A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Clms v.— CRYPTOGAMIA CELLULARIA (rw/.) 

 Sub-Class — Muscine^ {cBntinued) 

 Order— Musc't (continued) 



Section III. — Sphagna cuspidata, Schimp. 

 Sphagnum riparium, Angstr. 60. Cockerham 

 Moss ; H. Beesley, J. A. Wheldon, 

 and A. Wilson. This handsome peat 

 moss has been found in only one 

 other locality in England (E. 

 Comw.) 

 — cuspidatum, R. and W. 59. fVoolston Moss ; 

 W. Wilson. Rainjbrd Moss; Simons- 

 wood Moss ; Harrison and Skellon. 

 Crosby; Tudor. Walton; Casting 

 (extinct, J.A.W.). 60. Common on 

 the fells and mosses ; W. and W. + 

 var. falcatum, R. 59. JVhiteky Dean; 

 Holt. 60. Upper Gri-udak ; + ; 

 W. and W. 

 var. submersum, Schimp. 59. 60. ! 

 Common on all the fells, W. and W. 

 var. plumosum, Nees and Homsch. 

 59. Neiherton; Pendle Hill; Whel- 

 don. 60. Cockerham Moss; W. and W. 

 Nr. Scorton ; H. Beesley. [59. 

 fVhiteley Dean; Rooley Moor; Holt 

 (require confirmation)] 

 var. densissimum, Horrell in litt. Summit 

 oi Greygartk Fell. 21 Oct. 1903. 



— trinitense, C. Mull. 60. Cockerham Moss ; 



Longridge Fell; Wheldon. Loteer 

 BleasdaU ; A. Wilson 



— pulchrum, W. -|-. 60. Cockerham Moss; 



Wheldon. U . Roebumdale ; A.Wil- 

 son. Nr. Abbey stead ; W. and W. 



— Torreyanum, SuUiv. 60. Mallotodale Fell ; 



W. and W. (teste Horrell and Wam- 

 storf) 



— obtusum, W. 59. Nr. Aintree, about 



6 miles from Liverpool Town Hall ; 

 Wheldon, in litt. (confd. by Wam- 

 storf and Horrell). 60. Cockerham 

 Moss ; Wheldon and Wilson 

 var. tenellum W. 59. With the type, 

 Wheldon 



These are the only known stations 

 in Britain at the time of writing this 

 article 



— recurvum, R. and W. Very common on 



the fells and mosses ; W. and W. -|- . 

 59. PendU Hill; Netherton ; Whel- 

 don. 60. Mallowdale Fell; 'Vfi-ai'W. 



var. amblyphyllum, Warnst. 59. 

 Netherton ; Wh. 60. -f-. W. and W. 

 Longridge Fell ; H. Beesley. Upper 

 Roebumdale ; nr. Docker ; W. and W. 

 Greygarth Fell 



var. mucronatnm, W. ^^. Netherton. -\-. 

 Wheldon. 60. O. Wyresdak ; -|- ; 

 W. and W. Leek Fell. Greygarth 

 Fell. 69. Coniston Old Man. The 

 commonest peat moss in the county, 

 and probably in Britain 



— moUuscum, Bruch. 60. O. Wyresdale ; 



Tambrook Fell; W. and W. -|-. Ease 

 Gill ; Whitmoor ; A. Wilson. Cocker- 

 ham Moss (f. compacta, W) ; W. 

 and W. 



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Class V.— CRYPTOGAMIA CELLULARIA (f«»/.) 



Sub-Class— MusciNRK {fonAnued) 

 Order — Musci (continued) 



Section V. — Sphagna rigida, Schimp. 

 Sphagnum compactum, DC. Frequent on 

 the drier feUs ; W. and W. + 

 var. imbricatum, W. 60. O. Wyres- 

 dale; -h ; W. andW. 

 var. subsquarrosnm, W. 60. Lmg- 

 ridge Fell; -f ; W. and W. 



Section VII. — Sphagna subsecunda, 

 Schimp. 



— contortum (Schultz), Limpr. Syn. S. 



laricinum, Spruce MS. 1847. 60. 

 Wolfhole Crag; A. Wilson. Very 

 fine and abundant in the bog at 

 Docker; W. and W. + 



— subsecundum, Limpr. 60. Longridge; 



H. Beesley, Wheldon. Summit of 

 Greygarth Fell; W. and W. 



— inundatum, W. 60. Lords Lot Wood, Ark- 



holme ; A. Wilson. Catforth ; Long- 

 ridge; H. Beesley 



— Gravetii, W. 60. Tatham Beck ; A. Wil- 



son. Harris End Fell; W. and W. 

 -f-. Nr. Fulwood; H. Beesley 



— rufescens, W. Common on the fells and 



mosses ; W. and W. 60. O. W-jres- 

 dak ,• 4- ; W. and W. 69. Conis- 

 ton Old Man 



— aquatile, W. 60. Whitmoor ; W. and W. 



(first station recorded for Britain). 

 Longridge Fell; Wheldon. Tan- 

 brook Fell; W. and W. 



— crassicladum, W. 60. Slope of Fairsnape 



Fell; Wh. Harris End Fell; A. 

 Wilson. Udale ; -1- ; W. and W. 



Section VIII. — Sphagna cymbifolia, 

 Schimp. 



— turfaceum, W. 59. Rainford Moss ; Whel- 



don. 60. Clougha ; -1- ; W. and W. 



— cymbifolium, W. 59. Pendle Hill ; 



Wheldon. Woolston Moss; W. Wil- 

 son. Whiteley Dean ; Holt 



var. glaucescens, Warnst. 59. Wh. 60. 

 O. Wyresdale; + ; W. and W. 

 Scorton ; H. Beesley. Greygarth 

 Fell, 21 Oct. 1903. 69. Newby 

 Bridge; Paul. Coniston Old Man. 

 29 Oct. 1903 



var. glauco-pallens, W. 59. Wh. 60. 

 O. Wyresdale ; -|- ; W. and W. 



var. pallescens, W. 60. Longridge Fell; 

 -1- ; W. and W. 



var. flavo-glaucescens, Russ. 60. Hd. 

 ofDamas Gill; W. and W. 



var. carneum, W. 60. Bog nr. Docker ; 

 Arkholme Moor ; A. Wilson. Hd. iff 

 Damas Gill; W. and W. 



— papillosum, Lindb. 59. Rooley Moor; 



Whiteley Dean ; Syke ; Holt 

 var. normale, Warnst. 59. Barton Moss, 

 Sottthport; Wheldon. -|-. 60. Com- 

 mon on the fells, O. Wyresdale ; + ; 

 W. and W. Greygarth Fell. 69. 

 Coniston Old Man. 

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