IiioJuini : Mosses and Hepatics of Banish Fell. 8i 



inclinatHDi Hland, as tlie specimen brousj;"ht awav was too small 

 to pursue tlie matter further. Mr. Dixon thinks it is a new 

 Bryuin, and more of it should be found, so as to name it 

 correctly. In this same place g-rows the rare Splias^mim Gravetii 

 Warnst. , associated with Sphagnum cymbi folium var. fusco- 

 rubcscens Warnst. Three hepatics occur here, \\z.: Juiiger- 

 mania incisa Schrad. ; /. riparia Tayl., and Xardia scalaris 

 Schrad.; also a harpidioid moss, Hypuuui fluitaus var. fean- 

 beruati Ren. 



On the second day, 4th August, we went by conveyance 

 along- the Cautley Road to Cross Haw Beck, where we dis- 

 mounted, and then followed the beck to its source. The most 

 interesting- moss met with was Trichoslomum crispulum var. 

 eltitum Schimp. (teste H. N. Dixon), and the most interesting- 

 hepatic was Lejeunea serpyllifolia var. planiuscula Lindb., both 

 occurring- near the source of the beck. Other mosses of this 

 beck are : — Fissidens viridulus Wahl. c.fr. ; Barbula fallax 

 Hedw., in larg-e patches; Tortula subulata Hedw. ; Campylopus 

 flexuosus Brid. ; Weisia rupestris CM.; W. verticillafa Brid.; 

 W. crispata CM.; Ulota Bruchii Hornsch.; Gn'mmia apocarpa 

 Hedw.; Trichoslomum tortuosum Dixon; Philoiiolis calcareu 

 Schimp., of fine, tall growth ; Rhacomitrium acicularc Brid., 

 a very tall growth ; Fissidens biyoides Hedw. ; Porotrichuyn. 

 alopeciirum Mitt.; Honialia tricliomanoides Brid.; Heterocladium 

 hetcropterum B.&S.; FlurJiyiwliium piliferum B.&S.; E. prce- 

 longum B.&S.; E. confertum Milde.j E. murale var. julaceum 

 Schimp. c.fr., a beautiful moss, growing- ox\ wet clay ; Ambly- 

 stegium Jilicinum DeNot. ; Brachythecium rutabulum B.&S.; 

 B. plumosum B.&S.; Hypnuni commutatum Hedw.; H. cupressi- 

 fonne L. ; H. pahistre L. ; H. moUuscum Hedw.; H. cuspidatum 

 L. ; H. inlermedium Lindb.; and Hylocomium loreum B.&S. 

 Other hepatics besides the one above a.ve Juiigermauia venlricosa 

 Dicks.; Frullania dilatata L. ; Plagiochila asplenioides L.; 

 Scapania purpura'scens Hook.; and Metzgeria furcata L. By the 

 side of Upper Cross Haw Beck are deep masses of the Bog- 

 Moss, Sphagnum acutifoliurn var. flavo-rubellum Warnst. 



Leaving this stream, we walked over to the very interesting 

 Hebblethwaite Hall Beck, which is very rich in mosses and 

 hepatics, but the time was too short to explore much of it. 

 The interesting mosses here are : — Eurhynchium Tcesdalei 

 Schimp., in fruit; E. pumillum Schimp.; and Plagiotliecium 

 depressuni Dixon, with nerve almost obsolete, all occurring o\\ 

 the wet entrance of the cave. Here also grows a delicate, 

 rather distant-leaved form of the hepatic, Scapania aspera Miill 

 et Bern., which is evidently derived from a fine growth oi this 



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