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43. B. jubata, (Linn.) var. prolixa, (AcH.) Th. Fr 



Red Bay, Independent and Blanc Sablon, Labrador. {Waghorne.) 

 On spruce trees at Baddeck, Cape Breton Island, N.S., 1898 ; on 

 earth, Nipigon River, Ont., July, 1884; Morley, foothills of Rocky 

 Mountain-, June, 1885 ; on trees near the railway station, at Banff 

 and on spruce trees. Jumping Pound Creek, Alta., Rocky Moun- 

 tains ; at Revelstoke, B.C., May i6th, 1890. {Macoun.) Unalaska, 

 Aleutian Islands, Behring Sea, August 21st, 1891. (/. M. 

 Macoun.) 



We have not seen Mr. Waghorne's specimens, but all the 

 others referred here are fuscus-black, rigid and covered with 

 white soredia. They are very different from the usual forms of 

 chalybeiformis. 



Var. chalybeiformis, (Ach.) 



Un earth in alpine districts. 



Greenland. (/. Vahl.) On earth, Baffin Land, north of Hudson 

 Strait, 1896. {Dr. R.Bell.) Clearwater Lake, Labrador, July 21st, 

 1896. {A. P. Low.) Quite common on spruce trees at Big In- 

 tervale and Half-WayBrook, Cape Breton Island, N.S., July, 1898; 

 on fence-rails at Belleville, Ont.; in swamps, Algonquin Park, Ont., 

 July, 1900 ; on earth. Cypress Hills, Assa.; on earth, Jumping 

 Pound Creek, foot-hills of Rocky Mountains; on trees and moun- 

 tains by Kootenay Lake, B.C. ; on mountains south of Spence's 

 Bridge, B.C.; on trees, summit of Mount Benson, Nanaimo, B.C., 

 July, 1893. {Macoun.') On earth, St. Paul Island, Behring Sea. 

 (/. M. Macoun.) 



Var. implexa, Fr. 



On trees throughout Canada. 



Greenland. {Arct. Man.) Arctic America. {Richardson.) Notre 

 Dame Bay, Newfoundland, and Blanc Sablon, Labrador. (Wag- 

 horne.) On trees, Tadousac, Que. {A. T. Drummond.) Barren 

 Grounds, Lat. 61° 13', Long. 104', W. (/. W. Tyrrell.) On trees 

 in many parts of Cape Breton Island, N.S., 1898 ; Truro, N.S. ; 

 Brackley Point, Prince Edward Island ; along Gunn River, Anti- 

 costi ; on spruce trees, Algonquin Park, Ont., June, 1900; Current 

 River, Lake Superior and Nipigon River, Ont.; Porcupine Moun- 



