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Dicranella cerviculata Schp. Moor east of Cobbinshaw, abundant, 

 Aug. 1904 ; south side of the Almond, Craigiehall, Dec. 1904. 



D. secunda Lindb. On old cart-track, Threipmuir Reservoir, May 

 1898 ; edge of Bavelaw Moss, June 1901 



D. Schreberi Schp. Allermuir Glen, Pentlands, March, and V. elata, 

 Ravensnook, near Penicuik, May 1902. Briech Burn, given in 

 Balfour and Sadler's Flora of Edinburgh as a locality for this species, 

 leaves the county — Midlothian or Linlithgow — uncertain. 



Campylus fragilis B. & S. Water of Leith below Harperrig, Nov. 

 1897 ; Torduff, Pentlands, March 1898 ; Caerketton, Pentlands, 

 April 1909 (W. Edgar Evans). 



Dicraniun Bonjeani De Not. I have only ouce found capsules of this 

 common moss in this district, namely, at the upper pond, Penicuik 

 House, in May 1871. D. fuscescens, Caerketton, etc. 



D. strictum Schleich. On sycamores, oaks, etc., in Roslin, Hawthorn- 

 den, and Dryden Woods on many occasions since I first added it to 

 the Scottish list from Roslin Glen in April 189» (see Ann. Scot. 

 Nat. Hist., 1902, p. 191). Pomathorn Dean. 



Fissidens exilis Hedw. South bank of Water of Leith, Redhall, 

 Colinton, abundant, Feb. 1897 ; Dreghorn, March 1897. 



F. pusillus Wils. Vogrie Gleji, on sandstone rock, abundant, Feb. 

 1897 ; Bilston Glen, April 1902 ; on sandstone wall, near Balerno, 

 Oct. 1908 (W. E. Evans). 



F. decipiens De Not. In April 1897 I got a Fissidens at Nether 



Habl)ie's Howe, Pentlands, which Mr. Dixon determined as this 

 species. Localities for F. osmundoides are Moorfoot AVater, March 

 1904, and Dalmahoy Hill, May 1907. 



Grimmia Stirtoni Schp. On low rocks, Boghall, Pentlands, March 

 1902. 



G. ovata Schwaeg. Rocks on Braid Hills, in fine fructification, Feb. 



1869 and Dec. 1908. In June 1871 I gathered on Arthur's Seat 

 most of the rare Grimmias that had been recorded therefrom, and 

 some of them were still in evidence in March 1902 ; but it is 

 doubtful if any now remain. 



Pottia recta Mitt. In flower-pot in greenhouse, Morningside Park, 

 Edinburgh, Sept. 1904. 



P. intermedia Ftirnr. Wall top beyond Liberton, Dec. 1878. 



P. minutula Fiirnr. Near Currie, Feb. 1897. P. lanceolala used to be 

 common on an earth-capped wall at Craiglockhart, and was very fine 

 on an old wall near Craigmillar in the spring of 1904. 



Tortula pusilla Mitt. Roadside at Fordel, near Prestonhall, abundant, 

 Jan. 1915. This and T. rigida used also to occur commonly on 

 earth-capped walls at Craiglockhart now taken down or destroyed. 

 My latest date for them there is April 1909. 



