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Gaskingl ! 1898. — Var. littorale. Southport, Cash ! ! Hall Koad ! ! 

 — T. fiavo-virens'BvwQh.. Southport, Bun/ess d Holt. — T. tenidrostre 

 var. Holiii Dixon, Bamford Wood, }]olt. 



Encalypta streptocarpa Hedw. Sand-hills on both sides of the 

 Mersey, Skellon. Formby ! ! Hightown ! ! 



Zijgodon conoideiis H. & T. Manchester, Hobson. 

 "^^Orthotnchum cupulatutn. Clitheroe ! — '''Var. nudum. Chat- 

 burn ! ! — *0. saxatile Milde. Clitheroe ! ! Chatburn ! — 0. affine 

 Schrad. Warbreck Moor and Speke, Marrat. Extinct there now ? 

 Jackson's Boat, (irindon. — 0. diaphainuii Schrad. Bold, Higgins. 

 Manchester, Barker. Chatburn ! ! 



Ulota crispa Brid. Rainhill, Higgins S Marrat. 



Schistostega osmimdacea Mohr. Between Tyldesley and Worsley, 

 Evans. 



Splachnum ampullaceum L. Simmonswood and Rainford Mosses, 

 Shepherd. Probably common on the Lancashire Mosses formerly, 

 but very rare now. — S. sphcericum L. f. Chat Moss, Grindon. 



Tetrajjlodon mnioides B. & S. Eainford Moss, Skellon. Windle 

 Moss, Higgins. Chat Moss ! ! Grindon. 



Disceliuni nudum Brid. Manchester, Caley ! ! Boggart Hole 

 Clough, Haughton Dale, and Sailors-shore, WJiitehead. Bolton, Sims. 



Ephemerum serratmn Hpe. Liverpool Bot. Gardens, Skellon. 

 Walton ! ! — Var. angustifolium B. & S. Fallow-field, Walton, with 

 the type ! ! 



Physcomitrium pyriforme Brid. Between Wavertree and Broad- 

 green, Harrison. Crosby and N. Liverpool, Skellon ! Taunton, 

 Whitehead ! Walton ! ! 



"^Funaria fascicular is Schp. Rail banks, Walton ! ! — F. Temple- 

 toni Sm. Clifton, Horse^eld. — *F. hygrometrica Sibth. Common. 

 Very fine from Hightown to Southport ! ! 



Amhlyodon dealhatus P. B. Sand-hills from Crosby to South- 

 port, Marrat ! ! 



Meesia trichoides Lpr. Southport, Marrat ! ! Sailors-shore, 

 Fercival. 



Aulacomum palustre Schwgr. Formby and Simmonswood, Har- 

 rison ! Taunton, Whitehead ! Formby ! ! — A. androgynum Schwgr. 

 Bootle, Skellon. Now gone ? Walton, Fisher I \ 



CatosGopium nigritum. Brid. Southport, Higgins ! ! Formby, 

 Scott ! ! 



Bartramia pomiformis Hedw. Aintree, Tudor I \ Broadgreen, 

 Sansom. Childwall, Harrison. Walton ! ! Rapidly dying out. 



Philonotis fontana Brid. Ashton, Whitehead ! Simmonswood 

 Moss, Skellon ! Formby ! ! 



Leptobryum pyriforme Wils. Formby, Higgins ! Clifton Junc- 

 tion, Holt. Ashton ! ! Southport ! ! Walton ! ! 



Webera elongata Schwgr. Shawforth, Grindon. — W. cruda Schwgr. 

 Bolton, Grindon. — W. nutans Hedw. Taunton, Whitehead. Rain- 

 ford Moss, Skellon. Simmonswood Moss, Harrison ! Walton ! ! — 

 W. annotina Schwgr. Clifton, Taunton ! ! and Bamford Wood, 

 Whitehead. — W. carnea Schpr. Broadgreen, Harrison. Near Liver- 

 pool, Skellon ! Sailors-shore, Percival. Clifton, Whitehead. Wal- 



