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SOME RARE MOSSES IN CUMBERLAND. 



Rev. C. H. BINSTEAD, B.A., 

 As/air:a, near Carlisle. 



Grimmia elongata Kaulf. This was found, in September, at an 

 altitude of about 2,500 ft., growing upon wet rocks in compact 

 cushions of a dull olive-green colour. It seems to be confined 

 to one mountain — Whiteside — where it grows in plenty, although, 

 apparently, within a restricted area. 



Coscinodon cribrosus (Hedw.) Spruce. Grows on a wall (slate) 

 in the Lorton Valley, near Cockermouth. It is plentiful in 

 one place, and occurs in small quantity also at widely-distant 

 intervals, upon walls, where it is found in company with 

 Grimmia Doniana Smith, from which it may generally be 

 distinguished by its pale colour. 



Mnium orthorrhynchum Br. & Schpr. What appears to be this 

 moss — so rare in our country — was found, in September, at the 

 Lodore Cascade, in one place only. It does not seem, how- 

 ever, to be quite clear whether the moss in question is the true 

 Mnium orthorrhynchum., or Mniu7n riparium Mitt. From a 

 careful comparison of the leaf-cells, together with the general 

 aspect of the moss, there appears to be hardly any appreciable 

 difference between the Lodore Mnium and Mn. orthorrhynchum 

 from the continent. Whichever of the two it may be shown to 

 be, it is hoped that a brief notice of its occurrence in Cumberland 

 may be of interest to students of our northern mosses. 

 November \^t]i, 1889. 



OCCURRENCE OF CAREX STRIGOSA IN 

 NORTH YORKSHIRE. 



J. GILBERT BAKER, F.R.S., F.LS., 

 Royal Herbariiiii:, Kew ; Ex-President of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. 



I AM indebted to Mr. W. W. Reeves, for many years librarian to 

 the Royal Microscopical Society, for specimens of Carex strigosa, 

 gathered by himself in Forge ^^alley this summer, whilst botanising 

 with Mr. M. B. Slater. This adds a species to the flora of the 

 North Riding. The plant has long been known to occur at Hackfall 

 and Studley, just outside our limits. These are the most northern 

 stations known for the plant in Britain. They also found Equisetum 

 Telmateia var. seroiitium A. Br., the form of E. Telmateia in which 

 the fertile stem bears leafy branches. 



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