THE FLORA OF HALIFAX. 189 



1840. Halifax, Todmorden, etc. — Baines Fl. 



One of the very commonest of mosses ; to be found in all 

 the cloughs and woods throughout the parish. It also 

 invades decaying lawns in and near the town, but is most 

 at home in wet situations, near water-runs. 



Mnium serratum, Schrad. (Bvyum marginatum, Dicks). 



1900. Tippet-holme, near Hebden Bridge.—/. Needham 

 High Lee Clough, Norland ! 



Mnium stellare, Reich. 



1888. Todmorden. — A. Stansfield, Lees' Fl. L/-W* 



1898. On sandstone rock, Gill-holme, High Greenwood. — 



Mnium punctatum, L. {Bvyum punctatum, Schreb.) 

 Frequent. — Herb. Leyl. Todmorden. — Herb. Nwl. 

 Fairly common in moist, shady places, well-troughs, and 



damp recesses near clough-streams ; stations too numerous 



to give in detail. 



Mnium subglobosum, B. & S. (Bvyum mnioides, Wils. ; M. 

 pseudo punctatum, B. & S. Hook, Lond. Jour. Bot.) 



Langfield and Stansfield Moors. — Herb. Leyl. 



1844. Bogs, Stansfield. — Herb. Nwl. ; Brit. Moss. Fl. 



1888. Same stations. — A. Stansfield; Luddenden. — W. 

 West, Lees' Fl. 



1896. High Greenwood. — /. Needham. 



" Mnium subglobosum, B. & S., was first brought under notice 

 in this neighbourhood as being a distinct species, it having 

 been overlooked as only a variety of M . punctatum ; it has 

 been found in a few places in other parts of the country, 

 but nowhere in such abundance and perfection as in this 

 neighbourhood."—/. Now ell, The Naturalist, 1866. 



FONTINALACEJE. 



Fontinalis antipyretica, L. 



1775. /. Bolton. On Stones, Hebden Water. — Herb. Nwl. 



Very common : attached to submerged rocks and boulders 

 in the stream at Hardcastle (where it fruits abundantly) 

 and other places in the Hebden Valley. In the Hebble, 

 Wheatley, 1901 ; and numerous other streams. In the 

 Canal, Salterhebble and Copley ! In water-trough, 

 Priestley Green. — W. B. Crump. Bracken-hill, near 

 Ambler Thorn, etc. ! 



