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1. In many localities i the ony of Silverdale, where it is 
common. 38. Preesall, Wh. —(W. tortilisC. M. Plants so named 
from the Silverdale district prove to ei specimens of the next, which 
have lost the peri ey Agate ugh age.) —W. erispata C. M. Confined 
to the scar limestone of North, where it ie ahetidiat (see p. 875). 
Silverdale, April, 1898, Borwick and Warton, Wi. Rocks above 
Haweswater, Trowbarrow, Thrang End, and Yealand, Wh. — W. 
viridula Hedw. In every division, fruiting commonly on banks and 
hedgerows.— Var. gymnostomoides B.& 8. 2. Near Mitton, Wh.—W. 
rupestris ©. M. Locally abundant in parts of North and East, often 
fruiting. 2. Between Hornby and Lower Salter, April, 1898, and 
the Roeburn, Lower Salter, Wi. Udale. 1. Upper Easegill 
and Greygarth Fell, Wi. By Leck Beck, near Leck.—W. verticillata 
Brid. Rare and barren. 2. By the Brock, Garstang, May, 1898, Wi. 
Trichostomum crispulum Bruch. Not common, and apparently 
found only in the limestone areas. Always barren. 1. Morecambe 
Bay, July, 1898, be cas and Yealand, Wh. Pelee Crag. 2. 
Above Greystoneley, 1’ —T. mutabile Bruch, Rare, and does not 
fruit. 2. Lancaster, ts 1897, H. Silver ae and Lindeth, 
Wh.—Var. littorale Dixon. Rare. 1. Silverdale April, 1899, Wi. 
species. 38. St. Annes!, Aug. 1884, J. Cas. Lytham and Pr 
sall, Wh. 1. Heysham Peninsula, Wh.—T. nitidum Schp. Common 
on the scar limestone, but always sterile. 1. Silverdale, June, 1898, 
Wh. Kasegill, Lak Fell, and near pe ater, Wi. Dalton 
Crag, 2. Le eagram and Whitewell, Wh.—T. tortuosum Dix. Fre- 
a. Silverdale and Warton, Wi. Trowbarrow and Thrang 
End, Wh. Easegill and Dalton Crag. —Var. fragilifolium Dix. 1. 
Silverdale, June, 1898, Trowbarrow and Thrang End, Wh. Over 
Kellet, is Fasegilll and Dalton Crag. 2. Reeve Greystoneley, 
, WA. 
Cine ol idotus fontinaloides P. Beauv. Common and frequently 
fruiting in rivers and streams. 1 and 2. In the Lune above Lan- 
caster !, Aug. 1897, H. Also in Hodder and Ribble, IV. 1. Leck 
Beck and Leighton Beck, Wi. 
Encalypta vulgaris He dw. 1. Generally distributed in North, 
rare in the other divisions. First record, Silverdale, April, 1898, 
Wi. 2. Hodder Valley, Wh. 8. Near Pilling, Wi.—E. streptocarpa 
Hedw. Common on limestone rocks and walls, but not confined 
entirely to calcareous situations. 2. Tootell — July, 1896, 
and Caton, Wh. Lancaster, H. Udale. 1. Halton, Wh. Silver- 
dale, Wi., and many other ‘pla ces. 3. Sparingly on m dry banks on 
the sand-hills, between St. Annes and sapere te! : 
Zygodon viidissimus R. Br. Rare. 1. Between aiaiane and 
Lancaster, Aug. 1898, and near Bare, wh. Easegill : ae 
Crumpax and Chipping, and near Stonyhurst, Wh. Coc 
ham, Wi.— Z. Mougeotii B. & 8. Rare. Middlegill, HHindbasn, 
Jann 1899, Wi. 
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