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



&c. N. Humbleton dean, Careburn rocks and stream; above 

 Langleyford ; near Coldgate mill ; Heathpool ; Newton Tor ; 

 frequent in the Henbole and the Bizzle ; Eoddam dean ; ravine 

 above Linhope Linn ; above Alwinton. E. In an old quarry near 

 Cherry trees. Nearly every writer on Muscology praises the 

 beauty of its silken foliage. It is a hardy moss, and is universal 

 in the Lapland Alps. 



4. B. 2S'UTANS, Schreb. On wet moors, and in peat mosses ; 

 frequent. Very abundant on the spongy moors of the Cheviots. 



5. B. CABNEUM, L, On moist clayey banks, and sides of 

 ditches. B. In the Pease dean, and on the sea-banks near 

 Greenheugh; ditch sides at Oldcambus, and Penmanshiel, and 

 Eedheugh ; Dunglass dean ; ditch at Netherbyres ; sea-coast 

 south from Coldingham ; old quarry Lintlaw. R. Side of the 

 Teviot.— ^. J. 



6. B. Wahlenbergii, Schwcegr. On dripping rocks in deans ; 

 and on moist ground where springs issue ; " ubi aqua fontana 

 per terram sterilem glareosam diffluit." (Wahlenb.) B. Pease 

 dean ; post road near the west end of Pease bridge ; and near 

 Cockburhspath tower ; railway bank near Eeston. N. In the 

 Bizzle, and on Common and Pebble burns ; on Newton Tor ; Rod- 

 dam dean ; and below Linhope lower Linn, &c. E. By the Jed 

 near Linthaughlee, and in Denholm dean. 



7. B. CALOPHYLLTJM, R. Brown. This fine moss was found 

 growing on sand banks at Holy Island, by Mr. W. B. Boyd, on 

 the day of the Club's excursion thither. It was first described by 

 Dr. E. Brown in the Supplement to Parry's Voyage, 1819 — 20 p. 

 cxcvi. It produces fruit in the Arctic regions of America. 



8. B. DuvALii, Voit. B. In the marshes near Drakemire. — 

 /. A. This is one of the coldest and moistest places in the east 

 of Berwickshire. This moss in this country has hitherto been 

 found only in the Scottish Highlands. The Berwickshire speci- 

 mens agree with others from Ben Lawers, gathered by Mr. Sadler. 



9. B. PSEUDo-TRiQUETBTJM, Schwcegr. On wet rocks, rotten 

 swamps on moors, and sides of upland streams ; common. In aU 

 the Cheviot ravines. 



10. B. ALPiNTJM, L. On moist rocks, and plashy spots in the 

 higher hills. N. On rocks on the west side of Careburn, in 

 several places ; at Heathpool Linn ; m.oist rocks in Dunsdale, 

 the Bizzle, and Henhole ; and by the water side at the foot of 

 Harthope Linn ; at Cunion crags, and on Dunmore ; and at the 

 upper and lower Linns at Linhope. B. On the gravelly road 

 crossing the moor at Penmanshiel, near Eed Clues cleugh, 720 

 feet of elevation. This spot is moist in summer, and a sheet of 

 ice in winter, like most of the other situations occupied by it at 

 greater elevations ; where though subjected to a greater winter 

 rigour, it is often qidte dried up in dry summers. The foliage is 

 of a fine changeable purple and green. 



