134 THE MOSSES OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE. 



collector's name. The order of the species is that followed in 

 Mr. Dixon's Handbook Catalogue of British Mosses. 



Sphagnum cijmhifolium Ehrh. Most Lancashire bogs, Marrat. 

 — Var. congestum Schp. Rainford Moss, Skellon. Simmonswood 

 Moss, Harrison. — S. subsecundmn var. contortum Schpr. Warbreck 

 Moor, Marrat. (Now extinct, J. A. W.) Burnley, J. Whitehead 

 (Dixon) — S. sqiiarrosum'Fevs. Eainford Moss, ii/ir/^ms. Middleton, 

 Whitehead. — S. acutifoliuin Ehrh. Rainford Moss, Marrat. Sim- 

 monswood Moss, Harrison. — 8. Jimhriatum Wils. Rainford and 

 Parr Mosses, Marrat. Reddish, Whitehead. Warbreck Moor, 

 Higgins & Marrat. (Extinct in latter place, J. A. W.). — S. cuspi- 

 datum Ehrh. Rainford and Simmonswood Mosses, Harrison S 

 Skellon. Crosby, Tudor. Walton, G asking ! 



Tetraphis j^ellucida Hedw. Knowsley ! ! Rainford and Bold, 

 Higgins d Marrat. Skelmersdale, Gasking ! ! 



'■^'(Jathariupa unduJata W. & M. Ashton ! Roy ton ! Walton!! 

 Common. — """Var. Haussknechtii Dixon. Walton ! ! As there is 

 some doubt as toBrotherus's plant, this had better for the present go 

 under Mr. Dixon's name, as my specimens do not exactly agree with 

 the former. — C. crispa James. Rowley Moor, Nowell. Cheetham 

 Hill and Prestwich Clough, Whitehead ! ! 



Polytrichum nanuin Neck. Wavertree, Harrison. Reddish, 

 Grindo)t. — *P. alo ides Hedw. Ashtou-under-Lyne ! ! Frequent. — 

 P. urnigerum L. Knowsley, Harrison. — P. jnliferum Schreb. South- 

 port, Marrat \ Rainhill, Higgins. Warbreck Moor ! ! Common. — 

 P. juniperinum W^illd. Knowsley and Rainford Mosses, Sansom. 

 Rainhill, Higgins. Simmonswood Moss, Skellon ! ! Hightown ! ! 

 *P. commune L. Near Bury ! ! Walton ! ! Common. — P. gracile 

 Dicks. Ashton Moss and Cheetham Hill, Whitehead. Holden 

 Clough ! ! Taunton ! ! 



Archidium alternifolium Schpr. Hyde Road, Manchester, Hunt. 



Pleuridiiun axillare Ldb. Ashton, Wliitehead. Burnley, Dear- 

 den ! ! Hulme, Wilson. — P. alternifolium Rab. Near Liverpool, 

 Taylor (in Hook. British Flora). — P. subulatum Rab. Roby, Har- 

 riso7i. 



^'Ditrichum homomallum Hpe. Clitheroe ! ! — D. flexicaule Hpe. 

 Southport, Marrat. Crosby, Skellon ! 



(Swartzia rnontana Ldb. Rainford Moss, Skellon.) Requires 

 confirmation. 



Seligeria recurvata B. & S. Bamford Wood, Whiteheadl ! Ash- 

 worth Wood, Giindo7i. 



Brachyodus trichodes Fiirner. Bolton and Ainsworth, Sclwlefleld. 

 "^'Ceratodon jmrpureus Brid. Ashton ! ! Walton ! ! Formby ! ! 

 Southport ! ! 



Dicliodontium i^elluciduni Schp. Bamford Wood, Whitehead. — 

 YsiV. fagimontanum Schp. Clifton Junction, Holt. 



^'Dicranella heteromalla. Common. Walton ! ! Bardsley ! ! — 

 Var. sericea Schp. Astley Chapel and Rochdale, Wood. Entwistle, 

 near Bolton, Whiteluad. — D. cerviculata Schp. Broadgreen, Harri- 

 son. Wavertree, Marrat. Ashton Moss, J. Whitehead ! ! Roch- 

 dale, Whitehead. Simmonswood Moss ! ! — D. crispa Schp. Oldham 



