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on the coast near Southport^ Lancashire. They grow along the 

 more recent-formed beach, where the Catiscopia nigrita, Disti- 

 chium inclinatum, Meesia uliginosa, and Ambyodon dealbatus, all 

 growing in the greatest profusion (they are protected by drifted 

 sand-hillocks on the margin of the sea), located on damp flats 

 partly undulated, forming the basis of a peat formation. 



Bryum roseum, Schreb. In patches among woods ; sparingly. 



Mnium affine, Bland. Var. rugicum by the margin of Kil- 

 conquhar Loch. 



Mnium rostratum, Schwsegr. Common. 



Mnium hornum, L. Common. 



Mnium undulatum, Hedw. In fruit, Cambo and Kenly Dens ; 

 abundant. 



Mnium punctatum, Hedw. Common. 



Meesia uliginosa, Hedw. On Tent's Muirs. 



Amblyodon dealbatus, P. Beauv. On Tent's Muirs. 



Funaria hygrometrica, Hedw. Common. 



Physcomitrium pyriforme, Br. and Sch. On wet ground and 

 ditches; common. 



Bartramia fontana, Bridel. Variable; common in wet places, 



Bartramia calcarea, Br. and Sch. More limited in its dis- 

 tribution. 



Bartramia pomiformis, Hedw. Common. 



Bartramia ithyphylla, Bridel. Common. 



Bartramia (Ederi, Swartz. On Drumcarra Crag; sparingly, 



Bartramia arcuata, Bridel. Common; occasionally found in 

 fructification. 



Catascopium nigritum, Bridel. Tent's Muirs; in dense fruit, 

 distributed by the mile. ' 



Splachmcm ampidlaceum, L. and S. ; sphcericum, Hedw. Col- 

 lected betwixt the East and West Lommonds, on crossing over 

 the top, among some cattle-parks. 



Fissidens bryoides, Hedw. Common. 



Fissidens adiantoides, Hedw. On wet bants and grass fields ; 

 common. 



Fissidens taxifolius, Hedw. Common. 



Antitrichia curtipendula, Bridel. On walls and trees near 

 Ceres, by Birkhill, etc. 



Anomodon viticulosus, Hooker and Taylor. On trees in Kenly, 

 Craghall, and other dens. 



