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Diplophyllum obtnsifolium (Hook.). A specimen of this 

 rare species from Gateside, Strachan, 1878. It is accom- 

 panied with D. albicans, as has been usually the case in the 

 te\v Scottish plants which I have seen ; but it can be 

 distinguished from that common species by the absence of 

 the white line of cells in centre of leaf, and by its paroicous 

 inflorescence. D. Dicksoni (Hook.). From several places in 

 Kincardine and Aberdeen, frequently with Jung, minuta. 



PlagiocJiila spinulosa (Dicks.). - - One specimen from 

 Crathes wood, Kincardine. This common western species 

 is very rare towards the east coast. There is a specimen 

 from St. Andrews in the late Charles Howie's herbarium. 



fungermannia atrovirens, Schleich. Northmavin, Shet- 

 land, with perianths, associated with Cepli. bicuspidata, Scap. 

 purpurascens, Nardia scalaris, and Aneura ambrosioides. 

 J. splicerocarpa, Hook. Kerloch, I 879. This species, which is 

 given as being generally distributed in England, is rare in 

 Scotland according to my experience. /. autumnalis, DC 

 -Den of Lathers, Kincardine, 1878. This plant has been 

 recorded from few places in Scotland. It is probably 

 uncommon, but should be looked for on half-buried stones 

 and boulders in places shaded by trees. There is a specimen 

 of the very rare var. ScJiradcri, a plant of wet ground among 

 Sphagnum, in the Edinburgh Herbarium, labelled from 

 " Scotch Alps," gathered by Drummond about the year 1847. 

 It does not appear to have been found in Scotland since 

 then. J. Flcerkii, Web. and Mohr. A specimen of var, 

 Baueriana, Schiffn., from Invery, Kincardine, 1879. This 

 variety, which has not, I think, been previously mentioned as 

 British, is described by Professor Schiffner in his paper on Jung, 

 collaris in " Oesterr. bot. Zeit." 1900, No. 8. It is an inter- 

 mediate plant between J. Flcerkii and J. lycopodioides. The 

 leavesaregenerally four-lobed,the middle lobe being the largest, 

 and the dorsal lobe the smallest ; they are all usually pointed, 

 with one or more ending in a long cilium. There are also 

 frequently long cilia at the base of postical margin of leaf. 

 I have seen specimens of this variety from several localities 

 on the east side of Scotland, usually from places at a small 

 elevation above sea-level, but I have not, so far, seen it from 

 the west coast. It is liable to be mistaken for/! lycopodioides y 



