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Ciistle. — B. albicans B. & S. Sandy places on the coast near 

 Watermouth Harbour. — B. rutahulum B. & S, A large form with 

 erect stout branches and densely crowded markedl}^ plicate leaves grew 

 in a very wet place on the coast halfway between llfracombe and Lee 

 and was placed under var. rohustum B. & S. by Mr. Dixon. — 

 B. populeum B. & S. c.fr. in several places by rocky and stony 

 roadsides near llfracombe. — B. illecehrum De Not.* By the roadside 

 very sparingly at Upper Warcorabe Farm near Lee, llfracombe ; also 

 by the roadside sparingly near Mortehoe Station. 



EuryncJiium ^loartzil Hopk. Fruiting rather freely in a wet 

 dripping hollow on the coast halfway between llfracombe and Lee ; 

 the fruit was arcuate and considerably larger than the small short 

 turgid capsules which occur in Savernake Forest, Wilts. — U. pumiluvi 

 Schp. In a wall-cleft in the Sterridge Valley, also in a wet hollow by the 

 roadside at Lee. — E. tenellum Milde. c.fr. not uncommon on rocks 

 and walls near llfracombe, especially in the calcareous regions. — 

 jB/. striatum B. & S. c. fr. in a hedgebank near Spreacombe, the 

 fruit seems uncommon near llfracombe. — E. murale Milde. c.fr. 

 on a slate roof near Score Woods. 



Plagiothecium undulatum B. & S. Fruiting finely for a long 

 distance in a hedgebank near Bratton Fleming. 



Amhlystegium irriguum B. & S. c.fr. on siliceous boulders in 

 two streams on the coast between Lee and Bull Point Lighthouse. 



Hypnum stellatum var. protensum Rohl. On a calcareous bank 

 on the south side of the main road between llfracombe and Hele. — 

 Harpidioid Hypna are apparently very scarce around llfracombe, and 

 even the common S. aduncum (unrecorded for N. Devon in the 

 Census Catalogue^ eluded my search. — H. commutatum Hedw. 

 Bather fine in a waterfall and also in a wet clayey place at Hagging- 

 ton Beach, llfracombe. — S. molluscum Hedw. This species, so 

 significant of calcareous soil appears where there is lime in the llfra- 

 combe rocks as on Hillsborough and at Haggington Beach, and occurs 

 upon rock in Chambercombe Valley; it grows finely on limestone 

 banks by the roadside between Watermouth and Oombemartin. 



Hylocomium loreum B. & S. Fruiting finely for a long distance 

 in a hedgebank near Bratton Fleming. — H. squarrosum B. & S., and 

 II. triquetrum B. & S. I saw the capsules of these on wreaths and 

 crosses in a shop in llfracombe High Street. 



Hepatics. 



Biccia commutata Jack.* Growing sparingh^ with B. sorocarpa 

 on wet clayey rushy ground on the top of Windcutter Hill near Lee. 

 — B. sorocarpa Bisch. With the above sj)ecies on Windcutter Hill 

 near Lee. — B. crystallina L. Fruiting upon damp sandy ground 

 near the Lighthouse on Braunton Burrows. It grows on damp sandy 

 ground by the sea in S. Wales (H. H. Knight). 



Gonoceplialum conicum (L.) Dum. Very fine by a rocky road- 

 side near Hele producing 2 receptacles freely ; this common plant 

 grows by' a roadside well at Lee, and is not unfrequent around 

 llfracombe. 



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