140 THE MOSSES OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE. 



should further observation of the specimens or the discovery of 

 fruit show additional differences (and a few slight ones exist 

 already), I should like it to bear the name I have suggested, in 

 commemoration of many services freely rendered to bryologists by 

 Mr. Whitehead. — A. serpens. Waterbouses, Whitehead. Croxteth, 

 Harrison. Common!! — Var. depauperatuiii Boulay. Southport, 

 Wood. Formby, Scott ! 1 Hall Eoad ! ! 



Hyiynum ripariwn L. Bamford Wood, Whitehead. Walton ! ! 

 Common. — *Var. hmgifoliuin Schp. Walton ! ! — H. elodes Spr. 

 Southport, Marrat d Wilson ! ! — //. chrijsophtjUum Brid. Newton 

 Viaduct, G-rindon. Ashton, Gordon. Taunton, Whitehead ! ! Crune 

 Lake ! ! — H. poiygamum Schp. Southport to Crosby, Harrison ! ! 

 W^arbreck Moor, Marrat ! Taunton, Gordon. Kochdale, WJiite- 

 head. — Yav. sta(j7iatumW lis. Newton Viaduct, W^ilson. Southport, 

 Wild [Dixon). — H. stellatum Schreb. Waterbouses, Whitehead. 

 Rainhill, Higgins. Southport ! ! where also a tall form of H. poiy- 

 gamum occurs, simulating this species. — H. aduncum Hedw. War- 

 breck Moor, Fisher. (I suspect this to have been a form of H. 

 riparium., which grows there now and simulates this species.) — 

 H. KiieiffiiSchi^. Ashton, Hunt. TsLrkBndge, Whitehead I I South- 

 port, Marrat ! ! West Derby, Harrison. — H. Wilsoni Schpr. South- 

 port ! ! Wilson. — H. lycopodioides Schwgr. Southport, Marrat ! ! — 

 H. jiuitans L. CJiftou Junction, Whitelwad. Eainford Moss, 

 Dicki7ison. Crosby, Skdlon. Southport!! — ''H. exannidatmn 

 Gitmb. Birkdale ! ! — Var. stejiophyllum Hobk. Simmonswood 

 Moss, Marrat. — H. uncinatam Hedw. Knowsley, Marrat. Bamford 

 Wood, Whitehead. — H. revolvens Sw. Burnley, Whitehead d' Holt \ ! 

 Southport, Marrat. — Var. Cossoni Een. Southport, Wild (Dixo7i). 

 — H. coiiimutatiim Hedw. Bamford Wood, Whitehead. Aiotree, 

 Marrat. Not in the latter locality now. — H. falcatum Brid. Clifton, 

 Wild (Dixon). — -'H. cupressifornie L. Common. Abundant on the 

 sand-hills ! ! — "Var. ericetorum B. & S. Simmonswood Moss ! ! — 

 *Var. elatum B. & S. Hightown ! ! — (H. PatienticE Ldb. Hale, 

 Marrat. Eequires confirmation, as it is doubtful whether the Hale 

 referred to is in Lancashire or Cheshire.) — H. m(dluscum Hedw. 

 Hightown, Marrat. Bamford Wood, Whitehead. Eochdale, Grin- 

 don. Clitheroe ! ! — H. crista-castrensis L. Whitworth, Grindon. — 

 H. palustre L. Bamford Wood and Eochdale, Whitehead. St. 

 Helen's, Marrat. Clitheroe! — H. scorpioidesLi. Southi^oit, Marrat. 

 — H. stramineum Dicks. Prestwich, Percival. Simmonswood, 

 Marrat. — H. cordifolium Hedw. Eainhill, Higgins. Eeddish, White- 

 head. Formby and Sefton, Skellon. Hightown ! — H. giganteum 

 Schp. Birkdale, i\lrt/7Y/n ! — ■''H.cuspidatmnlj. Common. Fruiting 

 at Walton and Bardsley ! ! — H. Schreheri Willd. Frequent ! Crosby, 

 Harrison S Skellon. 



Hylocomium splendens B. & S. Southport, Marrat I Crosby, 

 Dickinson ! Frequent. — H. loreum B. & S. Wavertree, Mcurat. — 

 *il. squarrosum, B. & S. Clitheroe (in fruit)!! — *Z?. triquetrum 

 B. & S. Formby ! Ince Bluudell ! 



I have to thank Messrs. Dixon, Horrell, and Gashing for sup- 

 plying several records which I should have otherwise overlooked. 



