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and Daphnaïs. The country thus traversed embraced a very 
representative portion of the island and included the Nida plain, 
one of those curious depressed valleys or basins at a considerable 
élevation above sea-level which are characteristie of the mountain 
regions of Crete. The Nida plain is probably an old lake basin and 
lies at an elevation of about 4,500 feet just below the higher ridge: 
of Mount Ida which rises some (hree or four thousand feet above 
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Although there is a considerable forest of evergreen oak clothing ë 
the southern slopes of Ida immediately below the Nida plain, 
trees are sadly lacking in the greater part of the island and, as 
far as I could observe, the rich moss-flora of the subalpine zone 
of central Europe is very poorly represented. I saw, for example, : 
_ no species of Dicranum, Hhacomitrium or Hylocomium and the 
_ genus Æypnum was only represented by the ubiquitous A. cupres- 
siforme. 
à It was found impralicable to make the ascent of Ida owingto 
the snow and the difficulty of finding any place to spend the pre. 
_ vious night in and [1 did not get higher than the Cave of Zeus, 
. which lies à little above the Nida plain at an elevation of about 
5000 feet. The entrance to the cave was largely blocked with snow 
as late as the 5 th May, but the roof was thickly hung with mosses, 
among which Weckera turgida, Jur. predominated and it formed 
one of the richest localities which I met with in the‘island, 
The south coast and the fine range of the Aspra Vuni or White 
Mountains were not explored at all and they offer an interesting 
_ field for future investigation. de 
I am indebted to D' I. Hagen, Dr G. Roth, Prof. V. Schiffner, 
MrS. M. Macvicar and Mr H. N. Dixon for assistance in determining 
some of the species mentioned in the following list, which. 
includes all which 4 observed in the island. 
- MOSSES 
Phascum rectum, Withe. Near Knossos, c. fr. 
 Æymenostomum tortile, (Schwg.) Br. Eur. Banks near Daphnaïs 
and Kandia, c. fr. | a 
Gymnostomum rupestre, Schleich. Cave of Zeus, st. — G. 
calcareum, Brÿ. Germ. Very Common near Knossos and elsewhére 
on moist calcareous banks, €. fr. pe 
_ Eucladium verticillatum, Bry. Eur. Moist limestone rocks, 
. common, c. fr. : 
 Dicranella varia, (Hedw.) Schp. near Knossos, c. fr. 
_ Ceratodon conicus, (Hampe) Ldb. Stony ground in the Nida 
