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characters of the variety. It is, I believe, in the case of N. crispa 
var. falcata at least, a response to Sa Ree eee 
Porotrichum alopecurum Mitt. ig The 
Anomodon viticulosus Hook. & Tayl. oe ee ather fragile- 
leaved, dull- -_— form, but in all respects agreeing with the 
European 
{Tsothectum mywurum Brid. st. Our ordinary, smaller form. 
Hi thecium sericeum B. & 8. cfr. The type, I think, not 
var. Manion ( (Mitt.), which I have not seen 
Brachythecium rutabulum B. & 8. st. Pitard, &e. (op. cit.), =< 
this from several localities in the Canaries, not recording it as new 
- ese islands, but it is not included in the list given by Hebaukd 
B.&S 
d Cardot.—? B. salebrosum B. & 8. A rather robust plant, with 
the leaves often sharply tothe rigid and pes may belong here, 
or possibly to B. rutabulum var. robustum B.& 8. Itis, however, 
sterile and fragmentary. part 38 vaPiint (L.) Dixon, st. 
BRACHYTHECIUM PURUM pn CANARIENSE mihi, var. no A 
forma typica differt; folia na parum concava, oblongo- 
triangularia vel deltoidea, mnlto-plioatis folia ramorum vix con- 
is very Scathabie sto has, beyond the general habit, 
none of the aspect of B. purum, owing to the closely imbricated, 
ca appearance under the len more, in fact, 
that of some forms of Trachypus auriculatus Mitt. than of typical 
ru nd oe ould have had considerable hesitation in 
B. purum, while, on the othe d, ae e iB, precerare 
showed occasionally a branch bearing leaves distinatly tending 
towards the characters of the variet 
y: 
e few stems received were of a bright golden yellow, with 
densely pinnate ramification. The areolation, becoming through- 
tal value 
Hair ppichise Stokestt var. Teneriffe Ren. & Card. s 
tAmblystegium serpens B. & 8. cfr. I can find no gre erence 
from our ordina ry European plant, except that the colour is 
ong more reddysh than usual. It is certainly not A. maderense 
(Mitt.). 
Hypnum de apg B. & S. st.—*H. i ameg a var. resupt- 
natum Schp. cfir.— +H. molluscum Hedw. Our co a est 
European ge few stems only.—*H. cuspidatum L. st. Ap- 
parently a somewhat aquatic state, with H. ripariu 
