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NOTE ON SOME SPECIES OF MOSSES FHOM" 



LOCHLEE "CKANNOG-." 

 By C. P. Hobkirk, F.L.S. 



mentioned, I propose to offer a few notes. Presently to be 



Dr. Munro, of Kilmarnock, has been amlm™*. ««- ~t m. ia 



relics of its hStt£2rf£ " A °fnll m ' ^ftf?" aild some 

 will be published by Z Munro in tl p "p" 50 ^ ° f *? discove ™s 

 of Antiquaries of Scot L5 n a tLe ' ^ceeduigs of the Society 



brittle state* S pi^Ti^f^i ^V 8 in • ver ^ 



carbonised, but JSl^^tt "»* «"*' 

 On examination it proves to bTw / ° r ldcnt ification. 



Some fringes and a ghd e made SftTT ^T^' Hedw " 



commune, plaited TO 1 ,! S 16 8t ? ms of ^bjtrichum 



kindness of d"C I W T* ? ?° relicS ' Throu * h the 



•nd^toSL^C^T^ n f th " m ° SS 

 and is quite a characterise «w ^W^ckum is well preserved, 



ffy&Jtf™, bu" ?f anvil in? ££ ^V mUch bro ^ as *« 

 shows, however distinctlv £?' ^ \ ** &nd more carbonised. It 

 which 'are ^teS^**^^ and teet n of the leaf, 



Portion of L base; ^SkSKf^^rf^ S** 

 be distinctly recognised THp tttwiL , of tne le af may 



leaves, and" consequently T is diffic"T S $ ^ <" of 

 recognise it. So far as I have examiup fh T* ^P 088 ^, to 

 I can fiBd onl the j attXentsan^ i I * f* microsco Pe 

 to the stem, which is some fill <£?• to , rn bases attached 

 shows signs of having Ten mor J f ^^ ^S' ratller rigid, 

 first sight not unlike ^aSbeJTaSa^ £*■** and looks a * 

 aduncum. Amongst these stem. i„ ^ * «»P»«m **ra W //n««» or 

 scopic dust," is a g quant7ty ftiofuT alm ° 8t of " mic ^- 

 these, I am disposed to think '1w L ^ &C> ° n e * a minin g 

 bases of leaves have belonged to 5E? *f gm<mts of ti P s a ^ 

 whether they belong to the stems £ £SSSf^T * ,ralo >*™> but 

 Another longer and na row IZZ M ^ : I SCarcel y thi ^ *<>• 

 Ca, U njlo 1>m , whilst several fragme^ sW Y? 7 ^ a leaf of a 

 cell structure of Sphagnum, Ihe si* 7, dlst f fy the peculiar 

 visible. Another scrap shows ShintS « ? T d , bem ^ distinctly 

 of L*****, r<5pteJM 4iirmixcrirf^ e l andl)artof an °ther 



numerous diatoms, chieflyl SBSlfaSfcS? *" ^^ du8t are 

 P-tion to decide; but, ^TSJ^l £& ?J£ 



