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again and again claimed my attention, leading to the frequent repetition 

 of these health-giving and inspiring rambles. The result of all this has 

 been the accumulation of a large amount of material bearing on the 

 distribution of the various species in the county, and the changes in 

 their status which time has brought about. For its proper treatment, 

 however, this pile of data would require a separate paper, and in the 

 present communication only a selection of the more outstanding of my 

 records are given. 



(a) Additions to the Census Cat. list : — 



Polytrichum strictum Banks. Moss west of Ravelrig, Balerno, 

 May 1909. In October of same year it was found on Bavelaw Moss 

 by Mr. M'Andrew (loc. cit.) " Pentlands" is given as a locality for 

 it in Balfour and Sadler's Flora of Edinburgh. 



Dicranella heteromalla, var. orthocarpa Hedw., "or very near it" 

 (Dixon). Ravelrig, near Balerno, April 1898. 



Campylopus flexuosus, var. paradoxus Husn., "or very near it" 

 (Dixon). Mo.ss west of Ravelrig, April 1898. 



Trichostomum tortuosum. var. fragilifolium Dixon. Tordutf, Pent- 

 lands, March 1898. Determined by Mr. Dixon. 



Orthotriclium afl5.ne, var. fastigiatum Hubn. On wall, Fairmilehead, 

 June 1897. 



Physcomitrella patens B. & S. This little moss was abundant at the 

 upper end of Tordutf Reservoir and also at Clubbiedeaii Reservoir, 

 Pentlands, m Oct. 1903 — as recorded by my son, W. Edgar Evans, 

 in Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist, for 1909, p. 55 — and on other occasions. 



Webera proligera Bryhn. I have seen a specimen from Roslin Glen, 

 taken by Mr. J. C. Adam in 1916. 



Crypliaea heteromalla Mohr. This curious moss is not given for 

 Co. 83 in the Census Catalogue. I may therefore point out that 

 in Balfour and Sadler's Flora of Edinburgh (1863, and 2nd ed. 

 1871) Dalkeith is given as a locality for it. 



(6) Localities for some of the better species in the Census Cat. 

 list. Many are additions to the list in Balfour and Sadler's Flora of 

 Edinluirgh : — 



Sphagnum Austin! Sull. Auchencorth Moss, 24th May 1902. 



Polytrichum gracile Dicks. Kirknewton ; Ravelrig and Auchencorth 

 Mosses ; etc. F. formosum, Ravensnook, Dreghorn, Polton, etc. 



Archidium alternifolium Schp. Side of Bonaly Reservoir, April 

 1«9H; li;uelaw Dam; Glencorse and Cobbinshaw Reservoirs. 



Swartzia montana Lindl). On old wall, Balerno, 7th March 1894. 



Seligeria Doniana C. M. On sandstone rocks, Dryden (Bilston) Glen, 

 near llosljn, 4t,h April 1902. 



Brachyodus trichodes Furnr. On sandstone by side of rill at the 

 wood skirting ihe moor above Currie, 15th March 1904. 



