INTRODUCTION. 



to inundations of fresh water, and many are found on the sea shore 

 where the tide occasionally washes over them; but few adapt themselves 

 to any soil or situation. 



Those found on the sea shore from Southport to Churchtown are : — 

 Brjum calophyllum, Marratii, Warneum, intermedium, cernuum, pal- 

 lens, atropurpureum var. Funkii ; Hypnum Kneiffii, stellatum, polyga- 

 num, serpens, elodes, cuspidatum ; Ceratodon purpureus ; Tricho- 

 stomum tophacium, &c. 



Those found on the wall in Smithdown-lane, from the end of Ullet- 

 lane to the end of the wall beyond Greenbank-lane, are : — Grimmia 

 pulvinata ; Ptychomitrium, polyphyUum ; Racomitrium fasciculare, 

 heterostichum ; Hypnum cupressiforme, velutinum, and rutabulum ; 

 Funaria hygrometrica ; Bryum capillare, caespiticium, and intermedium ; 

 Tartula murale ; Didymodou rubellus ; and Weissia cirrhata. 



Those found on the river bank from New Ferry to Bromboro Pool are : 

 Hypnum molluscum, stellatum and var. minus, striatum, cuspidatum, 

 lilicinum, purum, triquetrum, squarrosum, tamariscinum, denticu- 

 latum, elegans, rutabulum, splendens, prselongum, and cupressiforme ; 

 Fissidens bryoides, viridulus, taxifolium, and exilis ; Tortula aloides, 

 unguiculata, and fallax ; Bryum carneum ; Mnium cuspidatum, and 

 undulatum ; Dicranum varium, rufescens, and heteromallum ;and 

 Atrichum undulatum. 



And the plants found on Bidston Moss are : — Aulacomnion 

 palustre; Dicranum cerviculatum, pellucidum, heteromallum; Bryum 

 pseudotriquetrum, carneum ; Hypnum salebrosum, fluitans, cordi- 

 folium, commutatum, cuspidatum, and rutabulum. 



