12 The Ottawa Naturalist. [October 



65. E. streptocarpa, Hedw. 



On limestone rocks at the outlet of Leamy's Lake, near Hull 

 Cemetery,' Que., Sept. 6th, 1889 ; on the cliffs at Governor's Bay, 

 Rorkcliffe Park. Barren. 



XXI. TETRAPHIS, Hedw. 



66. T. pellucida, Hedw. 



On the bases of stumps and dead logs (chiefly pine and cedar), in 

 all swamps and wet woods around Ottawa On old stumps in Dew's 

 Swamp, and on Cowley's Farm, near Hintonburg; collected April i8th, 

 1896. Fruiting. 



XXn. PHYSCOMITRIUM, Brid. 



67. P. immersum, SulHv. 



On inundated alluvial soil (in small tufts) along the outlet of 

 Leamy's Lake, near Hull, Que. Sept. i6th, 1889. Fruiting. 



68. P. platyphyllum, Kindb. 



Lower leaves sublingulate, yellow-margined, serrate all round, with 

 a percurrent costa ; the upper very broad, ovate-acuminate ; indistinctly 

 margined, serrate above the middle, costa percurrent or short excurrent ; 

 cells wide sub-hexagonal, the basal sub rectangular, all hyaline. Calyptra 

 mitriform. Capsule pyriiTorme ; lid mammillate ; pedicel (unripe) 

 yellow, about i cm. long, or shorter. 



Since this description was published Mrs. E. G. Britton has 

 examined the specimen and pronounces it P. turbinatum, Muell. 

 Better specimens are wanted to settle the question, but houses and 

 lawns and asphalt cover where it was found by Dr. Fletcher many 

 years ago. 



On earth at the southern end of Metcalfe Street, Ottawa. 



XXni. FUNARIA, Schreb. 



69. F. hygrometrica, Sibth. 



Very common on old walls and especially on burnt soil in damp 

 woods and on old turned-up roots in swamps. Common around 

 Ottawa and at Carleton Place. 



XXIV. BARTRAMIA, Hedw. 



70. B. CEderiana, Swartz. 



On rocks east of the Beaver Meadow, west of Hull ; on damp 

 rocks, Chelsea and Kingsmere, Que. ; on limestone rocks near McKay's 

 Lake ; collected on the cliffs by the Ottawa, Rockcliffe Park, April 

 Z2nd, 1896. Fruiting. 



