MUSCI PK-ETERITI. 



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(R. S.). Hill Cliff Dingle and Winwick btone quarry, near War- 

 rington (Wilson !) Begins to fruit in July, is in best state in 

 September and October, and by November most of tbe lids have 

 fallen ; but in sites where there is perennial shade, and a slight but 

 unfailing supply of moisture, it may be found in good state almost 



all through the year. , . 



Var. madidus, Spruce. Folia vindia 5-juga, longiora et 

 angustiora. Operculum rostratum capsulam interdum aequans. 

 Flores perssepe autoici, masculi in ramo basah, caule fertili vix 

 breviore, terminales, bracteis foliis subconformibus nisi pro auriculae 

 laminis rotundioribus. Adveniunt etiam plantae mere mascul£e, 

 rarius tamen quam in prsecedente. Hab. On dripping stones near 

 the Obelisk bridge, Castle -Howard Park. 



Schimper's description of F. pxmllus seems founded mainly on 

 specimens gathered on railway-banks near Pontefract, " pulcher- 

 rime et copiose," by Dr. J. B. Wood. The inflorescence is tl u 



described •— " Flores bise.nudes, vel masculi monuphylli hypo<jy>u\ei. 

 plantulam propriam minimam e radice enatam formantes.' (byn. 

 Muse Eur., Lc) On none of my specimens of F._ ptmUus, 

 whether gathered by myself, or by Wilson or other, , can I tadany 

 bisexual flowers, or any hypogynous antheridia I h venoto 

 Dr Wood could clear up the uncertainty that hangs about tins 

 moss and I hope he may see fit to do so, and to tell us whether we 

 have under the name « Fissidens pusillus" one or more species. 



*SS. hryoides, Hedw., fruits from October to January ; 

 in the latter month the capsules are mostly oyer-npe It is fond 

 of shady banks, in rich or sandy soil and ^^ * '££ 



F imurvus, Schwgr., fruits m early spring, and is easily iecog 

 nised'bvlts pa e syphon4ike capsule, almost a reduced copy of that 

 71^ ^"although proportionately shorter. It is much 

 less common here than around York. 



F^Sw, Wils., Bryol. Brit. ( tyjm ™*fi** % ££ 



• • L i Llv Qnrin^ • I have found it in good state up to tne 



in winter and eu j F in ^ 1 Xiter pedicel than the preceding, 



Crambeck Z fruits in Sep ember -*£*-^ ^ ^ 



i&ffig, * Ssffi s saws 



Slf^W^ffi ZSt^A b,U, „d in a ravine 



below t l,uffit V, tonbou » saiere ; littl to remark, 



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Of F. ta.ritonux ami ««u« « . . p latter Kll . c ,l v fertile. A tall 



except that both are common ^" ™ ^ under bushes of Row 

 JW.-H* grows in dense ^J»Jg g Coney stliorpe. The plants 



yinosistima on a dryish hi linden j ^ f 



are all purely female, with ax ilJary no^vt v i 



is exactly that of F. adxantoidcs. 



(To be continued.) 



