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the Highlands. It ascends to 1900 ft. alt. in the Low- 
lands, and to the same height in the Highlands, though in 
one case it has been found to 2200 ft. alt. The species 
forms small, low-lying, reddish-brown patches, or more 
commonly creeping among Sphagnum, on peat-mosses and 
wet moors. It occasionally is found on stumps, and as 
dark olive-green erect tufts in very wet ground. Perianths 
have not been seen; gemme are always present. 
S.W. Low.Lanps.— Dumfries: Solway Moss (Scott); 
Moffat (Miss Maecv.); Sanquhar Moor, c. (Macv.). Kuirk- 
cudbright: High Park, New Galloway (M‘And.); Dal- 
skimmer Hill (M‘And.); Glen Trool (Macv.). Wigtown: 
New Luce Moor (M‘And.); nr. New Luce (Ewing). 
N.W. Lownanps.—Ayr: Barskimming Moor (Scott). 
Renfrew: Nr. Loch Thom (West). Lanark: Cobbinshaw 
(Ewing); Elvanfoot peat-mosses, v.c. (Macv.); Lousie Wood 
Law, F. 1700-1900 ft. alt. (Macv.); Kirk Burn, Tinto 
(Macv.). 
EK. LowLanps.— Peebles: Nr. Cowie’s Linn (Evans); nr. 
Leadburn (Evans); Talla Water, alt. 1400 ft. (Macv.); 
Tweedsmuir (Macv.). Selkirk: Nr. Tushielaw (Evans). 
Berwick: Nr. Seenes Law (Evans). Haddington: Lammer 
Law (Evans); Dunbar Common (Evans). Edinburgh: 
Balerno Moss, F. (Macv.); Bonally Hill (Evans); Auchin- 
corth Moss (Evans); Baads (Ewing); Cobbinshaw Moss 
(Evans). Linlithgow: Fauldhouse Moss in several places 
(Evans). 
S.E. HicHuanps.—Fife and Kinross: Lomond Hills 
(Young); Moss Morran (Young). . Stirling: Ridgehead 
Moss (Evans). 8S. Perth: Nr. Aberfoyle (Evans) ; Trossachs 
(Ewing); Blair Drummond Moss (Evans). Mid Perth: Nr. 
Methven (Ferg.); Lochan-na-Lairige, alt. 1800 ft. (Macv.); 
Meillor Bog, alt. 1800 ft. (Macv.); Achrioch Wood, F. on 
stumps (Macv.); Meal Ghaordie (Ewing). . Perth: Drum- 
lochy (Ferg.); Ben Gulabin (Ewing and Young). 
Mip KE. HicHLANDs.—Forfar: Kinnordy (Lyell cf. Hook. 
Brit. Jung., p. 34); foot of Glenesk, 1862 (Croall). Kin- 
cardine: Tillylair (Sim); Kerloch (Sim). S. Aberdeen: 
Powlair (Sim); Lochnagar (Stabl.); Glen Beg, Braemar 
(Stabl.). NW. Aberdeen: Mormond Hill (Ewing). 
