262 THE DISTRIBUTION OF HEPATIC IN SCOTLAND 
DIPLOPHYLLUM OBTUSIFOLIUM (Hook.) Dum. 
This rare species has only been found in a few scattered 
localities. As it is usually found with us in mixture with 
D. albicans, it is probably overlooked to some extent. It 
appears to be rather an eastern than a western species in 
Scotland. It grows on loamy banks with such species as 
D. albicans, Calypogeia species, Ceph. bicuspidata, Haplozia 
crenulata v. gracillima, and Scapania curta. Perianths 
are usually present, and fruit is probably common in spring. 
N.W. Low.anps.—Lanark : Cathkin Hills (Hopkirk ef. 
Hook. Fl. Scot., p. 115). 
S.E. HicHianps.—Fife and Kinross: Near Newburgh 
(D. Don cf. Hook. Fl. Scot., p. 115). WN. Perth: Nr. Dun- 
keld, Aug. 1855 (W. F. Buist in How. Herb.). 
Mip E. HIGHLANDs.—Forfar: Sidlaw, cfr., on rotten 
stump in Balkalk Den (J. Fulton). Aincardine: Gateside, 
Strachan, with Diplo. albicans and Ceph. bicuspidata, 1878 
(Sim). NW. Aberdeen: Mormond Hill, with Diplo. albicans 
(Ewing). 
W. HicHLANbs.— W. Inverness: Moidart, per., on loamy 
banks with Diplo. albicans (Macv. and W. H. Pearson); 
Ardnamurchan, per., on loamy bank by roadside (Macy.). 
SHETLAND.—Unst, per. (Lyon in Dickie Herb.). 
SCAPANIA Dum. 
ScAPANIA COMPACTA (Roth.) Dum. 
Widely distributed from Dumfries to Shetland, but 
uncommon, especially towards the extreme north. It 
appears to be rather more frequent on the east side of the 
country than on the west. Is rare in general in the West 
Lowlands, though locally frequent, and is uncommon over 
most of the East Lowlands, and rare in the Upper Tweed 
district. It has been found widely spread over the East 
Highlands, but is nowhere common. Is generally rare over 
the West Highlands and the Hebrides. It is rare in the 
North Highlands, and has not been found in Orkney, 
though extending to Fair Isle and Shetland. Is confined 
