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major, near Aberdeen, in September; Hendersonia sar- 

 mentorum West., on twigs of Ivy, near Aberdeen, in Feb- 

 ruary ; Septoria sinarum Speg., on Dianthus barbatus, at 

 Aberdeen, in July ; S. Junci Desm., on /uncus effusus, and 

 on/, maritimus, in October; S. affinis Sacc., on Oats and 

 on Couch grass, near Aberdeen, in September ; S. Alis- 

 matis Oud., on A/is ma Plantago L., at Kingcausie, in 

 October, (this fungus is an Ascochyta, rather than a Septoria) ; 

 S. lineolata S. & Sp., var., (sporidia only 34-45 by f-i, on 

 C.arex arenaria, near Aberdeen, in October ; Melancon- 

 ium sphaeroideum Link, on bark of Abius glutinosa, at 

 Cults near Aberdeen, in July. N 



WEBERA CUCULLATA SCHWGR. IN BOSS- 

 By H. N. DIXON. 



THIS continental moss, hitherto unrecorded from these 

 islands, I found in the summer of 1883, near the summit 

 of Ben Attow, Ross-shire (alt. 3500 4000 ft.). I was unable to 

 determine it ; but through the kindness of Mr. E. M. Holmes it 

 was submitted to Mr. Mitten, who referred it to the above species. 

 It was growing, in the barren state, in a crevice of the rock, in 

 company with Dicranum elougatum Schwgr., with which it was so 

 closely intermingled as to make it almost impossible to separate 

 the one from the other. 



As this species has not been described in any British work, it 

 may be useful to subjoin the description given by Schimper 

 (Synops, 2nd ed. p. 397.) 



" Dense caespitosa. Caulis e basi plerumque decumbente erectus, 

 simplex vel parce ramosus. Folia inferiora et ramulorum 

 subimbricata, ovata, concava, mutica, integra, superiora longiora, 

 angustata, apice serrata et haud raro cucullato-incurva, omnia 

 mollia, subopaca. Capsula pendula, crassiuscula, cum collo 

 abbreviato-piriformis, s'cca vacua, sub ore haud coarctata sed 

 orificio angustata, mollis, badia, aetate atrobrunnea. Operculum 

 minus, mamillare. Peristomii dentes angustiores, breviores, 

 luteoli, interni tenerrimi pallidi processus perangusti ciliaque 

 brevia fugacia." Bryol. Eur. Vol. IV. Tab. 343 



