366 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
which falls in the winter, snow lying for a couple of months on 
an winter tem 
opty being 60° F.; but this year on several nights it fell to 
46° F., with day maxima of 60°-64° F., thus producing a 
mean temperature e of 52°5° F.-55°5° F. 
“These untoward weather conditions put a stop to long walks, 
e 
mist which condensed on the pee -tope, and rolled down to 
Pass, 50 ft., to ascend to higher te I was enveloped 
in this drenching cold mist, ‘tan which it was impossible to 
see anything or to proceed at all. 
“ My gatherings are istsicte mostly between 1500 and 4000 
ft. on the south side of the island ; aridity and cultivation pre- 
wae 
(ravines) ; Piychomitria race 9 the basaltic rocks, where I was 
interested to find growing also Bartramia stricta Brid. and the 
hepatic Targionia hypophylla L. in close association, as I had 
foun 1em on the similar rock at Stanner in Radnorshire ; 
Philonotis rigida Brid. on damp earth by the Levadas 
(aqueducts) ; ‘Fissidentes on earth in 
ea n 
were Orthotrichum Lyelli: H. & T., Ulota calvescens Wils., and 
Antitrichia curtipendula Brid.” 
The following is a list of species, with the localities :— 
Pleuridium subulatum Rabenh., ¢. fr. Monte, nr. Funchal 
(no. 6). Poizo Pass (no. 106). New to the Atlantic Tslands. 
Ceratodon purpureus Brid., st. A pale green form, with the 
eth of the upper leaves excurrent. Possibly var. canariensis 
Schiffn. Ribeira de S. Luzia (no. 13). Poizo Pass, 4000 ft. 
(no. 33) 
Dicranella heteromalla Schp. 3. Damp wall, Funchal (no. 
10). apres to be yi = the Atlantic Islands very 
interesting form, owing t @ presence of dark, raddinks brown, 
translucent bulbils on Fig pao and in the axils of the lower 
