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asplenioides v. Dillenii Tayl., Juiigennania riparia Tayl., and 

 Metsgeria pubescens Schrank. 



5. By the Greta and Brignall Banks. — (i) Mosses. — 

 Dicranum scopariiim Hedw. c.fr. , D. fuscescens var. falcifolium 

 Braith., Campylopus fragilis B.&S., Weisia verticillata Brid., a 

 very rare fruiter, but on Brignall banks in abundant fruit ; 

 Mnium punctatimi L. , approaching var. elation Schimp.; Bryuni 

 obconicum Hornsch., Plagiothecium ptdchelliim B.&S.; Leucodon 

 sciuroides Schwgr. ; Brachythecium velutimim B. & S. ; and 

 Hypnum uncinatiim Hedw. c.fr. (2) Hepatics. — This valley 

 is very rich in hepatics. Those examined are : Lepidozia reptans 

 L. , Kantia trichomanis L. , Cephalozia bicxispidata L. , Eiicalyx 

 hvalina Lyell, Jangennania turbinata Raddi, J. bantriensis 

 Hook., Plagiochila asplenioides L., Scapania nemorosa L., vS". 

 irrigua Nees, and S. curta Mart., th^ last very interesting and 

 infested with gemmae. The above, for the Greta Valley, do not 

 represent all the gatherings, but those only that I have examined 

 under the microscope. The remaining plants unexamined are 

 chiefly hepatics. 



(Appendix E.) 

 MOSS AND HEPATICS IN GRETA DALE. 



M. B. slater. F.L.S. 



In August 1879 I paid a visit of a few days to Rokeby, and 

 then explored to some extent the valley of the Greta towards 

 Bowes. On that occasion I met with a moss growing in a quarry 

 about two miles from Bowes, which on examination w'hen I got 

 home I made out to be Encalypta rhadocarpa Schw^egr. The 

 moss was in such bad condition I did not feel justified in 

 recording it then as one new to North Yorkshire, although I 

 felt fairly certain it was the plant. On my visit to Bowes on 

 this occasion I was naturally very desirous to meet with it again. 

 In company with my friend. Dr. R. Braithwaite, we made a special 

 ramble in search of it, and were fortunate in finding it in much 

 better condition than when I had previously gathered it in 1879, 

 and am now able to record it for North Yorkshire. I am at 

 present unaware that it has previously been recorded for this 

 division of Yorkshire. It is given by Dr. Braithwaite in his 

 British Moss Flora for Ingleborough, Yorkshire, found there by 

 the late John Nowell in 1857, and that, I believe, is the only 

 Yorkshire record until this one near Bowes. It is known only 

 from a few localities in Scotland, and Ben Bulben in Ireland, 

 and consequently is a rare moss in the British Island^^ 



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