TtTB FLOKA OF LIVERPOOL. 



Var. c. Pluitans. Hook. " Stems much length- 

 ened out, two or three feet long, slender, leaves 

 scattered remote." 

 Swampy places on Bidston Hill, — W.S. 



2. S. SQUARROSUM. Web. & Mohr. (Spreading-leaved B.) 



Summer. 



Boggy places. Not unfrequent either in Wirral or Lan- 

 cashire. Abundant on Simmons-wood and Kainford 

 Mosses,— W.H. and W.S. 



3. S. ACUTiFOLiUM. Ehrh. (Slender B.) Summer. 



Boggy places, frequent. Simmons-wood Moss, plentiful, 

 — V^.H. . 



4. S. cusPiDATUM. Ehrh. (Long-leaved floating B.) Summer. 



In ditches on Simmons-wood and Kainford Mosses, very 

 abundant. " Except in dry seasons, is wholly immersed 

 in water,"— W.H. & W. S. Crosby,— R. Tudor. 



3. GYMNOSTOMUM. Hedw. Beardless Moss. 



1. G. ovATUM. Hedw. (Hairy-leaved B.) Spring. 



Railway bank between Broad Green and Roby, plentiful, 

 —W.H. Wet places on Bidston Hill,— W.S. 



2. G. TRUNCATULUM. Hoffm. (Little blunt-fruited B.) 



Yar. a. Hook. G. truncatulum. Hoffm., Turner, 

 and E.B. " Capsule turbinate.'' 



Common on banks and in moist places. 



Var. b. Hook. G. intermedium. Turn. & E.B. 

 " Capsule ovate or oblong." 

 Common in Cheshire, — W.S. 



3. G. FASCicuLARE. Hcdw. (Bluut pear-shaped B.) Spring. 



Not unfrequent on moist banks. On the tops of pots in 

 green-houses, — W.S. 



4. G. PYRIFORME. Hedw. (Sharp pear-shaped B.) Spring. 



Sandy lanes near Crosby. Brick fields north of Liverpool, 

 — W.S. Fazakerley. Wallasey, — T. Sansom. 



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