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Cylindrothecium cladorrhizans, Bryol. Europ. 



Old logs &c. 



C. seductrix, Bryol., Europ. 



Old logs and roots of trees. 



Neckera pennata, Hedw. 

 Trunks of troo.s. 



Climacium Americanum, Brid. 



On oartli in moist places. 



Hypnum tamariscinum, Hedw. 

 On the gi'ound and logs. 



H. delicatulum, L. 



On tlui ground in dry phic-es. 



H. minutulum, Hedw. 



Decaying logs in woods. 



H. scitiim, Beauv. 

 Base of trees. 



H. gracile, Br. & Sch. 



Decaying logs. 



H. abietinum, L. 



Mountain swamps. 



scientific; inteij.igence and editokiae. 



Observatiom on the Bocks of WesfJieJ(L ht/ Rev. T. 

 Mackie. — The Rooks of Westticld, are principally talco.se 

 .slate rnnnino- parallel Avith an extensive band of serpen- 

 tine in connection with steatite commonly known as soap- 

 stone, which, Avhen pnre, is Yalnal)le for the purpose of 

 makinir .stoves and lininsf furnaces. Mica slate is also 

 present as well as chloritic slate. The latter is mixed u[) 

 with quartz and specular iron. There is scarcely a strejim 

 in AVe.stlield that does not contain gold in small (quantities 

 but not sufhcient to pay for extraction. Mining for gold 

 Avould be more likely to pay where it exists in the (juartz 

 veins running through talcose slate. 



The serpentine is the rock in which wc may exi)ect b* 



