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trichodes. — Dicranum scoparium var. ortJiophyllum Brid., on Carn 

 Liath, Invercauld Forest, also var. spadiceum Boul., in Invercauld 

 Forest. — D. fuscescens var. falcifoUum Braith., amongst disinte- 

 grated granite on Carn a Mhaim, Ben McDhui; fruiting stems 

 from Corriemulzie exhibit no structural difference from the more 

 usual form, and intermediate stages were not uncommon. — Fissi- 

 dens osmundoides Hedw., by the roadside on the way to Glen 

 Clunie. — A sterile Grimmia from Creag Choinnich may be referred 

 to either G. conferta Funck., or G. apocarpa y&r. pumila. — Tricho- 

 stomum tortuosum var. fragilifoUiim Dixon, near the summit of 

 Creag Choinnich. The arboreal mosses were abundant at Corrie- 

 mulzie ; Orthotrichum stramineum Hornsch., was found, and also 

 a smaller species, which is very near or identical with 0. pallens 

 Bruch.— On a Philonotis from Upper Glen Dee I queried P. caspi- 

 tosa; Mr. Ingham remarks: "This is certainly P. tomentella 

 Mldo. emend. Loeske, a recent split from P. fontanel. It is 

 distinguished from the latter by margin narrowly recurved, by 

 longly excurrent nerve, and especially by its much narrower 

 nerve. I have specimens of P. tomentella from Ben McDhui and 

 Killin, so yours is the third gathering I know of. It is quite a 

 Philonotis of the mountains of the North." — Hyocoynium flagellar e 

 B. & S., frequent about the Garbh Allt in Ballochbuie Forest . — 

 Eurhyncliium prolong iLvi var. Stokesii Brid., a slender form, Corrie- 

 mulzie. — E. Stuartzii Hobk., in the vicinity of Corriemulzie. — 

 Plagiothecium piUchelliim var. nitididum Husn., fruiting sparingly, 

 on mica schist at Linn of Dee.' — Hypnum exannulatum var. 

 pinnatum Boul., appears widespread in the district. Examples 

 were found in Glen Callater ; submerged near the summit of 

 Creag Choinnich, on Lochnagar ; and a fine green form at Linn 

 of Quoich. — Var. falcifoUum Een., by the junction of Clunie and 

 Callater. — H. cupressiforme var. resupinatum Schimp, Deeside, Bal- 

 later, and near Mar Lodge. — -Var. filiforme Brid., Corriemulzie. — 

 Var. ericetorum B. & S., Glen Quoich. — H. eugyrium Schimp., at 

 Corriemulzie. My best thanks are due to Mr. W. Ingham, B.A., 

 who has kindly verified the naming. — Edward A. Richards. 



Salicoenia (see p. 177). — The following abstract of the paper 

 read by Dr. Ethel De Fraine, in conjunction with Dr. Moss's 

 observations, at the meeting of the Linnean Society on April 6 was 

 accidentally omitted from our notes of the Society's proceedings. 

 Evidence was brought forward to show that the so-called succu- 

 lent "cortex" of Salicornia is morphologically of foliar nature. 

 This conclusion was based upon the following considerations : — 

 (1) The development of the shoot behind the apex. (2) The 

 anatomy, and the course of the vascular bunclles. (3) Tlie 

 structure of the flowering shoot. (4) The mechanism of the leaf- 

 fall. (5) The morphology of the seedling. (6) The morphology 

 of species of allied genera. Phylogenetically, the condition most 

 probable arose by the lateral fusion of the adjacent margins of the 

 broad leaf-bases, and the decurrence down the internode of the 

 leaf-sheath thus produced. A very characterisic feature in the 



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