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lime). Plants which grow ahundantly there (and are scarce and 

 ahsent beyond), are Camptothcciiim hUescens, Tor tula rurahformis, 

 Eurynchium circinatum, and Ditrickum flexicaule, while Weisia 

 vertici'llata flourishes on calcareous matter on a portion of the cliff." 



TricJiostoimim mutahile Bruch. 2. Common and very fine 

 round Looe. — T. mutahile var. littorale Dixon. 2. Growing with 

 Tortilla cuneifolia on a rocky bank to the east of Looe, also else- 

 where near Looe. 



Pleurochcetc squarrosa Lindb. 2. On the coast immediately to 

 the east of Polperro, rather sparingly ; plentifully among grass and 

 extending for a short distance, on the coast near Millendraeth 

 Beach, to the east of Looe. 



Zygodon Mougeotii B. & S. !.•' Wall below St. Agnes' 

 Church ; Trevellas Valley (on rock face) ; Ventongimps, nr. 

 Perranporth {B.). — Z. viridissimus R. Brown. 2. " Fruits, I 

 think, fairly Avell in Cornwall I have found capsules in half-a- 

 dozen localities " {R.) ; c.fr. in several places round Looe. 



Ulota 2^hyllantha Bnd. 2. Sparingly on rocks by the sea at 

 Polperro with Grimmia maritima, also on trees at Trelawne near 

 Looe (i?.). 



OrtJioirichuin anomalum var. saxatile Milde. 2. On rock near 

 Looe Station. — 0. Lyellii Hook. & Tayl. Up to the present Mr. 

 Rilstone has not seen this moss in Cornwall, nor did I observe it 

 near Looe. Mr. Rilstone writes : " Species of OrtJiotrichum are 

 not particularly common in Cornwall, in fact until two years ago 

 I had only found 0. dia2)hanum, and that by no means plenti- 

 fully." Possibly the sparsely wooded nature of the county has 

 something to do with this. 



Physcomitrmm pyriforme Brid. 2. Fairly frequent near Pol- 

 perro [B.) 



Bartramia i^omiformis Hedw. 2. C.fr. by a rocky roadside 

 near Morval, Looe. 



Philonotis fontana Brid. 2. Frequent near Polperro [B.) 



Breutelia arcuata Schp. 1." Moors near Perranporth (B.). 



Lcptohryum jpyriforme Wils. 2. Greenhouse at Polperro {B.). 



Webera nutans Hedw. 1. Abundant in some parts of West 

 Cornwall {B.). — W. iwoligera Bryhn. 1. Frequent in West Corn- 

 wall {B.) — W. carnea Schp. 2. Plentiful near Polperro (B.). — 

 W. Tozeri Schp. 2. Growing sparingly with W. carnea {B.). 



Bryum atropurimre^tm var. gracilentum Tayl. !.'■' Mud walls 

 at Lambourne, near Perranporth (i?.) ; plants of Bryum atropur- 

 jjureum crowded with gemmae on clay sea cliffs at Portnadler, 

 Looe and on the coast immediately to the east of Looe (v.c. 2) not 

 improbably come under this variety. — B. murale Wils. 2. Rather 

 plentifully on walls at Hannafore Point, West Looe. 



CryphcBa heteromalla Mohr. 2. Sparingly near Polperro [B.]. 



Neckera pumila Hedw. 2. C.fr. near Polperro {B). — A^. jiumila 

 var. Philipjyeana Milde. 2. Mr. Rilstone has found this var. near 

 Polperro and thinks it may be not infrequent in the district. — N. 

 complanata Hiibn. 2. C.fr. near Polperro (i?.) ; also c.fr. near Looe. 



Pterygophylhm lucens Brid. 2. Fairly frequent near Polperro 



