MOSSES. ue 
may be interested to know that a list of Jersey mosses and hepaticae,. 
comprising 110 species, collected during a summer excursion by 
Mons. Auguste Martin, of Cherbourg, was published in the Revue: 
Bryologique for the year 1899. 
The moss-flora of Guernsey, as now recorded, consists of 145 
species. 
SPHAGNACEAE. 
Sphagnum acutifolium, Ehrh. 
Very rare, and now almost extinct. At Grande Mare a few 
patches are found in one part, but they will soon disappear if the: 
draining of the marsh is proceeded with. 
POLYTRICHACEAE. 
Catharinea undulata, Web. & Mohr. 
Frequent in all parts of the island. 
Polytrichum nanum, Neck. (P. subrotundum, Braith.) 
Generally distributed, but less common than the following species. 
Polytrichum aloides, Hedw. 
Frequent in old quarries, gravelly banks, &c. 
Polytrichum piliferum, Schreb. 
Rather common on the cliffs. 
Polytrichum juniperinum, Willd. 
Common in bare, dry spots and heathy places. 
Polytrichum formosum, Hedw. (P. attenuatum, Braith.) 
Abundant on Fermain cliffs: not uncommon in other parts of 
the island. 
DICRANACEAE. 
Pleuridium axillare, Lind. 
Upper end of Talbots Valley. 
Pleuridium subulatum, Rab. 
Frequent on bare, earthy banks, both inland and on the coast. 
Ditrichum flexicaule, Hampe. 
At the base of rocks at Les Pezeries, Rocquaine. 
Ceratodon purpureus, Brid. 
Very common on the cliffs, in old quarries, and in bare places. 
generally. 
(Ceratolon conicus, Lindb., has been found in Sark.) 
