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have been broug'ht with seed. As/raodliis danicus and Hippo- 

 crepis comosa were all alonjj the 'old street.' Saxifrofia 

 tridactylites only in one spot. Caucalis nodosa at Hall's Hill, 

 Grantham, and C. arvensis at Little Ponton. Gallium tmilhigo 

 at Fulbeck. Asperula cynanchica all along- the High Dyke. 

 Artemisia vulgaris at Leaden ham. Cnicus acaulis x arvensis on 

 Hig-h Dyke. Serratula tinctoria, type, near Byard's Leap. A 

 pale lilac form of Centaurea Scabiosa was taken by Mr. F. M. 

 Burton, probably in Fulbeck parish. Specularia was common 

 in cornfields. Lithosperm.um arvense at Fulbeck. Hyoscyamus 

 on waste ground at Caythorpe Station ; Calamintha clinopodium 

 at Caythorpe, along- with C. arvensis, and the Jlore albo form at 

 Byard's Leap. Galeopsis Tetrahit, and the form fiore-albo, both 

 on escarpments between Caythorpe Station and 'The Court.' 

 Lam.ium ainplexicaule, both the long- and short corolla forms, on 

 the Hig-h Dyke, Fulbeck. The subacute-leafed form of 7??/;//^^:: 

 obtusifolius between Leadenham and Fulbeck. Parietaria in 

 Caythorpe villag-e. A curious form oi Juncus actitijlorus, pro- 

 cumbent and rooting at the nodes was found on the bank of 

 a pond near Caythorpe Station, along^ with Alopecurus geni- 

 culatus. Koeleria, Festuca rigida, and Bromus erectus on the 

 High Dyke. — E. A. Woodruffe Peacock, Cadney, Sept. 1902. 



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MOSSES. 

 Mosses at Grantham. — Very few mosses were taken on 

 the occasion of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' visit to Grantham 

 in July 1902, owing to the dry weather and somewhat hurried 

 round; nevertheless one turned up, new to Div. 13, viz., 

 Encalypia streptocarpa , on the High Dyke. The district is a 

 good one for mosses ; ninety species have been taken in Cay- 

 thorpe parish alone. The following is a short selection : — 

 Ditrichum Jiexicaule Hpe. Barbula rubella Mitt. Butophacea 

 and Camptothecium lutescens B.&S., limestone pits. Toriula 

 pusilla Mitt., T. lamellata Ldb., T. ambigua Angstr. Bryum 

 argenteum var. lanatum B.&S., mud capped walls. Orthotrickum 

 saxatile Milde, stone walls. Zygodo7i arridissimus R.Br. Leuco- 

 don sciuroides Schwgr. Tortula papulosa Wils., T. mutica Ldb., 

 on trees. Weisia crispa Mitt. Pottia ininutida Fiirm., P. 

 bryoides Mitt. Fissidens exilis Hedw., in thin pastures. Pottia 

 lanceolata CM. Eurhynchitim crassinervitini B.&S., E. Sivartzii 

 Hobk. Hypmini chrysophylluni Brid. Climacium dendroides 

 W.&M., banks and pastures. — S. C. Stow, Grantham, Sept. 

 1902. 



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