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Traprain Law, East Linton, has several very interesting 

 mosses such as Hedwigia imberbis Spruce ; Grimmia 

 montana B. and S. ; Grimmia decipiens Lindb., all three in 

 great abundance, the latter in fruit ; Andrecea Rothii 

 \V. and M. ; Bryum alpinum Huds. Gullane Links also, 

 like Tents Muir, Sands of Barrie, Dunbarnie Links, etc., 

 have also several rare mosses already recorded as Ditrichum 

 flexicaiile Hpe., var. densum B. and S. ; Swartzia montana 

 Lindb., and 6". inclinata Ehrh. ; Barbula Hornschuchiana 

 Schultz ; TricJwstomum flavo-virens Bruch ; Encalypta 

 rhabdocarpa Schwaeg. ; Amblyodon dealbatiis P. Beau v. ; 

 Meesia tricJioides Spruce ; Catascopium nigi'ituin Brid. ; 

 Bryum calopJiyllum R. Br. ; Amblystegium Jilicinum De 

 Not., var. Whiteheadii \\' heldon ; Hypnum clirysophyllum Brid. ; 

 H. giganteum Schp., TJmidium recognitum Lindb., etc. 



Edinburgh, v.c. 83. This vice-county has been better 

 searched for mosses than the two adjoining counties, and 

 hence the new records for it are fewer. Sphagnum cuspi- 

 datum Ehrh. var. submersiivi Schp. ; 5'. molle Sull. ; 

 Polytrichum strictum Banks (all from Bavelaw Moss) ; 

 Oligotrichum liercynicum Lam., recently got in Corstorphine 

 Hill wood, is now extinct ; Fissidens crassipes Wils. 

 (Colinton Dell) ; Barbula Hornschuchiana Schultz (waste 

 ground north of Donaldson's Hospital) ; Physcomitrella 

 patens B. and S. (Torduff reservoir, by Mr. W. E. Evans. 

 I got this moss in plenty on the dried-up bottom of a 

 lagoon west of S. Oueensferry last year) ; Bryum argenteum 

 L., var. lanatum B. and S. ; Brachythecium glareosum 

 B. and S. (Flotterstone Bridge) ; Hypnum polygamum 

 Schp. ; H. aduncum Hedw., var. polycarpon Bland. ; H. 

 fiuita7is L., var. Jcanbernati Ren., and var. atlajiticum Ren. ; 

 H. exannulatum Giimb., vds.pinnatum Boul., f. stenopJiylloides 

 Ren., and var. pinnatum Boul., f. gracilescens Ren. ; H. 

 intermedium Lindb., var. tenellum Roth { = H. pellucidum 

 Wils.) (all in Bavelaw Moss) ; H. cupressiforme L., var. 

 tectorum Brid. ; H. imponens Hedw. (Bavelaw Moss). I 

 got this also last year near West Linton in Peeblesshire, 

 v.c. 78. 



Linlithgow, v.c. 84. Sphagnutn rigidum Schp., and 

 var. compactum Schp. ; 5. cymbifolium Ehrh. ; 5. tenellum 



