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Eouge, Argenteuil Co., Qae. (B' Urban.) Miquelon Island. (JOelh- 

 mare.) Harbor Breton and Broad Cove, Newfoundland. (^Bev. 

 A. Waghorne.) In bogs, Jupiter Eiver, Anticosti ; at Truro, N.S. ; 

 Brackley Point, and Otter Pond, Prince Edward Island ; on Mount 

 Albert, Gasp^ Co., Que. ; at Morley and Banff, Eocky Mountains ; and 

 common in Eoger's Pass, Selkirk Mountains ; in bogs, at Blackwater 

 Eiver, and McLeod's Lake, B.C. ; also Peace Eiver near Dunvegan,- 

 lat. 56°. {Macoun.) Mountains south of Tulameen Eiver, B.C. ; alt. 

 6,000 feet. {Dawson.) Cascade Mountains, B.C. (Lyall.) Kotzebue 

 Sound and Sitka. {Hoth. Alask.) Jakobshavn, Greenland. (B. Brown.) 

 Common in Greenland. {Fl. Gr.) 



(595.) P. communei Linn.; Lesq. & James, Mosses of N. America, 

 266. 



P. palHdisetum, Drunim. Muse. Bor.-Am., No. 279. 



In Canada. (JDrummond.) Pictou Co., N.S. {McKay.) Miquelon 

 Island. {Deldmare.) New Harbor, Newfoundland. {Bev. A. Wag- 

 home.) Damp shady places ; common at Bass Eiver, N.B. {Fowler's 

 Gat.) In woods, Belledune, N.B. {Chalmers.) Canaan Forks, N.B. 

 {J.Moser.) Damp woods, Missinaibi River, Ont. {B.Bell.) Common 

 in swamps near London, Ont. {J. Deamess.) Sitka. {Both. Alask.) 

 Not uncommon in Greenland. {Fl. Gr.) 



■ Var. perigoniale, Bruch & Schimp. 



In swamps near Stirling, Hastings Co., Ont. ; abundant at Pass 

 Creek near Sproat, Columbia Eiver, B.C. ; also at McLeod's Lake, lat, 

 55°, B.C. {Macoun.) 



Var. Canadense, Kindb. (n. var.) ; Canadian Musci, No. 563. 

 Polytrichum commune, Canadian Musci, No. 225. 



Differs principally in the low stem, about 6-8 cm. high, the pedicel 

 not much longer, the blackish capsule much shorter than in the type 

 which probably is very rare in Canada and only once examined by 

 Kindberg. 



On damp earth at Eustico Bay and Eoyalty Junction, Prince 

 Edward Island ; woods. Mount Albert, Gasp^ Co., Que. ; McKay's 

 woods, Ottawa, also at Belleville, Ont. ; damp woods, Lake Nepigon ; 

 abundant on earth in the railway cuttings above the trestle at 

 Albert Canon Station, Selkirk Mountains, B.C., May 29th, 1890. 

 {Macoun.) 



