THE MOSSES OF CHESHIRE 905 
the form mentioned is not described in “The European Sphag- 
nacee.’’ Extract from Die mreusay: tg Gruppe, Warnstorf in vrorh. 
Bot. gerne xxxii. 1890, p. sub S. recurvum var. mucro- 
natum:—“QOne of the most robust Sa I have yet seen is the 
f. riparioides, Psi is grows with the upper halt above the 
water, and is almost equally stately with S. riparium. The stem 
is thick, and the 2-3-layered cortex is in part distinctly differentiated 
from the wood cylinder. The spreading branches are thick, long, 
and densely or loosely leaved, with large, te especially in. the 
capitulum, strongly undulated leaves, in whic e pore formation 
agrees exactly with the besrehinr taro ape Te that the apical 
fibri 
Spelt eH Cheshire).’’ — 8. molluseum Bruch. Wybunbury 
J. Whitehead. —*S. compactum - var. squarrosum Russ. 
Oakmere, Holt.—Var. imbricatum Warnst. Oakmere, W. Wilson.— 
* 9. rufescens Warhat, Oakmere, W. Wilson; Fishpool, Delamere, 
J. Whitehead. Sparingly on Thurstaston Hill. — *S. erassicladum 
Warnst. Abbotts Moss, Holt. —*S. obesum Wils. ] 
Hatchmere ; Oakmere; and Hale Moss, Holt; Lindon Common, 
Whitehead.—*S. degenerans Warnst. Carrington Moss, Holt.—*§, 
turfaceum Warnst. Carrington Moss, Holt ; Flaxmere.—S. eymbi- 
folium Warnst. Abbotts Moss and Carrington Moss, Holt.—*Var. 
glaucescens Warnst. Wybunbury Bog, D. ‘A. Jones, — *Var, flavo- 
glaucescens Russ. Oakmere, W. Wilson. —*Var. glauco-pallens 
ieee Wybunbury Bog, D. A. Jones. —*S. papiliosum Lindab. 
Abbotts Moss; Hatchmere ; and Oakmere, Holt.— *Var. normale 
Warnst. Wybunbury Bog, D. A. Jones; Flaxmere; Heswall, very 
sparingly.—*Var. subleve Limpr. Wheelie Bog, D. A. Jones. 
Polytrichum formosum Hedw. Dunham Park, Hunt; Delamere, 
Holt; iaatireea ton Hill, and in Tatton Park, near Knutsford. 
leuridium subulatum Rab. A shley; Mere; Castle Mill; and 
Delamere, Holt. In the park behind Eastham Wood.—P. alterni- 
folium Rab. Styal, Capt. Cuncliffe. 
*“Cynodontium Bruntoni B. & 8. Alderley, Hunt. 
Dicranella erispa Schimp. Castle Mill, Holt; D. varia var. 
callistoma Schimp. Sea-bank near Caldy, Wirral. — D. secunda 
Lindb. Oven, W. Wilson. — D. Schreberi Schimp. In abundant 
fruit, Ashley Mill, Holt. —D. heteromalla peepee var. interrupta 
B.& Rocks near Frodsham 
Campylopus fragilis B. & S. Ha le Tide: Holt. — C. pyriformis 
Br — — n Common: Heswall. 
anum Bonjeanii De Not. Hale Moss, Hunt; Marple, Holt. 
—D. pais t Hedw. var. orthophy yllum Brid. Thurstaston Hill.— 
D. Bergeri Bland. “he reported from the Oakmere locality by 
W. Wilson, not Hunt, as given in my first list, although I have 
specimens collected tees by the last- mai It still occurs on 
Wybunbury Bog (teste D. A. Jones). 
