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shire. Moorland at the head of the Olchon Dingle. Hatterel 

 Hills. 



Hylocomium brevirostre B. & S. Very rare; one new station. 

 Woods near Brilley, 1893, Binstead ! — IL squarrosum B. & S. *var. 

 calvescens Hobk. Very rare. Shady stones in woods near Brilley, 



Binstead, 



Since the completion of this paper the following moss has been 

 detected in the county : 



Brachythecium salebrosum B. & S. Very rare. On rotting wood 



at Whitbourne, Binstead d Ley. This rare moss is unrecorded for 

 any of the neighbouring counties. 



Insert also the following : 



Hieraciwn serratifrons Almq, *var. Cinderella Ley. Widely 

 spread in the county. The ligules in this plant are very narrow, 

 and stand apart from each other much more than in other species, 

 giving the fully expanded heads a star-like appearance. 



ALABASTEA DIVERSA.— Part XV. 

 By Spencer le M. Moore, B.Sc, F.L.S. 



(Continued from p. 268.) 



3. New and Rare Uganda Plants (continued). 



Composite. 



Notonia opima, sp. nov. Erecta, fere orgyalis, glabra, caule 

 valido crasso in longitudinem striato, foliis inferioribus (radicali- 

 bus ?) magnis late obovatis obtusissimis basin versus sensim 

 angustalis ut superiora insigniter minora anguste oblongo-obovata 

 acuta sursum gradatim iinminuta et tandem in bracteas transeuntia 

 sessilibus necnon crassiusculis, capitulis pro rata magnis multi- 

 Hosculosis in corymbis paucicephalis folia superiora multo exce- 

 dentibus digestis/pedunculis propriis ascendentibus quam capitula 

 multoties longioribus, involucri subecalyculati subhemisphaerici 

 phyllis 19-20 lanceolatis acutis margine membrana aurantiaca 

 praeditis membranaceis, flosculis vix exsertis, styli ramis appendice 

 lanceolata papillosa onustis, achamiis cylindricis 10-costatis glabris, 



pappi setis copiosis scabridis albis. 



Hab. Semliki Valley, Toro ; Bagshaive, 1276. 



Folia inferiora 200-220 x 10-0-120 cm., in sicco lutescenti- 

 brunnescentia; costae secundi ordinis utrinque circa 7, in sicco 

 parum aspectabiles, leviter arouatae ; folia superiora 4-0-10-0 x 

 1*2-4-0 cm. Corymbi circa 20*0 cm. long. Bracteae ovato-oblongae, 

 obtusae, 1-0-30 cm. long. Capitula profecto pansa 4-0 cm. diam. 

 Involucri phylla 2-3 cm. long., 05 cm. lat. Calyculi phylla dum 

 adsint lanceolata, circa 1*7 cm. long. Flosculi aurantiaci, in sicco 

 equidem saepe rosei. Corollae in toto 1-8 cm-, long. ; lobi lineari- 

 oblongi, obtusi, 0-4 cm. long. Columna staminea ad dimidium 



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