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Equisetum arvense. L. ; var. alpestre, Wahl. — Ben Laoigh, and 

 near the top of Corrie Dubh Ghalair, Glen Lochay. 



Lycopodium alpinum, L. ; var. deeipiens, Syme (L. complanatum, 

 auct. angl., non L.) — At the very low elevation of about 200 

 feet, fruiting freely, on a heathery bank above the Carron 

 river (106). 



THE DESMIDIE/E OF EAST FIFE. 



By John Roy, LL.D. 



The following short list has been made from material 

 gathered by Mrs. Farquharson, F.R.M.S., towards the close 

 of last year. 



The district is evidently not rich in Desmids, for though 

 my valued friend collected indefatigably all about St. 

 Andrews, from Blackhills to Newport, and inland as far as 

 Cupar (Tent's Moor proving by far the most productive), 

 yet the number seen is comparatively small. There are no 

 new species to record, but some of those noted are scarce 

 elsewhere. Cosmarium microsphinctum, Nord., form a pan '///a, 

 Wille, is believed to be new to Britain, and the following are 

 very rare : Cosmarium pnemorsum, Breb. ; Cosmocladium 

 ccmstrictum, Archer ; Xanthidium Brcbissouii, Ralfs., ft 

 basidcutatum, Borg. ; and Docidium Farquharsonii^ Roy. 

 The interest of the list lies in the fact that it relates to a 

 district of which, from a Desmidian point of view, nothing 

 was previously known. 



DESMIDIEjE, Kiit:. 



Hyalotheea, Kiltz. 



Hyalotheca dissi/iens, Sm. Tent's Moor. 



ft bideiitula, Nordst. Tent's Moor. 

 y tridentula, Nordst. Peat End. 



5? 



Desmidium, Ag. 

 Desmidium Aptogonum, Breb. Tent's Moor. 



Sphserozosma, Cor da. 

 Spharozosma excavatum. Rails. Tent's Moor. 



