804 BRYOLOGICAL NOTES FROM THE WEST HIGHLANDS. 
year, in another spot in Glencoe, and here it was growing freely, 
though not abundantly, and evidently in congenial surroundings. 
It was noticeable that the iin were in a distinctly more 
advanced stage of maturity than those of its near allies, crispa and 
Bruchii, so that the oe of ripening might safely be aries a 
oereee calyptra. The peristome teeth appear to be inserted 
the mouth of the capsule than in these species. 
The i of some of these mosses naturally suggests a com- 
parison with the flora of the south-west of Ireland. It is certain 
of the west coast of Scotland by Mr. S. M. Maevicar, in whic 
pede several species hitherto altogether or almost ee al con- 
fined to the Ki cecil district of Ireland or one or two spots on the 
sens 
The two dictinios and primary factors which go to make up the 
climatal ditions of vegetation in the West Highlands were 
curiously illustrated here, since side by side with these shade- and 
moisture-loving and o 
we 
alpine mosses, n otably Dieranwn faleatum, Dicranoweisia 
ertspula, and Plagiotheciwm striatellum. 
€ remainder of our visit was spent at Tyndrum, in part for 
the purpose of explori ng one or two of the hills at the western ex- 
tremity of the ecaduibens range. A few of these, as Ben Chalum 
and Creag Mhor, have received considerable attention from bryo- 
disappointing aks 4 do n ap of an any = aor 
records from these thr 
, and iti is ses puenibip that a search of so 
wn summits ht afford fresh and equally 
noteworthy discoveries. In this small group there are, within a 
radius of four miles, at least eight distinct mountains attaining . 
