446 Mr. Hardy on the Moss Flora of the Eastern Borders. 



9. Blindia, Br. and Schimp. 



1. B. ACUTA, Br. and Sch. On moist subalpine rocks, and 

 occasionally on soil, in tufts, or large sheets. N. Abundant in 

 the moist parts of the Bizzle, where a kind of it floats in water ; 

 also frequent in Henhole. It grows again at Harthope Linn on 

 the S.W. base of Cheviot, and ascends into the heart of the hill 

 to the moist rocks half way up. Tufts of it grow in Langlee 

 Crag ravine, and others on Common burn, not so far up as the 

 shepherd's cottage. I did not find it at Linliope. 



10. Cynodontium, Br. and Schimp. 



1. 0. Brtjntoni, Br. and Schimp. In tufts in the fissures of 

 dry mountain rocks. B. On rocks in Oldcambus dean, also at 

 Netherbyres, and near Ayton, and Preston Bridge. N. Frequent 

 in Humbledon dean, on the rocks ai'ound the Maiden or Wishing 

 well, and on Humbleheugh. ; also on the Careburn rocks ; in a 

 ravine near Newton Tor ; and on sandstone at Routing Linn. I 

 bave also found it in fruit in the centre of the Bizzle. 



Dr. Johnston's Dicranum polycarpum will probably be found to 

 belong to this species. It is usually described as having the 

 capsule without wrinkles, but quickly dried unripe capsules^ and 

 even old ones, are often far from smooth.. I have once or twice 

 got the curious Boreus hyemalis, in a recently developed state, 

 crawling over tufts of this moss. 



11. Dicranum, Hedw. 



1. D. POLYCARPUM, Ehrh. Among moist mountain rocks and 

 on walls. B. A tuft or two on a wall in Bowshiel dean, parish 

 of Cockburnspath, as recorded in "Bryologia Britannica." — On 

 the trunk of a Scotcb Fir at Brockholes. — /. A. N. Frequent 

 among shady rocks in the heart of the Bizzle, and in Henhole ; 

 on walls about Langleyford ; also on the Careburn rocks ; on 

 Cunion crags ; and on the House of Crag, 



2. D. PELLUCiDUM, Hedw. By the shady sides of rivulets. 

 It is more frequent and luxuriant among the Cheviot ravines, 

 than the banks of our open Border streams. It is, however, 

 very common in Dunglass dean. Yar. flavescens, Smith, in th.e 

 Bizzle. 



3. D. SQUARROSUM, Schrad. In boggy ground in upland 

 moors and among the bills. N. " Hedgehope and Cheviot." — 

 Winch. On Hedgehope, above Harthope Linn, in fruit ; in 

 Bizzle where the two streams meet ; Henhole ; Bellyside ravine j 

 bog behind Homilheugh ; Eoddam dean ; bogs between Prend- 

 wick and Alnham ; Old Bewick moor, near the Eaven Crag. 

 "Haiden dean, plentiful, but not in fruit." — Dr. Johnston. B. 

 In Sisterpath dean, and on Penmanshiel moor in fruit ; also in 

 Buncle wood. E. Near Jedburgh. — A. J. 



