404 Pearson : Search for Hepatics at Hawes. 



at the time mig-ht be R. Lindbergi G., as I could only see 

 with the lens male spikes ; under the microscope at home 

 I found young archegonia immediately above the male 

 flowers. With some of the hepatics it is hardly safe to ven- 

 ture the name in the field, as the acute John Nowell used to 

 say, ' He would not like to say by this here light,' when asked 

 to name some doubtful species whilst collecting. The rarest 

 species we met with, and that only ver}- sparingly, was Pedino- 

 phylluvi mterruptiim (Nees), found growing closely appressed 

 to some of the loose rocks and on the cliffs. Jungerinania 

 Bantriensis Hook. var. Muelleri (Nees) was next to Jung, 

 riparia, the commonest species on the rocks. The further con- 

 sideration of this species leads me to the view that it is distinct 

 from the type ; even the larger forms of it have a different fades 

 from the typical form found growing on moss-covered banks 

 below Dolbadarn Castle, Llanberis, and from the orig'inal species 

 collected by Miss Hutchins in the South of Ireland. Along with 

 this species was the form oi Lophocolea bidentata (L.), with small 

 acute segments, which I believe is the form Hookeriana of 

 some authorities. Also growing with other species I found 

 stems of Cephalozia biciispidata (L. ) and Blepharostoma tricho- 

 phyllum (L.). On the dripping rocks were fine patches oi Pellia 

 calycina (Tayl.), growing with fine Hypna, and, on dry rocks, 

 Preissia commutata (Lindenb. ) Nees. One small patch of Mar- 

 chantia polyinorpha L. was also observed. Plagiochila asplenioides 

 (L.) var. Dillenii {T2Ly\.) was growing more or less freely on the 

 rocks, and on the wet slopes Nardia scalaris (Schrad.). By its 

 side, creeping over compact tufts of moss was an Aneura, which 

 I have not been able to identify. 



We now found we were unable to proceed further on account 

 of the steepness of the cliffs and depth of the stream, so we 

 retraced our steps. We found at Hawes that we had just time 

 to spend about half an hour at Hardraw Scaur, on the dry 

 broken rocks to the left of the Fall, where Cystopteris fragilis, 

 Asplenuini Trichornanes , and Scolopendriiim znilgnre were grow- 

 ing from the crevices. Here I met with a large patch oi Porella 

 IcBvigata (Schrad.), and further up the valley P. platyphylla (L.) 

 was somewhat common on the exposed rocks. We were some- 

 what disappointed at the paucity of the Hepaticae in this most 

 beautiful glen. At Hawes I collected in a small wood on the 

 left before crossing the bridge Metzgeria furcata (L.). 



I have deposited in the Manchester Museum specimens of 

 the species collected for future reference. 



Naturalist, 



