104 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
Dicranella squarrosa. On ay same sheet was mounted a Seemnen 
of Octoblepharum albidum 
Funaria fascicularis Schimp. Ganthorpe Moor near York 
1846.—F’.. Templetont Sm. Banks of the Irwell, near Manchester, 
1851. 
Paludella squarrosa Ehrh. A fine tuft from gp ha ately ae 
Yorkshire, October, 1867. Mingled with it are a few s 
Camptotheciwm nitens and Mnium affine. It is inbelled econ 
squarrosum Hedw 
Bartramia CEderi Swartz. Manchester, 1850. This 
examination proves to be B. pomiformis, which is itself sufficiently 
rare as a South Saneushire plant to render this old record in- 
terestin 
Webera albicans Schimp. Fruiting examples from Sailor’s 
Shore, Pilkington, 3 
Bryum Marratii Wils. Singularly enough, this is represented 
by a very poor specimen from the Sands of Barrie !—B. atropur- 
pureum W.& M. Leasowe Poste Cheshire, 1852, and Brickfields, 
North of Liverpool, March, 1 
Fontinalis capillacea Dicks, ‘“‘In a small stream running into 
the river Thames.” Two specimens appear 2 _ sheet, one of 
which is a Phdlonotis, the other (a single stem) a Fontinalis 
faiseabloer F’. squamosa. There is nothing semmabbing Dichelyma 
capillaceum B. & 8., a very doubtful British species. 
Cryphea heteromalla’ Brid. Kimmerley Park, Norfolk, 
February, 
Py totheciu um denticulatum B. & 8. var. obtusifolium H. & T. 
The plan — this title from “ corre Bootle, near Liver- 
pool, 1848,” is only a form of the t No doubt Skellon’s plant 
was sinchieg similar. The doubtful record for v.-c. 59 in the 
Census Catalogue of British Mos st be ex 
ged. The 
variety only occurs in mountainous districts, and is quite distinct 
from lowland plants which have frequently been erroneously — 
——— to it. 
achythecium salebrosum B. & S. var. palustre Schimp. There 
are reiss Yorkshire specimens of this in fruit, under the name 
« Aypnum na tea off.” One is from Stockton Forest, and 
in ‘ North Vorkahare: PLB. plumosum B. & 8. Bidston Hill, 
1852. 
ium Swartzii Hobk. Fine fruiting examples from 
near Croxteth Hall, South eee soe 1852. They are 
labelled Hypnum velutinum L.— singular error, as the long- 
beaked lids are conspicuous lcbant 
Hypnum Kneifianwm Schimp. Old Moss Quarry, West Derby, 
December, 1849. The specimen under this label is Drepanocladus 
polycarpon Bland f. acanthoclada Moenk. = H. aduncum var. 
pungens Auct. Ang.—H. fluitans Linn. This is represented by 
three forms, which may be named as follows:—1. H. —_ var. 
Jeanbernati Ren. f. a Sanio. ear Manchester. 2. 
H. fluitans var. Jeanbernati Ren. Swat: on Bidston “Hill, 
