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cilia perfect, long and appendiculate ; basilar membrane very low or 

 indistinct; pedicel 2-3 cm. long ; spores very small, 0.(>1 mm. 



Differs from B. turbinatum in the leaves being narrower, brown- 

 margined and not decurrent ; cells smaller ; perigonial leaves denti- 

 culate ; capsule arcuate and long-necked ; spores smaller. 



Wet rocks, Gasp^ coast, Que. ; along Cave Avenue at Banff, Eooky 

 Mountains ; along the railway in Eoger's Pass, Selkirk Mountains ; 

 abundant in wet places at Victoria and Nanaimo, Vancouver Island. 

 (Macoun.) 



(516.) B. microcephalum, C. M. &Kindb. (n. sp. ad interim.) 



This is a doubtful species, not having been found with capsules. It 

 somewhat resembles Bryum ccespiticium, the stem is proliferous with 

 small male buds, the leaves are contorted, the costa is percurrent or 

 short-excurrent, the inflorescence dicecious. 



On rocks at Deer Park, Lower Arrow Lake, Columbia Eiver, B.C., 

 June 11th, 1890. (itfacown.) 



(SIT.) B. torquescens, Bruch & Schimp. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses 

 of ]Sr. America, 230. 



Wet places at Ti-uro, N.S. ; also on Mount Albert, Gasp^ Co., Que. 

 {Macoun.') Determination very doubtful ; may be a new variety. 

 (^Kindherg.) 



(518.) B. Schleicheri, Schwaegr ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N". 

 America, 239 ; Canadian Musci, No. 516 ; Drumm. Muse. Bor.- 

 Am., No. 264. 



In a marshy spot, near the " Height of Land," Eocky Mountains. 

 (Drummond.') In a wet springy place at the base of Avalanche Moun- 

 tain, Eoger's Pass, Selkirk Mountains, B.C. ; on Mount Aylmer, near 

 Devil's Lake, Eocky Mountains, alt. 8,000 feet. (Macoun.) Green- 

 land. (Fl. Qr.) 



(519.) B. roseum, Schreb. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. America, 

 239 ; Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Am., No. 255. 



Shady woods, Kent Co., N.B. {Fowler's Oat.) About the roots of 

 trees in Upper Canada (Ontario). (^Drummond.) Very likely the 

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