THE PLOUA OP LIVERPOOL. 



Var. b. NiGRO-viRiDE. Hook. (Sphagnum Alpin- 

 um. L.) " Stems elongated blackish-green, 

 leaves often piliferous." 



On Simmons-wood Moss, — Yf.S. 



7. D. UNDULATUM. Ehrh. (Wave-leaved P.) Autumn. 



Woods near Simmons-wood Moss, — W.H. 



8. B. scoPARiuM. Hedw. (Broom F.) Autumn. 



On bogs and heaths, and the sand hills, frequent. 



9. D. HETEROMALLUM. Hedw. (Silkj-leaved F.) Winter. 



On shady dry banks and rocky places, frequent. 



10. D. VARiUM. Hedw. (Variable F.) Winter. 



Var. a. ViRiDE, Hook. '' Leaves generally point- 

 ing in all directions lanceolate green, capsules 

 subcernuous." 



On clayey and moist banks, very frequent. 



Var. b. Eufescens. Hook. fD. rufescens. Turn, 

 and E.B.) " Leaves subsecund lanceolato- 

 subulate reddish, capsules erect." 



Moist sandy banks, not unfrequent, — ^W.H. 



12. TORTULA. Hedw. Screw-Moss. 



1. T. ENERVis. Hook. & Grev. (T, rigida. E.B.) (Nerve- 



less rigid S.) Winter. 

 Clay banks, frequent, — W.H. 



2. T. MURALis. Hedw. (Wall S.) Spring. 



On rocks, old walls, &c., very frequent. 



3. T. RURALis. Ehrh. (Great hairy S.) Spring. 



On the sand hills on the shores of the Mersey, frequent ; 

 and on old walls inland, occasionally. 



4. T. SUBULATA. Hedw. (Awl-shaped S.) Winter. 



On shady banks, not unfrequent. On the sand hills on 

 the shores of the Mersey, frequent. 



5. T. UNGUicuLATA. Hook. & Tay. (Bird's-claw S.) Winter. 



Common in brick fields, — W.S. On the Railway bank 

 beyond Broad Green, plentiful, — W.H. 



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