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Philonotis fontana Brid. A remarkable form occurred in a 

 cavity over a well, exceedingly slender, the stems long drawn out, 

 and with all the appearance of a pleurocarpous moss. It was mixed 

 with E, Swartzii. 



Breutelia arcuata Schimp. Screel. 



Bnjum indinatum Bland. Kippford. — B. pseudotriquetnim Schw. 

 Male plants. Kippford. — B. ccespiticium, L. — B. capillare L. and 

 var. macrocarpum Hiibn. — B. alpinum Huds. Abundant in con- 

 spicuous handsome tufts from just above sea-level. — B. argentewn L. 



Milium rostratum Schrad. — M. undulatum L. — M. honiuni L. — ■ 

 M. punctatiim L. 



Forotrichum alopecurum Mitt. Stream near Screel. 



Heterocladium heteroptenim B. & S. Screel. 



Tkuidium tamariscinum B. & S. 



Isothecium myuriim Brid. Screel. 



Pleuropus sericeus Dixon. Hestan Island. 



Brachythecium rutahulum B. & S. — B. populeiim B. & S. Kippford. 

 — B. purum Dixon. 



Earhynchinmprcelongum B. & S. var. Stokesil Brid. Lochend. — 

 E. Swartzii Curnow. An extremely delicate form occurred in the 

 mouth of an old copper-mine on Hestan Island. — E. tenellum 

 Milde. Hestan Island. — E. myosuroides Schimp. Glen Island and 

 Lochend. — E. rusciforine Milde. 



Playiothecium denticidatum B. & S. 



Hypnum stellatum Schreb. — H. Jiiiitans L. Near Ya>v. fahatuni 

 Schimp. ; reddish in colour. Screel, on the ground. — Var. Holtii,-' 

 or a form very near to it. Screel, in deep water. — H. exanuhitum 

 Glimb. var. hrachydictyon Ken. Duff's Loch. — H. uncinatum Hedw. 

 Lochend. — H. revolvens Swartz. Eockcliffe. — H. cupressiforme L. 

 var. filiforme. — H. scorpioides L. Mark Hill. — H. sanmntosum 

 Wahl. Screel. — H. cuspidatum L. A slender form near var. 

 pungens Schimp. Lochend. — H. Schreberi Willd. 



Hylocomium splendens B. & S. — H. loreutn B. & S. — H. squarrosum 

 B. & S.— ZJ. triquetrum B. & S. 



REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, BRITISH MUSEUM, 1900. 



By George Murray, F.R.S. 



Of the additions to the collection by purchase, the most notable 

 acquisitions were the herbarium of exotic Mosses and of Hepatics of 

 M. Emil Bescherelle, of Paris, containing nearly 16,000 specimens. 

 Its chief value consists in the types of many new species desci'ibed 

 by M. Bescherelle, and in the large number of specimens collected 

 in the French Colonies, and hitherto poorly represented in the 

 Museum. It also contains collections made in the islands of 

 Amsterdam and St. Paul, Brazil, Paraguay, Tahiti, Japan, Mexico, 



* Since the above was written the form has been named by Mens. Eenauld 

 var. aiiglicum forma Holtii. 



