54 Bryophyten. — Pteridophyten. 



Travis, W. G., Botanical Notes. (Lancashire Nat. IL Darwen. 

 April 1909. p. 23.) 



A note announcing the rediscovery of the rare hepatic Petalo- 

 phyllurn Ralfsii in damp hollows of sandhills at Freshfield on 

 the Coast of Lancashise. The site at Birkdale where it used 

 to occur has been destroyed by building. A. Gepp. 



Travis, W. G., Lejeuiiea cavifolia Lindb. in South Lanca- 

 shire. (Lancashire Nat. II. Darwen. July 1909. p. 128.) 



The author records the finding oi Lejeunea cavifolia in Skil- 

 lars Clough, where it was sparingly associated with Metsgeria 

 furcata and Neckera complanata on Permian limestone. The rarity 

 of the species in Lancashire may be due to the smoky atmosphere, 



A. Gepp. 



"Wheldon, J. A., New Lancashire cryptogams. (Lancashire 

 Nat. III. Darwen. June 1910. p. 81—33.) 



The author calls attention to some new records. Sphagnum par- 

 vifoliuni Warnst, was found at about 900 feet altitude near Roch- 

 dale, Drepanocladus adunciis var. Wheldoni, from the Southport 

 sand dunes, was recentl)' described by Renauld, and differs in 

 its markedly dimorphous leaves from var. falcatus. Another new 

 form from the same locality is D. adunciis var. falcatus f. littoralis 

 Ren. It is the ordinary form of the sea shore. A puzzling specimen 

 from near St. Anne's has been referred by G. Roth to D. aduncus 

 var. pseudo-Sendtneri. A. Gepp. 



Wheldon, J. A., On some additions to the Manx Sphagna. 

 (Lancashire Nat. III. Darwen. April 1910. p. 7—10.) 



The complete moss-flora of the Isle of Man up tili 1907 was 

 included in the Census Catalogue of British Mosses. But onl}' 

 9 species and 5 varieties of its Sphagnaceae were recorded there. 

 The island is however really rieh in these plants in its moorlands 

 and bogs. And Mr. Wheldon now furnishes a list containing 21 

 species and about 20 varieties, and expects that 10 or 12 more 

 species will be found, if further search be made. A. Gepp. 



Boyd, W. B., Notes on Lastrea remota (Moore). (Trans. Edin- 

 burgh Field Nat. Micr. Soc. VI. 11. p. 85—92. 1909.) 



The author gives an account of a fern collected by him in 1894 

 on the side ofLoch Lomond, where it was found growing in the 

 immediate vicinity of L. Filix-mas var. paleacea and L. dilatata, 

 but apparently not near L. spinulosa. It has been pronounced by 

 some experts to be identical with the Lastrea remota found by 

 F. Clowes at Windermere in 1859, and described hy Thomas 

 Moore after a comparison with authentic specimens gathered by 

 A. Braun in Germany, and named Aspidium remotuni by the 

 latter. Braun and Moore regarded these plants as hybrids. In the 

 present paper copious extracts from various authors are given, and 

 the conclusion is reached that the Windermere plant is a hybrid 

 between L. Filixmax and L. spinulosa, while the Loch Lomond 

 plant a hybrid between L. Filix-mas and L. dilatata. A. Gepp. 



