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78. ZIERIA, Schimp. 



(526.) Z. julacea, ScMmp. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. America, 

 240. 



Bryum Zierii, Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Am., No. 252. 



Eocks near the " Height of Land," Eocky Mountains. {Brummond.) 

 Crevices of damp rocks, Mount Albert, Gasp^ Co., Que. ; alt. 4,000 

 feet ; on rocks along the Bow Eiver at Morley, Eocky Mountains. 

 (Macoun.') Jakobshavn, Greenland. (5. Brown.') 



(527.) Z. demissa, Schimp.; Lesq.& James, Mosses of N.America, 

 241. 



Bryum demissum, Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Am., No. 250. 



Summits of the Eocky Mountains ; rare. (Brummond.') Sabine 

 Island, Greenland. (Fl. Ghr.) 



79. MNIUM, Linn. 



(528.) M. cuspidatum, Hedw. ; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. 

 America, 242 ; Canadian Musci, 'So. 189. 



Bryum cuspidatum, Drumm. Muse. Bor.-Am., No. 258. 



Shady woods ; at the roots of trees. {Brummond.) Forms large 

 patches among the roots of trees in woods, TsT.B. (Fowler's Cat.) Canaan 

 Forks and Tay, N.B. {J. Moser.) JSTew Harbor and Broad Cove, New- 

 foundland. (Bev. A. Waghorne.) Shaded places, lake region, and at 

 Tobique Eiver, N.B. (Hay.) Common in Pictou Co., N.S. (McKay.) 

 In woods, Levis Co., Que. (St. Gyr.) Miquelon Island. (Belamare.) 

 Very abundant on earth nearly across the continent. ■ Brackley Point, 

 Prince Edward Island ; at Truro, N.S. ; on Montreal Mountain, Que. ; 

 common at Ottawa, Belleville, Owen Sound and other parts of Ontario ; 

 Lake Nepigon and Lake Mpissing, Ont. ; Swan Lake House, Man. ; 

 Eevelstoke, Eagle Pass, Quesnel and Agassiz, B.C. (Macoun.) Atha- 

 basca Eiver, N.W.T. (/. M. Macoun.) Vicinity of Kingston, Ont. 

 (Prof. Fowler.) Saskatchewan Eiver. (Bourgeau.) A common species 

 at London, Ont. (J. Beamess.) 



Var. tenellum, Kindb. (n. vai-.) 



Differs in all parts being smaller. 



On earth in woods at Eustico Biay, Prince Edward Island, July 3rd, 

 1888. (Macoun.) 



