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the South Lancashire lis 
Fissidens adiantoides Hedw. Fruiting examples from Oxton 
Heath, Cheshire, April, 1852.—F. osmundioides Hedw. Langfield 
Moor, Todmorden, J. Nowell.—F. incurvus Starke. Gillbrook, 
ry, 1850. This is probably the moss placed 
doubtfully under #. tamarindifolius in my ‘“‘ Mosses of Cheshire,” 
Journ. Bot. 1898, p. 305. If so, the specimens were collected by 
Skellon, and they cannot be referred to F. tamarindifolius as now 
understood. 
Grimmia apocarpa Hedw. Fruiting examples from “ Wall 
1852.” 
locality.—R. canescens Hed. var. ericoides B. & S. Strensall Moor, 
N. Yorks. Only one station is given for this variety in Mr. Slater’s 
list of mosses in the Flora of N. Yorks.—R. heterostichum Brid. 
Fruiting specimens from Bidston Hill, February, 1852. Prior to 
seeing this I had examined only one Cheshire specimen, collected 
at Gayton by Dr. Ellis. 
Trichostomum mutabile Bruch. In fruit, from New Brighton, 
Cheshire, April, 1851, but labelled « Tortula tortuosa Hedw.” 
feisia microstoma OC. M. Near Leasowe Castle, Cheshire, 
January, 1852. 
Tortula ruralis, in fruit, from Crosby Sandhills, February, 
to T. ruraliformis Dixon. 
v on these dunes now, that it 
has never been observed in that condition (although frequently 
looked for) during the last twent years!—T. aloides De Not. 
specimen of Tortula brevirostris, but unfortunately no locality is 
given for this rare species. 
Splachnum ampullacewm L. Ainsworth Moss near Manchester, 
1851, fruiting. 
Tetraplodon mnioides B. & S. Rainford Moss, May, i849, 
Cyriodon splachnoides Br., localised from Loughrigg, West- 
morland, June, 1852, proved on examination to be only a form of 
