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(5). Meldon Fell (v.-c. 69). Only the low-lying boggy ground 
near the Tees was collected in, and here 9. medium was particular! y 
fine and ey freely. S. imbricatum was tae common. 
(6). The Westmoreland side of Maize Beck (y.-c. 69), and (7) 
the Sackahivs side of Maize Beck (v.-c. 65). Here the most marked 
bog-mosses erste compact forms of S. fimbriatum (f. compacta), of 
S. Girgensohnii (var. xerophilum), and of S. teres. these ve 
rns “epapesr each other, and were scarcely distinguishable in 
(8). Cronkley Pastures (v.-c. 65). Under this name I hay 
included all the low-lying flat lands on the Yorkshire side of dig 
Tees from the Langan Beck to the Maize Beck. Many finely 
pie tg forms grow here, especially in the shade of the Mages 
of the huge boulders which have fallen from Cronkley Scar. In 
this latter situation some of the finest specimens aol were 
growing in wonderful luxuriance. 
(9). Cronkley es (v.-c. 65). The high moorland at the top of 
Cronkley Scar, and from there to the White Force. This ground 
bears a considerable resemblance to the opposite moorland on the 
top of Widdy Bank Fell. 
10). Slopes of Mickle Fell (v.-c, 65). These slopes, reaching 
from the summit of Mickle Fell, the highest Pes in B20 or shire, to 
The 
peaty soil by temporary watercourses; and these “‘ brocks’’ were 
found to be almost devoid of any Sphagnum Me Sercrare 
It will be seen that collections were made in thr ce-counties, 
viz. Durham (66), N. W. York (65), and Westmoreland (65), The 
most striking characteristics of the Sphagnum flora of the district 
were (1) the wonderful abundance of forms belonging to the piers 
esi group; (2) the abundance of most varied forms of S. me 
the eat scarcity of the species of the pr tocnn ‘end 
cepting S. maeeci were found, and seeps in sssunaiasias 
abundance. The scarcity = pers tenn forms may be due to the 
few permanently dripping rocks, and that of cuspidatum forms to 
the few permanent pools in the district. 
We cannot pretend to have completely exhausted the Sphagnum 
Stites: seahid the finest form discovered by us, S. Girgensohnit 
var. a was only met with on the bitetws fer ere leaving; 
‘Bivtienig FIMBRIATUM Wils. ‘Comparatively rare in the district, 
wig more frequently found in lowland districts. Widdy (H.C. H., 
