l8o THE FLORA OF HALIFAX. 



Ulota Drummondii, Brid. [Orthotrichum, Hook; Weisia, Ldb.) 



1834. Gibson Wood. — Herb. Leyl. 



1840. Trunks of trees, High Greenwood. — S. Gibson; 

 Bailies' Fl. 



J. Nowell omits this record from the Supp. F. A. Lees in 

 the Fl. W. R., p. 556, remarks : " Gibson's 'High Green- 

 wood moss ' given as this in Baines Fl., p. 135 (as well as 

 his O. Hutchinsice from the same place) was a variety of 

 0. saxatile" ( = 0. anomalum). Unfortunately, Gibson's 

 High Greenwood specimens, upon which the record was 

 based, are now unattainable, so that the record cannot be 

 checked by a re-examination of his moss. I have seen a 

 copy of Baines' Supp., in which the record appears in MS. 

 Leyland's specimens (labelled 0. Drummondii) were col- 

 lected at Gibson Wood, about a mile lower down the 

 valley, and there is every reason to believe they were 

 collected by Gibson. These have been carefully exam- 

 ined, and also submitted to H. N. Dixon and M. B. Slater, 

 both of whom considered them to be correctly labelled, 

 " and certainly not O. saxatile." The records are further 

 confirmed by an examination of a packet in Herb. Leyl. 

 marked " Ortlwtrichum Hutchinsice, Dick-Booth, near Hep- 

 tonstall." Of the contents of this Mr. Dixon says : 

 " these also may be safely referred to U. Drummondii. 

 Mr. Slater's opinion is exactly the same. Neither moss 

 has been met with in recent years. 

 Ulota crispa, Brid. [Orthotrichum crispum, Hedw.) 



1819. On trees in Ogden Clough, etc. ; 1834. Gibson 

 Wood, near Heptonstall. — Herb. Leyl. 



The 1834 record is based on a small tuft found mixed with 

 U. Drummondii, by Mr. Dixon, while examining that 

 species. 

 [Ulota Hutchinsiae, (Sm.)Hamm. (Orthotrichum Sm.) Incognit. 



Dick-Booth, near Heptonstall. — Herb. Leyl. 



1840. High Greenwood. — S. Gibson, Baines' Fl. " The 

 plant mentioned in the Flora under this name is a variety 

 of anomalum" ( = saxatile), Supp., p. 165. "The only old 

 record : • High Greenwood, S. Gibson,' was an error, a 

 form of O.saxatile ( = 0. anomalum) occurring there being 

 intended." — Lees' FL, p. 557. See under U. Drummondii.] 



[Ulota phyllantha, Brid. 

 1900. On tree trunk, lying at the bobbin works, Cote Hill, 

 /. Needham. This tree trunk was from Ireland.] 



