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which have since been made in this district are also noticed. 

 The district in question possesses a rich and varied Flora, 

 which renders it as interesting in a botanical point of view as it 

 is noted for the beauty of its scenery and the amoenity of its 

 climate. A nearly complete list of its flowering plants is re- 

 corded in the " Collectanea for a Flora of Moray," printed in 

 1839, under the auspices of Dr. Gordon of Birnie; but the 

 Bryology of the district beyond the limits to which this list 

 refers is still almost a virgin field, and the list is now published 

 in the hope that it may serve as a nucleus for further discoveries, 

 and an incentive to further study and research among so inter- 

 esting a class of plants. 



l.-ANDRECEA, Ehrhart. 

 i. A. rupestris, Linn., Hedw. — Above Sluie, common on 

 higher grounds. 



2.-SPHAGNTJM, Dill. 



2. S. cymbifolium, Dill, Ehrh. 



3. S acutifo/ium, Ehrh. 



4. S. cuspidatum, Dill, Ehrh. 



5. S. squarrosiwi, Pers. 



These Sphagna are all common. 

 3.- PHASCUM, Linn. 



6. P. cuspidatum, Schreb. — Dyke, Invererne, &c. 



7. P. subu/afum, Linn. — Abbotshill, Dyke. 



4.-GYMNOSTOMTJM, Wils. 



8. G. rupestre, Schwaegr.— Banks of the Findhorn, above 



Sluie.— J. K. 



5.-WEISSIA, Hedwig. 



9. IV. controversy Hedw. — Common. 



10. IV ci/yhata, Hedw. — Banks of Findhorn, &c. 



11. IV. crispu/a, Hedw. — Banks of Findhorn, &c. 



12. IV. verticiltata, Brid. — Cothall. 



6.-SELIGERIA, Br. and Sch. 



13. S. ca/carea, Br. and Sch. — Cawdor. 



7. -CYNODONTITJM, Br. and Sch. 



14. C. Bruntoni, Br. and Sch. — Banks of Findhorn and 



Divie, <S:c. 



