CiRC. 135. 



both in Baker's ' North Yorkshire' and in 'The Musci and Hjpatici^ of Tees- 

 dale ' by the late Dr. Spruce, who, it may be mentioned, was the first to reveal the 

 wealth of its moss-flora when visiting the dale in 1843. Bryologists who intend 

 joining the excursion will derive much interest in perusing the two excellent works 

 referred to, should they have not already done so. Although the season is some- 

 what late for gathering in a good state of fructification the various siiecies of Brya 

 and Orthotricha, in which the dale is singularly rich, ye^ some good work should be 

 done, as the season is admirably adapted for procuring most of the rarer species 

 peculiar to the district. Should the weather forbid any attempt being made at the 

 higher portion of the distiict some excellent ground for exploration will be aflbrded 

 by the little shelving cliffs that skirt the river bank from Winch Bridge upwards. 

 The following raier species may be met with in this locality or near thereto: — 

 Anaciangijim cotnpactiim, Gyiiniostomitiii commiitaUi7n, Weissia vi>ukila var. 

 densifolia, Dicranclla scJireberi. Archidiiim phascoides, Selii^eria doniana, Trichos- 

 tonmiii crispuhim, T. iiiuiabile, Barbiila revohita, Giimmia torqiiata, G. fiinalis, 

 Ulota drumiiiondi-i, U. crispula, Orthotrichuni riipestre^ 0. sira>ntneii7ii, O. pul- 

 chelliiin, Bartramia halkriana, Philoiiotis calcarea, Webera ilongata, W. cnida, 

 W. a7inoti7m, Biytim paUesce77S, B. bii)nun var. ciispidattini, B. a/-ge7iteii7/i var. 

 Ia7tattiiii, B. C07in/inatu>it, JShiiiiin stibglobos7t7)i, Fo7itmalis s<jiia//iosa, Hedungia 

 ciliata, Tliindiii/ii ]'irog7t7tu»i, E7irliy7i(Iiiii//i teesdalii, Plagiotheciitiii p/tlchelluiii. 

 A7/iblystegiii77i sp/'/icei, Hypniim /ilici/iit//i var. gi-acilesce7is, H. !7tcii7~L'atit/7i, Jit7i- 

 geii)ia7mia ban//-ie7isis, Cephalozia laxifolia, Leje7niea cahai-ea, L. rossettia)ia. On 

 the higher ground and the scarrs beneath the following rarer species may be noted : — 

 Sphag7i7iiii teres, A77drecca alpi77a, A. crassi7ie7-ve, Khabdoiveissia fiis^ax, K. de/ifi- 

 ciilata, Cy77odo7ituu7ib7-tt7ito7ii, C.st7-ji?/iife7-ii///, C.polycarptii/i, Dic7-a7iniii fith'elluiii, 

 D. falcatu/ii, D. schisti, Ca/zipylopus atrovi7-e7is, C. setifoHtis, Bli7idia acuta, Didy- 

 7)iodo)i ln7-idiis, D. cyli/idi-icus, D. cylhid/hiis var. holtii, Baiinila 7-ec2i)-vifoHa, 

 E7icalypta ciliata, G7-i7ii/iiia do7iia7ia, Rhaco77iit7iii!ii elliptic7im, R. piote/tsmii, 

 Plychoi7iit7-iniii polyphylltu/t, Ar/ipho7-idiiii/i Iapp07iicjti7i, A. 7/ioitgeotii, Tct7-aplodon 

 77i77ioides, A77ib/yodoii dealbntus, Meesia 7iligi7iosa, Cafoscopiiim 7iig!-itii77i, Ba7ij-a!7iia 

 (sdei'i, Webera ac7ii)ii7iata, Zieria jtilacea, Biyti/ii laciistre, B. 7iliginosti7ii, B. viildtn, 

 Cinclidiim stygiti/ii, Aitlaco7ii7ti7iiii a/jd>ogyim//i, DiphyscittDi. folios7i//i, Fissidetts 

 osiiiU7idoides, F. decipie/is, F. fo77ta/i7ts, Necke/'a pti/itila, Pseridoleskea cate7iiilata, 

 Pterogoniiii/i gracilt {Cyli7id7-otheciu7)i C07ici7t7iii7/t), Orthofhecin7ii i77t7-7cat7n7t, 

 Hyp7i7i7)i filici7iiii/i var. vallisclaiiscE, H. Tiigosn77i, H. a7riiat7i!//, H. stellatw/i var. 

 p7-ote)isii/)i, H. giga7iteii7/i, H. sart/ie7ttos7ii/i, H. st/'a/zii/iennt. 



HOTEL ACCOMMODATION. —The Imperial Hotel, King's Head 

 Hotel, and North-P>astern Hotel, at Darlington, are the principil ones. Members 

 prolonging their stay in Upper Teesdale will find the Cleveland Arms Hotel, 

 Middleton, the High Force Inn, or Langdon Beck Inn, convenient places to stay 

 at. Geologists are recommended t J stay at Middleton, bryologists at High Force 

 or Langdon Beck. 



BOOKS AND MAPS. — The whole district is comprised in Sheets 25 and 

 92 (new series) of the one-inch Ordnance Maps. For further information see 

 Baker's ' North Yorkshire ' (in ' Transactions of Y.N. U.,' part xii. , p. 128) ; ' The 

 Flora of Teesdale,' 1883 (Atkinson, Market Plnce, Barnard Castle) ; ' The Musci 

 and Hep.xticte of Teesdale,' 1844, '^y Richard Spruce ('Trans. Bot. Soc, Fdinb.'); 

 ' Teesdale Botany,' by James Backhouse (' Nat.,' 1884, p. 10) ; ' Notes on the Avi- 

 Fauna of Upper Teesdale, by James Backhouse, junr. (' Nat.,' 1885, p. 353 ; and 

 'Nat.,' 1888, p 79) ; Phillips' ' Rivers, Mountains, and Sea Coast of Yorkshire,' 

 second edition, pp. 17, 18, 45, 51, 190; ' Geo ogy uf High Teesdale,' by Prof. 

 Sedgwick (Cam. Phil. Trans., 1824, vol ii., p. 174) ; ' Discovery of Silurian Beds 

 in Teesdale' (Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, London, 1877, pp. 27 — 34); James 

 Backhouse's recently published 'Upper Teesdale, Past and Present,' 1896, price i/- 

 (Atkinson, Barnard Castle). 



PERMISSION has been granted by Lord Barnard, Lord Strathmore and 

 Mr. Cosmo Bonsor, for members to visit their Teesdale estates. 



