A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



CLASS V. CRYPTOGAMIA QELLULARIA (rent.) CLASS V. CRYPTOGAMIA CELLULARIA (cont.) 



SUB-CLASS MUSCINEJE (continued) 

 Order Musci (continued) 



Section III. Sphagna cuspidata, Schimp. 

 Sphagnum riparium, Angstr. 60. Cockerham 

 Mas ; H. Beesley, J. A. Wheldon, 

 and A. Wilson. This handsome peat 

 moss has been found in only one 

 other locality in England (E. 

 Cornw.) 



cuspidatum, R. and W. 59. Woohton Moss ; 

 W. Wilson. Rainford Moss; Simons- 

 wood Moss ; Harrison and Skellon. 

 Crosby; Tudor. Walton; Gasking 

 (extinct, J.A.W.). 60. Common on 

 the fells and mosses ; W. and W. + 



var. falcatum, R. 59. Whittle) Dean; 

 Holt. 60. Upper Grizedale ; + ; 

 W. and W. 



var. submersum, Schimp. 59. 60. ! 

 Common on all the fells, W. and W. 



var. plumosum, Nees and Hornsch. 

 59. Netherton; Pendle Hill; Whel- 

 don. 60. Cockerham Moss ; W.andW. 

 Nr. Scorton; H. Beesley. [59. 

 Whiteley Dean; Rooley Moor; Holt 

 (require confirmation)] 



var. densissimum, Horrell in litt. Summit 

 of Greygarth Fell. 21 Oct. 1903. 



trinitense, C. Mull. 60. Cockerham Moss ; 



Longridge Fell; Wheldon. Lower 

 Bleasdale; A. Wilson 



pulchrum, W. + . 60. Cockerham Moss ; 



Wheldon. U. Roeburndale ; A.Wil- 

 son. Nr. Abbeystead; W. and W. 



Torreyanum, Sulliv. 60. Mallowdale Fell ; 



W. and W. (teste Horrell and Warn- 

 storf) 



obtusum, W. 59. Nr. Aintree, about 



6 miles from Liverpool Town Hall; 

 Wheldon, in litt. (confd. by Warn- 

 storf and Horrell). 60. Cockerham 

 Moss ,- Wheldon and Wilson 

 var. tenellum W. 59. With the type, 

 Wheldon 



These are the only known stations 

 in Britain at the time of writing this 

 article 



recurvum, R. and W. Very common on 



the fells and mosses ; W. and W. + . 

 59. Pendle Hill; Netherton; Whel- 

 don. 60. MaUmH/akFtllsWmdW. 



var. amblyphyllum, Warnst. 59. 

 Netherton ; Wh. 60. +. W. and W. 

 Longridge Fell; H. Beesley. Upper 

 Roeburndale ; nr. Docker ; W. and W. 

 Greygarth Fell 



var. mucronatum, W. 59. Netberton. +. 

 Wheldon. 60. O. Wyresdale ; + ; 

 W. and W. Leek Fell. Greygarth 

 Fell. 69. Coniston Old Man. The 

 commonest peat moss in the county, 

 and probably in Britain 



molluscum, Bruch. 60. O. Wyresdale ; 



Tanbrook Tell; W. and W. +. Ease 

 Gill; Whitmoor; A. Wilson. Cocker- 

 tarn Moss (f. compacta, W) ; W. 

 and W. 



SUB-CLASS MUSCINE./E (continued) 

 Order Musci (continued) 



Section V. Sphagna rigida, Schimp. 

 Sphagnum compactum, DC. Frequent on 



the drier fells ; W. and W. + 

 var. imbricatum, W. 60. O. Wyres- 

 dale ; + ; W. and W. 

 var. subsquarrosum, W. 60. Long- 

 ridge Fell; + ; W. and W. 



Section VII. Sphagna subsecunda, 

 Schimp. 



contortum (Schultz), Limpr. Syn. S. 



laricinum, Spruce MS. 1847. 60. 

 Wolfhole Crag; A. Wilson. Very 

 fine and abundant in the bog at 

 Docker; W.andW. + 



subsecundum, Limpr. 60. Longridge ; 



H. Beesley, Wheldon. Summit of 

 Greygarth Fell; W. and W. 



inundatum, W. 60. Lords Lot Wood, Ark- 



holme; A. Wilson. Catfortb ; Long- 

 ridge; H. Beesley 



Gravetii, W. 60. Tattam Beck; A.Wil- 



son. Harris End Fell; W. and W. 

 + . Nr. Fulwood; H. Beesley 



rufescens, W. Common on the fells and 



mosses ; W. and W. 60. O. Wyres- 

 dale ; + ; W. and W. 69. Conis- 

 ton Old Man 



aquatile, W. 60. Whitmoor ; W. and W. 



(first station recorded for Britain). 

 Longridge Fell; Wheldon. Tarn- 

 brook Fell; W. and W. 



crassicladum, W. 60. Slope otFairsnape 



Fell; Wh. Harris End Fell; A. 

 Wilson. 1] dale ; + ; W. and W. 



Section VIII. Sphagna cymbifolia, 

 Schimp. 



turfaceum, W. 59. Rainford Moss ; Whel- 



don. 60. Clougta ; + ; W. and W. 



cymbifolium, W. 59. Pendle Hill; 



Wheldon. Woohton Moss; W. Wil- 

 son. Whiteley Dean ; Holt 



var. glaucescens, Warnst. 59. Wh. 60. 

 O. Wyresdale; + ; W. and W. 

 Scorton; H. Beesley. Greygarth 

 Fell, 21 Oct. 1903. 69. Newby 

 Bridge; Paul. Coniston Old Man. 

 29 Oct. 1903 



var. glauco-pallens, W. 59. Wh. 60. 

 O. Wyresdale; + ; W. and W. 



var. pallescens, W. 60. Longridge Fell ; 

 + ; W. and W. 



var. flavo-glaucescens, Russ. 60. Hd. 

 ofDamas Gill; W. and W. 



var. carneum, W. 60. Bog nr. Docker ; 

 Arkhdme Moor ; A. Wilson. Hd. of 

 Damas Gill; W. and W. 



papillosum, Lindb. 59. Rooley Moor; 



Whiteley Dean ; Syke ; Holt 

 var. normale, Warnst. 59. Barton Moss, 

 Southport; Wheldon. +. 60. Com- 

 mon on the fells, O. Wyresdale ; + ; 

 W. and W. Greygarth Fell. 69. 

 Coniston Old Man. 



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