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L. carneum, Lindb, Bryum carneum, L. (Wils.; Hobk.) ; Webera 
carnea, Schpr. (Ber 
n damp soil at the bottom of Lahde eit ig and on damp rubble in 
quarries, frequent ; . in fructification, March, 
April, r 
Blackheath ; Fl. Met. Pld oe Lee and Eltham; Huds, F7. Ang, 
n fructification abundantly in the large chalk quarry near 
Gree nhithe Station. 
L: atBicans, Lindh. Bryum piers ba Schwaegr. CWils. ; : Habkiys 
Webera albicans, Schpr. (Berk.). 
On wet banks and dripping places, in isolated phe not observed 
in fructification. May. Bry. Ear. iv., t. 
Ightham Common. Seal, near Sevenoaks, Taabeldes: Howse ! 
n. 
_ Bryum ventricosum, M.B. 30, E.B. 2272 , which according to 
Wilson is a synonym for Z. albicans, is recor in Jenner 
Tunbr. from parasendes Wells Common and elsewhere ;” 
but from the time of maturity of fruit therein mentioned, viz., 
uly, it appears probable that Bryum bimum is the species 
referred to, that being the Bryum ventricosum of Dickson and 
in part of Hooker and Taylor, although not of E.B. 2272. 
(To be continued.) 
SHORT NOTES. 
or a ALpryr Frora.—Some botanical adventures in the Ben 
ers district, detailed by Prof. Balfour in vol. xi. of the ‘‘ Trans- 
sctlins of the Edi nburgh Botanical Society,” led to the formation at 
illin, on August 10th, 1870, of the “Scottish Naturalists’ Alpine 
Club,” ‘* to consist of naturalists i in the habit of visiting alpine districts 
themselves to ple compagnons de voyage. No one to be ad- 
mitted who has not these qualities, and who has not proved that he 
has ascended on foot to the summits of three Scottish mountains, not 
less than 3000 feet above the level of the sea.” In 1872 the explora- 
tions of the Clib were to Clova, visiting Glen Dole, Glen Fee, 
Little two most interesting lochs of the district. 
in 1874 the celebrated Lochnagar, Canlochan, Loch Callater, fe. in 
Braemar; in 1875 Ben Laoigh and other hills in Perthshire and 
hai m the 
was followed, the vegetation being of t 
