MACOUN.] CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN PLANTS. 21*7 



126. PLAGIOTHECIUM, Schimp. 

 (952.) P. decursivifolium, Kindb. (n. sp.) 



Sypnum latebricola, Canadian Musci, No. 304, in part. 



Intermediate between P. latebricola and P. pseudo-latebricola. Agrees 

 witb the last in the branches being complanate, the leaves distichous, 

 the capsule oblique ; differs in the leaves being broader, short-pointed, 

 decurrent, the alar cells not distinct but the decurrent ones rectangu- 

 lar, the capsule in a dry state arcuate and finally furrowed, the lid 

 longer often curved. 



Oa cedar (Thuya occidentalis) stumps in a swamp, 5 miles west of 

 Belleville, Ont. The specimens (fruiting) were named P. Passaicense 

 by Austin, and probably distributed under that name by him. 

 (^Macoun.) 



(953.) P. attenuatirameum, Kindb. (n. sp.) 



Tufts green, faintly shining, loose, with few rhizoids. Primary 

 stem very short ; branches elongate, long-attenuate, finally flagelliform. 

 Leaves subdistichous, the lower broadly ovate, obtuse or obtusate, 

 entire long-decurrent, concave, recurved at the borders from the base 

 to above the middle, at least at the one side ; cells chlorophyllose, 

 somewhat dilated, the lowest very much wider and shorter, nearly 

 uniform ; costa generally short and double, rarely simple and reaching 

 to the middle ; the other leaves gradually smaller, narrower and more 

 acute or acuminate. Barren. 



On rocks in Gilmour's Park, Chelsea, Que., September 6th, 1889. 

 {Macoun.) 



128. HYPNUM, Linn. 



(836.) H. hispidulum, Brid. 



White Bay, Newfoundland. (Rev. A. Waghorne.) 

 (873.) H. fastigiatum, Brid. 



On trees in woods at Owen Sound, Ont. (Macaun.) 

 (8Y4.) H. hamulosum, Bruch & Schimp. 



On logs, Jupiter Eiver, Anticosti ; on logs, Gasp^ Co., Quebec. 

 (Macmn.) 



