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* P. Saniosa. Schrad. Cooke's "Handbook," No. 1091. 



The hymonium when wounded exudes ;i purple juice. The tips 

 of the asei become blue with iodine. Sporidia '0006 X '0008, with 

 two or more nuclei. 



This Bpecies is of very rare occurrence; one specimen only was 

 found near the Wrekin, Salop, July, 1873. 



Plate 2 t, fig. :!. Nat. size of plant with section; fig. 2 /., B8CU8, 

 paraphyses and sporidia. 



GLYPHOMITRIUM DAVIESII. 



Several years ago I took a deep interest in this moss and its 

 distribution in Scotland. As the fruiting period occurs in May 

 and June, I wish to draw the attention of bryologists more imme- 

 diately to it. 



In Wilson's " Bryologia" three stations were recorded — one 

 each in England, Scotland, and Ireland — all of which were in the 

 neighbourhood of the sea. Since then a considerable addition 

 has been made to the Scotch habitats. The original station of 

 Hooker and others had been either overlooked or neglected at 

 Bowling. At the suggestion of Mr. Roger Hennedy, Lecturer on 

 Botany to Anderson's University, Glasgow, we visited and found 

 the station in May, 1863. An inspection of the place led to 

 similar localities in the West here being visited with very satis- 

 factory results, proving that it is much more widely distributed 

 than was at first supposed. Our stations are now as follows : — 



1. — Bowling, May, 18G3, Messrs. Gait and McCartney. 



2. — Whangie, New Kilpatrick, May, 18G3, Messrs. McKinlay 

 and Shaw. 



3.— Killin, Perthshire, Mr. Alex. McKinlay. 



4.— Ardtun, Mull, May, 1864, Mr. Donald Black, Iona, by 

 request of Messrs. Gait and McCartney. 



5. — Skye, 1864, Mr. G. E. Hunt, Manchester; ami again in 

 1866 by Dr. John Shaw. 



6. — Blairlogie, Stirlingshire, June, 1865, Mr. Geo. Thomson. 



7. — Craigallion, Stirlingshire, March, 1868, Messrs. Thomson 

 and Gait. 



8. — Crags, near Strathblane, Campsie Hills, March, 1868, by 

 Messrs. Thomson and Gait. 



This interesting moss has thus been found in the counties of 

 Dunbarton, Argyle, Inverness, Perth, and Stirling. The attention 

 of bryologists in other parts of the country should be specially 

 directed to fallen basaltic rocks, and more immediately to those 

 bared ones that are not overrun with other mosses. 



Walter Galt. 



