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of Athol, &c., under that name; and the same plant has been dis- 
tributed under the same designati on by continental bryologists. - 
Recently, however, Dr. Hagen has poaeet om that this is an error 
and that it is really W. aaa Schp. Most gr eEeE bry- 
blogisis have, he says, fallen into the same mistake, no doubt 
in great measure to the close peat: between the gr 7 
and especially to the presence of axillary bulbils in both. Cons 
quently the recorded distribution of the two species will need Day 
careful ets on (v. Hagen, Musci Norveg. borealis, pars prima, 
P- tte 1899—in ererie ee ums Aarshefter, 21-22). While 
H 
cepeiseels difficulty in preee.: the two patie as thus under- 
stood. The metallic gloss or lustre on the leaves of W. commutata 
is pointed out as dings ieee a critical distinction, od this character, 
present in all o F Aluine plants above referred to, is no doubt of 
much value ; still forms of W. annotina most certainly do at times 
ile on the other hand the 
ance to sepa: 
Bryum arcricum Hie Br. This species, cate! discovered on 
Craig Chailleach for the first time in Great Britain, in 1898 (v. 
Journ. of Bot. 1899, p. 808), was gathered er Ben Lawers, 
last July, by Messrs. Fickokous Salmon and wsrigeh in the western 
corrie, within a few hundred feet of the are e specimens 
Pp 
agreed precisely with those from Craig Oration ch (where we 
ays later in the origina] perils 
(when on 
-red colour of the ical the gregarious 
habit, and the small, pale capsules. It may interesting to 
‘yum ce oan cited 
been observed in Norway, the Alps, 
at first isi by the bright red colour.” 
m Lawersianum Philib 
same occasion (v. Philibert, Rev. Bry. 1899, Pp. = on ery on 
just as in the case of B. arcticum, and e same side of the 
mountain, but at a considerably lower level. The habit was ori 
different, the s being more scattered, dull green, the 
is accustome e and pers in the above artic 
details a h b 7 
detailed deouripiieas at the characters is too long to sk ae, u 
