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Var. robustum. 



1 90 1. In swamp, Booth Dean, Rishworth ! 

 First record for the West Riding. A fine plant bear- 

 ing little resemblance to the type. " It is essentially 

 a bog form remarkable, in this plant, for its 

 compact, erect or suberect, tufted habit." — J. A. 

 Wheldon. 



Brachythecium riyulare, (Bruch.) B. & S. (Hypnum, Bruch.) 

 Wet stones by streams near Todmorden. — Herb. Nwl. 

 Frequent on stones in rivulets ; Todmorden. — •/. Nwl., Supp. 

 Common on wet banks by streams, dripping walls, etc. 

 A few of the places where it has been collected are Hard- 

 castle ; Foster Mill, Hebden Bridge ; Crimsworth Dean ; 

 Strines, Stansfield. — J. Needkam. Red Lane Dike, 

 Stainland. — /. E. Cvowther. Tag Lock. — T. Halstead. 

 High Lee, Ogden, Turner, Gosport, Colden, Butts, 

 Binn-royd, Severhills, and Cob Cloughs ; dam stones, 

 Wade Wood ; Saltonstall Mooredge, etc. ! 



Var. cataractarum, Gautier. 



On stones, river Hebden. — /. Ncedham (Nat., March 

 1901). First West Riding record. 



Brachythecium Yelutinum, (L.) B. & S. (Hypnum, L.) 

 I 775- /• Bolton. Old walls, Todmorden.— Herb. Nwl. 

 1892. On old wall and tree trunk, Pecket Wood ; Hard- 

 castle. — /. Needham. 



On old walls, Firth House, Rishworth ; Cragg Vale ; Frost 

 Hole ; Severhills and Gosport Cloughs ; Bottomley, 

 Barkisland ; Ogden ; Hollas Lane side, Norland, etc. ! 

 Tag Lock. — T. Halstead. On soil in window-plant pot, 

 Halifax ! Not uncommon. 



Brachythecium populeum, (Hedw.) B. & S. (Hypnum, Hedw.) 

 Old walls near Todmorden. — Herb. Nwl. 

 1888. Todmorden. — A. Stansfield, Lees' Fl. 



Frequent on old walls and rocks. 1892. Pecket Wood ; 

 Hardcastle. — /. Needham. Stanelly Clough. — H. T. 

 Soppitt. Elland Park Wood ; Rooks Mount, Lightcliffe ; 

 Turner Wood ; near Butts Clough ; North Wood, 

 Coley ; Spa Clough, Boothdean, etc. ! 



Brachythecium plumosum, (S-w.) B. & S. (Hypnum, Sw.) 

 1775. /. Bolton. 1840. High Greenwood. — Baines' Fl. 



