164 THE FLORA OF HALIFAX. 



Wood ; Rishworth ; Skircoat ; Illingworth, Ogden ; Spa 

 Clough, Booth Dean ; Lee Bank, and Bankfield, Halifax ; 

 Sun Wood, Shelf ; Cragg Vale ; Luddenden Dean, etc. ! 

 This moss grows in great profusion and fruits most abun- 

 dantly. It is very conspicuous in April and May, with its 

 new crop of capsules borne on purple shining setae. It 

 varies much in general appearance according to age or 

 situation, especially when not in fruit. The micro-char- 

 acters of the leaves are, however, constant. The narrow, 

 inclined, slightly furrowed capsule, with conical lid, and 

 minute papilla at the base, and purple stalk, are the surest 

 features by which it may be recognised in the field. This 

 species is stated to be common " not only throughout 

 Britain, but in all parts of the world." 



[Rhabdoweisia denticulata, (Brid) B. and S. (Weissia striata 

 var. majus Hook. ; Oncophorus crispatus (Dicks) Lindb. 



1840. Green's Clough, near Todmorden. — Baines Flo. 



Green's Clough. — Herb. Nwl. 



1854. Moist shady rocks in Green's Clough, near the 



border of the county. — /. Nowell, Supp. ; Brit. Moss Flo. 

 Green's Clough is about half-a-mile outside the parish to the 



S.W. of Portsmouth Station.] 



Cynodontium Bruntoni, (Sin.) B. and S. ; Didymodon Bruntoni 

 Walk-Am.) 



1840. Rocks at Thievely Scout, near Todmorden, and Rag 



Scout, Stansfield. — J. Nowell, Baines* Flo. 

 1846. Rocks at Thieveley Scout. — Herb. Nwl. ; Herb. Leyl. 

 Neither of these two habitats is recorded by Nowell in 



Baines' Supp. for this species. J. Needham possesses a 



copy of the Supp. in which both localities are added in 



M.S. Thieveley Scout is in Lancashire. 

 1888. Rag Scout, very rare. — A. Stansfield, Lees' Flo. 



[Cynodontium polycarpum, Schp. (Oncophorus polycarpus, 



(Ehrh) Brid.) 



The record of this species in Hx. Nat., Vol. II., p. 124, is 



an error. In the specimens on which the record is based 



the leaf cells, especially the upper ones, are quite distinct 



from those of C. polycarpum. The fruit is immature.] 



Dichodontium pellucidum, (L) Schp. (Bryum L. ; Dicranum, 

 Hedw.) 

 1775. /. Bolton. Stansfield; Ogden, etc. — Herb. Leyl. 



