1897] Macoun— Cryptogamic Flora of Ottawa. ii 



years since-. It is apparently very rare as its occiirtence in America was 

 doubted when l,esq. and James' work on the mosses a|jpeared in 1884. 

 On rocks at the corner of Rockcliffe Park close to Governor's 

 Bay. October 1 2th, 1884. 



59. O. cupulatum, Hoffm. 



On limestone rocks along" the cliffs facing the Ottawa near 

 Governor's Bay, Rockcliffe Park. April i6th, 1891. 



6o- O. strangulatum, Beauv. 



On trunks and fences around Ottawa ; woods at Ironside.';, Chelsea 

 and near Leamy's Lake, Que. ; also in McKay's Woods and in Beech- 

 wood Cemetery ; collected on trees in RockclifTe Park, April 22nd, 1896. 



•61. O. psilothecium, C. M. and Kindb. 



Plants small, t cm. long or less, green 1 eaves short oblong- 

 lanc.eplate, obtusate or short-acuminate, sub-obtuse, revolute at the 

 borders to the greater part, faintly papillose ; costa percurrent. Capsule 

 small, immersed, oblong, not striate before.sporosis, very short-necked; 

 vaginula naked ; calyptra slightly hairy at the blackish apex, finally 

 glabrops and light-brown, narrow, covering the whole capsule ; lid ros- 

 fellate.. ]Vfale flp.wers on distinct branches. ' 



This specips has the, habit of O. /a//ax, Schimp. [O. Schimperi, 

 Hamra.) We have not been able to examine the peristome and the 

 stomata of the capsule, because only one capfule (in our specimen) is 

 nearly ripe, the others are quite unripe. 



On old fences in Rockcliffe Park ; on cedar rails along the Rich- 

 mond Road, near Hintonburg ; collected on old fences at Carleton 

 Place, Aug. 26th, 1889. 



62. O. obtusifolium, Schrad. 



On old cedar rails and trunks of balsam poplar ; on rails in 

 McKay'« Bush ; on poplar trees along the Gatineau River, near 

 Leamy's Lake, Hull, Que. ; collected on poplar trees near Hinton- 

 burg, April 1 8th 1896. 



XX. ENCALYPTA, Schreb. 



63. E. vulgaris, Hedw. 



On limestone ledges on the soi^th side pf the outlet of Leamy's 

 Lake, near the Hull Cemetery, Que., Oct. nth, 1890. 



64. E. Macpunii, Austin. 



In crevices pf limestone rocks around the whole cliff facing the 

 Ottawa in Rockcliffe Park, April 22nd, i8g6 ; crevices of rocks alopg 

 the Gatineau at Kirk's Ferry, Que. Fruiting. 



