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is very distinct in the amber- or honey-coloured tint of the upper 
part of the stems, and of the innovations, in the rosulate stems, and 
in the erect margin of the leaves. 
EXPLANATION oF Puate 413. 
Fie. 1. Brywm (Rhodobryum) formosum ; wks Loamae nat. size. 2. 
from upper part of stem, x 12. 3. Apex of same, 4, Areolation of. Teal 
at one-third from base, x 255. 5. Ditto, n near pitti 255. 6. Transverse 
section of nerve, towards base of leaf, x 255. 7. Ditto’ ot margin of leaf, x 400. 
8. Capsule, with operculum, x 12. 9. Part of peristome, x 68. 
NEW AND RARE MOSSES FROM BEN LAWERS. 
By H. N. Dixon, M.A., F.L.S8. 
La IcmaDorHita Schimp. This species, which I gathered 
n Ben Lawers in 1893 (the first hi record), and again within 
‘ rie days at sages Pande as again found on Ben Poawars by 
Mr. Jas. Murr 
fvike ‘A aa mp. Messrs. Nicholson, Salmon and I 
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extremely sie hard tufts, with rigid sterile shoots boing aiogate 
imbricated leaves reflecting a slight lustre or gloss, so as to 
resemble rnall *forits of W.commutata. In fact, 0 n gat ering the 
same plant (sterile) in 1893, I had feticnned it doubitully to that 
species, and should have allowed it to pass indeed on the present 
occasion for the same, had not an examination of the fruit by Mr. 
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our eee a entirely agree, show the same oats ss that we 
found here ; it is certain that too a reliance may be placed on 
this tharhckir' in the genus Weber 
RA COMMUTATA Sakai. A dioicous species of Webera 
urs with some frequency towards the summits of the stags 
Perthshire hills, on the sandy detritus formed principally from 
micaceous aero aving the leaves of the rigid sterile ters 
imbricated and often clo osely appressed when dry, and bearing 
ils. ule 
occasional bulbils in their axils. Capsules are frequently present, 
and are often produced in some eciieng When ripe they are of 
a rich purple- cohaas with someth ung. 4 glaucous ‘‘ bloom”’ 
I have until recently, in common, I believe, with most British 
bryologists, considered this to belong to W. annotina, and have dis- 
tributed it, from Ben More, Ben Douran, Craig Chailleach, the Sow 
