THE FLORA OF HALIFAX. l8l 



Orthotrichum leiocarpum, B. & S. (Polytrichum striatum, L.) 



1775. — /. Bolton. Not since recorded for this district. 

 Orthotrichum affine, Schrad. 



On old walls, Harley Wood. — Herb. Leyl. [Lees' 1 Fl. 



1888. On a young ash, Horsebridge Clough. — F. A. Fees, 



SCHISTOSTEGACE^. 

 Schistostega osmundacea, (Dicks) Mohr. (S. pennata, Hook 

 and Taylor). 

 1854. Green's Clough, not from the boundary of the county. 

 /. Nowell, Supp. 



1888. Grit-boulder fissures, head of Hebden Valley. — A. 

 Stansfield, Lees' Fl. 



This charming little moss, growing, as it does, in clefts and 

 holes among sandstone rocks, is very difficult to find. 



SPLACHNACEJE. 



[Splachnum ampulaceum, L. 



1775. — /. Bolton. Not since recorded for the parish.] 



Splachnum sphaericum, L. fil (S. pendunculatum, (Huds.) 

 var. sphcericum, Swartz). 



Erringden Moor, etc., etc.— Herb. Leyl. Stansfield Moor. — 

 Herb.Nwl. 1888. Stansfield Moor.— T. Stansfield, Lees' FL 



1893. Wood Hey, Erringden. — /. Needham. 1896. Wads- 

 worth Moor.— H. T. Soppitt ! 



1 901. Erringden Moor, in great profusion. — /. F. A spin ! 



This moss has the peculiar habit of growing only upon the 

 decaying dung of sheep and cattle : mostly on wet moor- 

 lands. 



FUNARIACEJE. 



Discelium nudum, (Dicks) Brid. (Bryum nudum, Dicks) ; Weis- 

 sia nuda, Hook, and Taylor. 



Clay banks near Todmorden. — Herb. Nwl. 



1840. On clayey banks in the neighbourhood of Hepton- 

 stall, etc. Not uncommon. — Baines' Fl. 



1862. Shibden.— M. & C. Fl. ; J. Nowell, Brit. M. Fl. 



1888. Pennant Clough and Hebden Valley. — A. Stansfield, 

 Lees' Fl. 



Ephemerum serratum, Hampe. (Phascum serratum, Schreb.) 

 1834. Walter Clough, Southowram. — Herb. Leyl. 

 Banks near Todmorden. — Herb. Nwl. 



1854. Railway bank, Stony-royd, Harley Wood. — /. 



Nowell, Supp. 



