112 NEW OR RARE BRITISH AND IRISH MOSSES. 
almost exactly ar pein ee ey between the two and form a connectin 
link. Probably iridissimus is a more variable plant than has 
been generally su Meter 
Orhodontien. grace Wils. Ayrshire; Mr. Boyd. New to 
Scotland, I believ 
B. intermedium. — B. obtusifolium Lindb. (Jeger, Adumbratio, 
No. 146). Ayrshire, on the sea-shore; Mr. Boyd. A remarkable 
addition to our flora which I have lately received from its fortunate 
finder, and happened to be able to identify by “Aaa with 
Norwegian specimens after some little puzzling. It is barren and 
a mere morsel, but the characters are so distinct and gees that 
there is not much room for error. e leaves are oval- ier very 
Mani 
leaves apparently belonging to this have been gathered in Aber- 
deenshire by Mr. Ewing, which recall Wilson’s remarks, ‘ Bryol. 
Brit.,’ p. 253.—M. cinelidivides Blytt. Ayrshire; Mr. Boyd. New 
to the West Lowland Province 
Anomodon longifolius Schleich. Near Wells; Mr. Binstead. 
Growing with A. viticuosus 
Eurhynchiun abbreviatum m Schpr. Mr. Ley finds this moss to be 
rather frequent in south-west Herefordshire, exte nding also into 
Monmouthshire on the one side and Shropshire on the other, 
fruiting not very rarely. Its places of growth are the sandy banks 
far as yet known, it appears to shun calcareous soils. The great 
resemblance it = ato the denser forms or states of H. Swartzii 
(pralongum Schimper, not Dillenius) may have caused it to be 
overlooked for thet each to which I was at first rather inclined to 
refer it; but it may be distinguished by the closer more tufted 
habit, the short erect branches, the leaves closer set together, 
erecto-patent, not widely spreading, as in Swartzii ; and, when pre- 
sent, the shorter fruit-stalk. In other words, it differs from FE. 
Swartzii j in pase! the opposite direction to E. hians (Hedw.), found 
in Corn a calt'an It is right to mention that, had not Mr. 
; Sipene callgchioaes Bad, and Helse umbratum 
have both been found in Westmoreland by Mr. Binstead. 
