APPENDIX. 



EAST RIDING MOSSES AND HEPATICS 



Bv J. J. Marshall. 



SO far as can be gathered, the first record of any East 

 Riding mosses occurs in Robert Teesdale's list, pub- 

 lished in the Linnean Transactions for 1880. In 

 Scaum's " Beverlac " a few mosses are included in a list 

 of plants found in the neighbourhood of Beverley. Short 

 and imperfect lists have been published also by Henry 

 Baines, in his "Yorkshire Flora," 1840, and by the accom- 

 plished Dr. Spruce of Coneysthorpe, in 1845. in 1878 

 Dr. H. F. Parsons prepared a list from all known sources, 

 which was published in the Transactions of the Yorkshire 

 Naturalists' Union. Whilst admittedly incomplete, the list 

 included 176 species. More recently Messrs. M. B. Slater, 

 F.L.S., of Malton, Mr. William Ingham of York, Mr. J. F. 

 Robinson of Hull, and myself have devoted some attention 

 to the moss flora of the riding, resulting in many additions 

 being made to previous lists. Many of these are new to 

 the riding, and a few are additional records for the county. 

 The district is not a very favourable one for the bryologist, 

 lacking those dreary moorlands, waste commons, and above 

 all the rocky beds of streams, so dear to the heart of the 

 moss-hunter. Nearly all the mosses of this district come to 

 perfection during the winter months — from October to March 

 —so that the botanical student can, if he feels so disposed, 

 continue his studies throughout the vear. 



Abbreviations: — W.I. = W. Ingham; J.J.M. = J. J. 

 Marshall; R.S. = Dr. Robert Spruce: M.B.S. ^ Matthew 

 B. Slater; H.F.P. = Dr. H. F. Parsons. An asterisk (*) 

 before a record indicates that it is new to the East Riding, 

 and two asterisks (**) = new to Yorkshire. 



The following is a complete list to date of all the known 

 mosses and hepatics recorded in the riding : — 



