238 MB. G. E. HUNT ON MOSSES NEW TO BRITAIN. 



district. Borders of Oakmere^ Cheshire^ Mr. Wilson. 

 The fertile plant is known in the United States. 



Timmia megapolitana, Hedw. BenLawers^ 1866. Dr. 

 Stirton. 



Polytrichum strictum, Menz. (P. juniperinum, var. /3. 

 strictum, Wils. Bry. Brit.). Mountain moors^ common. 



Webera gracilis, Scleich. {W. Ludwigii, ^.gracilis, Sch. 

 Syn. Muse. ; Bryum Schimperi, Wils. MS.). Allied to We- 

 bera Ludwigii. Grows in very extended bright-green tufts 

 on the grassy upper slopes of the mountains. Fruits on Goat 

 Fellj Ben Lomond, and Ben Lawers ; barren on Snowdon. 



Bryum barbatum, Wils. MS. Very distinct in its ex- 

 ceedingly fragile, loosely reticulated leaves and delicate 

 stems. Perhaps allied to B. pallens. Ben Ledi, Dr. 

 Stirton. 



Bryum neodamense, Itz. {B. pseudotriquetrum, var. cavi- 

 folium, Sch.) . Distinguished frovaB. pseudotriquetrum by its 

 thread-like stems, wide-spreading, obtuse, concave, cucul- 

 late leaves. In Southport, on places on the sands liable 

 to inundation. 



Bryum latifolium, Scleich. [B. turbinatum, var. latifolium, 

 Sch. Syn.). At sight much resembling states oiB. pseudo- 

 triquetrum, but distinguished by its plain -margined leaves. 

 Boggy places on Ben More ; Shetland Isles, Shaw and 

 M'Kinlay. 



Bryum Sauteri, Br. and Sch. Mr. G. Davies has speci- 

 mens of this species said to be from Teesdale (Spruce), and 

 Mr. Mitten from Scotland. 



Bryum Muhlenbeckii, Br= Although entered in Wilson's 

 Bry. Brit., this plant was not known as British until re- 

 cently found on the Scotch mountains by Dr. C. Smith 

 and Dr. Stirton. 



Bryum Duvalii, Voigt. Boggy places on the Clova 

 mountains. Glen Lyon, Ben Lawers, Hartfell, near Moffatt, 

 Helvellyn. 



