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exsertion of the capsule which Venturi attributes Lo the var. 
Schubartianum is equally denied by Limpricht ; the only remaining 
character of importance being the sculpture of the outer layer of 
the peristome teeth, which are partially papillose in O. urnigerum, 
confined almost entirely to zig-zag lines in the variety. As however 
our plant from St-Mamet has the peristome mostly of the latter des- 
cription, and as in both the other characters referred to above it 
partakes of the nature of the variety rather than of O. urnigerum 
type, it would appear that it should on these grounds be referred 
to var. Schubartianum, although it is less densely pulvinate than 
is usual in that plant.On the other hand even the small gathering 
made showed considerable variation in the development of the 
Vorperistom and in the structure of the peristome teeth, and as 
the var. Schubartianum has not 1 believe been recorded for France, 
_Lhesitate to base a new record upon so doubtful a plant. ss 
0. pumilum var. Philiberti Vent ? — A plant gathered on a tree 
at he railway station of Montréjeau appeared to me to have the 
characters of this variety, but [ feel some doubt of the deter- 
Mination, 4 A Peer tn 
_ Funaria calcarea Wahl. — Roadside, Sode, Luchon. I find the 
spores vary to some extent in papillosity, whilgthe marginal cells 
of the leaf are scarcely distinct, thus manifesting a tendency to. 
_ approach #. pulchella Philib. 
Meesia trichodes var. alpina B. et S. — Lac d'Oo. 
Bartramia ithyphylla var. rigidula Schp. — Near Lac Glacé 
(Port d’Oo), 2,600 m. Somewhat variable, and showing an interes- 
_ting approach to B. subulata B. et S., which however is quite 
distinct, nt 
- Philonotis fontana var. — Streamlet in meadow, Superbagnères. : 
An interesting plant, marking a transition Lo var. cæspitosa (Wils) 
and showing a remarkable range of variation even in {he same 
plant. Mons. Thériot writes of it « J'ai vu sur la même tige des 
feuilles (les inférieures) à tissu de la var. cæspitosa, plissées et 
volutées, et d'autres feuilles (les supérieures) à üissu du 
Ph. fontana type, mais moins plissées et presque planes am 
bords ». The o flowers show a similar variability, the bracts being 
Sometimes obtuse as in P. fontana, while on an adjoining stem 
they are acutely pointed with narrow well defined nerve,asin 
the best marked form of the var. cæspitosa, differing from those of: 
P, marchica in their spreading direction. NRA ne 
P. fontana var. alpicola (Jur.) (P. alpicola Jur.). — M. Thériot 
refers to this var. a small plant with thickly tomentose stems, 
finely acuminate leaves and acute perigonial bracts,from Lac d'O0. 
