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two parts by the Craven fault, on the south side of which the 
Pendleside limestone, with knoll-reefs and occasionally outcrops of 
Bowland shales, is much in evidence. ave not yet discovered 
stem was from 4 to 6 in. high, and each raceme 2 to 8 in. long, 
crowded with flowers. With a northern aspect, well sheltered, an 
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crowded with flowers. In many examples the rosette had dis- 
flowering stems each, and these often not more than Zin. high, the 
racemes being $ in. and carrying many flowers. Lach plant I 
noticed at these altitudes had a dense well-developed rosette. 
Examples of the two extremes are given in the plate. 
1 & 2. Lateral sepals in fruitin e, natural size, ,*, in. long, 
7; in. broad. 3. Lateral sepal, flowering stage; natural size, 7s in. long, ,', in 
ringe of staminal hood. 4. Pi zz in. in length. 6. Capsule, 
} in. in length, ,°, in. broad. 7. Ripe seed, ,', in. in length, z'; in. bro 
MOSSES AND HEPATICS OF THE EAST RIDING. 
By Wituam Inexanu, B.A. 
Tue mosses and hepaties of the West Riding of Yorkshire have 
been well dealt with in Lees’s Flora of West Yorkshire, and those 
of the north of the county have been similarly well handled in 
Baker’s North Yorkshire; but there has not been a full and con- 
nected account of these plants in the Hast Riding, embracing the 
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