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who had herborized the Pyrenees in winter. The following 

 are some of the mosses gathered : Coscinodon pulvinatus, 

 Gnmmia crinita, curvula, obtusa and orbicularis, Dicranum 

 curvatum and rufescens, Orthotrichum obtusifolium and pumi- 

 lum, Desmatodon nervosus, Trichostomum tophaceum, Tortula 

 canescens, Polytrichum attenuatum, and the following Hypna 

 in fruit, viz. H. catenulatum, crassinervium, cylindricum, 

 Bruch, loreum, Schreberi, striatum, MSS., and Vaucheri of 

 Lesquereux. In calcareous soil, and on rocks of the same nature, 

 1 found in abundance the Isothecium insidiosum of Montagne 

 (Entodon Montagnei, C. Mull.), and I felt sure, at the time, 

 that I had observed it in similar situations in England. This I 

 nave confirmed since my return home, and 1 now find the 

 plant in all the limestone quarries around Welburn. It has 

 much the habit of Hypnum Schreberi, but is more rigid in its 

 appearance, and the stem is not red as in that species. I 

 added numerous Hepaticce to my collection, but they have 

 been scarcely looked at yet. One of them is a Dumortiera 

 {irrigua or hirsuta ?), and I recognize Pellia calycina, Junger- 

 mannia spheerocarpa, hyalina, polyanthos var. rivularis, &c. ; 

 hut by far the commonest Jungerm. near Bagneres, and in- 

 deed throughout the limestone districts of the Pyrenees, is 

 what I take to be J. Bantriensis, Hook., in various forms, 

 and it might therefore with greater propriety be called J. Py- 

 renaica. The localities around Bagneres which I found richest 

 ln m osses, are the valleys of Lesponne, Serris and Gazos, the 

 Forest of Transoubat, the Woods of Gerde, Aste, and Pou- 

 Za c, and the Gorge of the Fontaine Sulfureuse at Labas- 

 sere. 



On the 9th of March I bade adieu, not without regret, to 

 the Pyrenees and to my friends at Bagneres, and proceeded 

 to Pau, with the whole of my collections. The latter I sent 

 off immediately by roulage to Paris, but I remained myself 

 f °r a fortnight longer with my friend, Dr. S., and gathered 

 during my stay several mosses, which had been too far ad- 

 vanced when I arrived the preceding year, such as Tortula 

 }, u»ibrani/'olia, Gytnnostomum tortile, Didymodon luridus, &c. 



