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CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS A LIST OF 

 CUMBERLAND MOSSES. 



By The Rev. R. WOOD, Vicar of Rosley. 



(Read at Carlisle.) 



The number of species included in the second edition of the 

 London Catalogue of British Mosses is 568, of which two are very 

 doubtful. 287 of these are recorded as having been found in 

 Province 12, which includes Lake Lancashire, Cumberland, 

 Westmoreland, and the Isle of Man. 



The following list of Cumberland Mosses contains 183 species, 

 and some varieties, nearly all of which have been found between 

 High Pike and Oulton Moss, and by far the larger portion of them 

 in the parishes of Westward and Caldbeck. There is every 

 probability therefore that a very much larger number may be 

 found in Cumberland, especially in the mountainous districts. 

 Specimens of the Mosses in this list may be seen in the collection 

 in the Carlisle Museum ; and I have no doubt that well-authenticated 

 additions to this hst will be thankfully received by the authorities 

 of the Museum. The time of fruiting and the habitats have been 

 taken principally from Wilson's " Bryologia Britannica." 



ACROCARPI. 



1. Sphagnace^. 



I Sphagnum acutifolium. Ehrh. Slender Bog Moss. In bogs and marshes : 

 Caldbeck Common, &c. Fr. June and July. 

 d. var. rubeUum. Wils. Red Dwarf Bog Moss. In peat mosses : 

 High Park ; Lamplugh (J. Bowman). Fr. June and July 



