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MOSSES NEW TO YORKSHIRE, 
FOUND IN 1897. ee 
WILLIAM INGHAM, B. A; 
Organizing Inspector of. ‘Siinots, 47, Haxby Road, York. 
Ceratodon conicus Lindb. a his rare moss I found in 
July 1897, at Hackness, during the meeting of the Yorkshire 
Naturalists’ Union. It was growing on bare ground by the side 
of the stream, and was in good fruit, which, however, was not 
quite ripe. 
On June 4th I found the same moss in mature fruit near 
the High Force, Teesdale. The above gatherings, both in fruit, 
are of additional interest from the ee that Dr. Braithwaite in 
his ‘British Moss Flora’ was obliged to have recourse to 
Joreign specimens in order to make his ecspire drawings of the 
fruit of this moss. According to our present knowledge, this 
moss is rare, but, as it was recorded from Sweden and Finland 
by Dr. Lindberg, there is no reason why it should not be well 
distributed over Yorkshire. The moss has a great resemblance | 
to small forms of the very common C. purpureus, and, no doubt, 
has been often passed over for that moss. C. conicus is, however, 
distinct enough in several points fromthe well-known C. purpureus, 
and, being once known, it may be detected in the field without 
the aid of the microscope. 
num Wilsoni Schp. This rare moss I found in 
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moss, hitherto, has been the sands at Southport, Lancashire 
Both the above mosses have been kindly verified by Mr. : 
Dixon, M.A., F. L.S., author of the Students’ Handbook of British 
Mosses. 
Timmia norvegica Zett., mentioned in ‘The Naturalist’ 
for August 1897, demands further notice from me. On August 
2oth, I visited the White Force a second time, and found a 
little more of the moss, not quite like the former gathering in 
appearance. Mr. Slater, of Malton, suspected this second 
gathering of being very near to Dichodontium flavescens Lindb. 
I then sent both the gatherings to Mr. Dixon, who declared all 
to be D. flavescens, although he said the Timmia in question 
and the Dichodontium have a.‘ distinct likeness under We 
~ January 1898. _ 
