NOTES ON BRITISH RUBI 339 



anomala, Lepidozia setacea, Frullania tamarisci, Anthoceros 

 punctatus. 



There are also a few which have not been met with recently, 

 which may require to be added to the foregoing list, viz. : — 

 Lophozia inflata, L. bicrenata, L. gracilis, Cephaloziella byssacea, 

 Odontoschism^ sphagni. 



Musci. 



The following mosses do not appear to have survived in 

 Leicestershire since, probably, some time anterior to the publica- 

 tion of the flora in 1886, viz. : — * Campy lornis subulatus, ■'Dicrano- 

 tveisia crispula, Grimmia ovata, Rhacomitriiwi protensum, Schis- 

 tostega osmundacea, Bartramia ithyphylla, -'Breutelia arcuata, 

 '•'Bryum turbinatum, -'B. alpinum, Milium cuspidatum. M. stellate, 

 Neckera crispa, N. pumila, Pterygopliyllum lucens, ''Pterogonium 

 gracile, Antitrichia curtipendula, Brachythecium plumosum, 

 Eurhynchium speciosum, Hylocomium brevirostre, H. loreum. 



The existence of the following species rests on somewhat 

 slender evidence, and they may possibly be regarded as errors, 

 viz. : — *Dicranowei$ia crispula, -'Grimmia decipiens, Barbula 

 spadicea, '-'Orthotrichum stramineum, Milium serratum, * Eurhyn- 

 chium tenellum, '"E. striatulum. 



The following have not been seen of late years '.—Sphagnum 

 cymbifolium, -'S. squarrosum, S. acutifoUum var. rubellum, 

 S. cuspidatum, Polytrichum nanum, P. urnigerum, : 'Archidium 

 alternifolium, Ditrichum flexicaule, Dichodontium pellucid am, 

 Fissidens pusi litis, Rhacomitrium fasciculare, R. canescens, Acaulon 

 muticum, * Leptodontium flexi folium, -'Orthotrichum leiocarpum, 

 0. pulchellum, ''Bryum pendulum. 



NOTES ON BRITISH RUBI (SUBERECTI). 



By Edward G. Gilbert, M.D. 



(See pp. 129, 210, 248.) 



I did not expect my kind friend Mr. Rogers to follow me' in 

 all my speculations as to the real relations existing between many 

 of the Rubi; but I think he is wrong in supposing that there is a 

 fundamental difference between him and me about them. I, too, 

 keep to the lines indicated in his Handbook. It is that book which 

 lias guided me more than anything else (except perhaps observa- 

 tion of growing plants and their surroundings) to the impressions 

 which have been made upon my mind about those relations* 

 Without his Handbook I could have done nothing. He points out 

 repeatedly the intermediate character of one or other of his species 

 or varieties ; or its tendency to vary, so that it becomes difficult 

 (or even impossible) to distinguish it from some other. Coupled 



* Where an asterisk is prefixed no specimen of the plant is known to be in 

 existence. 



