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these ‘ plantee relicte’ of Ireland are known only in a barren 
condition 
The back margin of the leaves, which is curiously ineurved, 
enatly: Sienauiehes this new hepatic from all the other European 
eci Thi 
spec 1s teristic, however, is less noticeable than in 
A fucifor mis, abn quite different in the large teeth of its 
1 ear to it, if it is not indeed the same spe 
in finding a plant with flowers. I have complied with his wish 
that the name of ne village near which it was discovered should 
be given to the plan 
[Through Se ae of Professor so aaa and the generosity 
of Herr Stephani, I have been able to compare a specimen 0 
Adelanthus unciformis Tayl. from toe del Fuego with the plant 
from Co. Mayo. e size, colour, and general appearance are 
much the same. But the leaves of ao ‘mis are larger, much 
closer, more square in outline with a more acute point, mor 
homomallous, the teeth of margin stronger, and the areole smaller 
than in dugortiensis. These points o difference are very distinct 
when stems of both slsntn are examined side by side on the same 
slide with a 2 in. or 1 in. object-glass.:—H. W. L.} 
THE MOSSES OF CHESHIRE. 
By J. A. Wuexpon, F.L.S. 
Wuen the list of Cheshire mosses, which appeared in this 
Mites t for 1898 (pp. 802-811), was prepared, I did not intend to 
undertake the collection of any further notes on the bryology of 
this interesting county. Although possessed BE a psirone desire to 
visit some of its classical localities, rendered f s by the dis- 
coveries of Wilson, Hunt, Holt, and Whitehead, oni districts had 
prior claims on my limited oid The following notes therefore 
consist in the main of records supplied by a few ag ie ents; a 
large proportion from the herbarium of Mr. G. A. Holt, who sent 
me a list some years ago. But for an undertaking then given to 
publish Mr. Holt’s list, these notes would not have been written. I 
am also indebted for information or specimens to Miss Armitage, 
Miss Wood, Dr. Ellis, Mr. E. C. Horrell, F.L. 8., Mr. D. A. Jones, 
F.L.S., and the late Mr. R. de G. Benson. 
ave made some attempt to trace (hitherto without success) 
the herbarium of the late Miss Bowman, of Chester, which, I am 
informed by Mr. Bagnall, contained a large number of mosses 
collected in the vicinity of that city. 
No localities which appeared in the list of 1898 are repeated 
below, except where some emendation is necessary ; and additional 
species now included are indicated by an asterisk. My own work 
in the county has been almost limited to the Wirral peninsula, a 
district long ago explored by Liverpool bryologists. Last year I 
