papillose, the spores larger. 



Oa rocks along the Clearwater Eiver, Athabasca. Lat. 57°. July 

 11th, 1888. (j; M. Macoun.) 



(SeT.) E. Macounii, Aust. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. America, 

 182 ; Canadian Musci, No. 133. 



E. dliaia, Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Am., No. 50. 



On rocks, Canaan Forks, Queen's Co., N.B. (J. Moser.) Crevices 

 of rocks, Tobique Eiver, N.B. {Hay.') On rocks along the Gasp6 

 coast. Que. ; quite common on rocks at Shannonville, and at Leamy's 

 Lake and Eoekcliffe, Ottawa ; on earth at Pelee Point, Lake Brie ; 

 and in crevices of rocks. Lake Nepigon ; also abundant on rocks at 

 Fort Chipwcyan, Lake Athabasca ; also on rocks at Hector, Eocky 

 Mountains ; on rocks. Deer Park, Lower Arrow Lake ; on rocks at. 

 Stewart's Lake Mountain, B.C. ; quite common on damp rocks at. 

 Agassiz, Cfiche Creek and Sicamous, B.C. ; very abundant on rocks at. 

 Departure Bay and Victoria, Vancouver Island. (^Macoun.') Eocka 

 and banks amongst the Eocky Mountains. (I)rummond.) Ounalaska_ 

 and Kadiak Islands, Behring Sea, 1891. (J. M. Macoun.) Eocky- 

 ledges, Mount McKay, near Fort William and Kakabeka Falls, Lake 

 Superior. (Mrs. Gr. E. Britton.) Greenland. (Fl. Gr.) 



(368.) E. ciliata, Hedw. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. America,. 

 182 Canadian Musci, No. 132. 



Encalypta ciliata, Hedw., and E. Macounii, Aust., are very difficult 

 to distinguish apart. The desci'iptions of the best authors are also not 

 consistent. Schimper in synops. muscor. Burop. p. 343, says : " Peri- 

 stomium siccitate capsulam horizontaliter claudens, humiditate patens ;" 

 Braithwaite, Brit. Moss-flora, p. 283, " peristome when dry horizontally 

 closing the capsule, patent when moist ;" Lesq, & James, Mosses of N. 

 America, p. 182, " peristome spreading when dry ;" Boulay, Muscin^es 

 de la France, p. 314, " dents du peristome dress^es h I'^tat sec, inflechios 

 en voute surbaiss^e k I'^tat humide." It is probable that the authors 

 are confounding both species, also occurring in Europe. E. ciliata. 

 is principally found growing in the lower mountain districts. E. 

 Macounii seems to be an alpine species also collected by Kindberg in the 

 Norwegian^Alps and considered as a new species, E. borealis, Kindb, 



