2 The Ottawa Naturalist. [October 



The chief excuse for publishing these lists at the present time is 

 that our club may be shown what a field for research lies at its very 

 doors and how easily any one desirous of doing something in the 

 botanical field can find work ready to his hand. In the following lists 

 the dates following a locality mean the date when the specimen in 'our 

 herbarium was collected. 



MUSCI. 



I. SPHAGNUM. Peat Moss. 



1. S. fimbriatum, Wilson. 



Our peat bogs contain many species of Sphagnum, but none have 

 been carefully examined except the Mer Bleue near Eastman's Springs, 

 12 miles from the city. This species has been gathered in the 

 swamp on the Glebe property, Bank St. ; in the Mer Bleue, and near 

 Casselman on the C.A.Ry. 



2. S- Girgenshonii, Russ. 



This species is chiefly found amongst black ash, growing in rigid 

 hummocks. Collected in the swamp at the north-east corner of 

 Beechwood Cemetery. 



Var. hygrophilum, Wamst 



This form has been found on the Glebe property and in the 

 swamp on the north side of Beechwood Cemetery. 



3. S. fuscum, (Schpr.) var. fuscescens, Wamst. 



This is a common species in all peat bogs, and is particularly 

 abundant in the Mer Bleue ; at Casselman ; and in the swamp on the 

 Glebe property. This is the dull rusty-coloured form. 



Var. pallescens, Wamst. 



Very common in the Mer Bleue and certainly in all large bogs in 

 in the district. 



4. S. tenellum (Schpr.) var. rubellum, (Wils.) 



This form is very abundant is the Mer Bleue, and is easily dis- 

 tinguished from the preceding by its bright red colour. 



5. S. acutifolium, (Ehrh.) 



This is a very common species in all peat bogs, and takes many 

 forms and colours, passmg from white to purple and bright red. The 

 common form is abundant in the swamp on the Glebe property, in 

 Dow's Swamp at Casselman, and in the Mer Bleue. 



