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4. Riccia lamellosa, Raddi. Beersheba. A few small fronds with the 

 white scales more prominent than in Raddi's original specimens.' 



In 1882 Mons. C. W. Barbey published a list of mosses in his 

 ' Herborization au Levant,' which includes fifteen species from Palestine, 

 chiefly from Beiriat, Hebron, and the neighbourhood of Jerusalem. Four 

 of these only are in my list. They are : Dicranella varia, Funaria 

 hygrometrica, Rhynchostegium {Hypnum) rusciforme, and Trichostomum 

 nilidum. I will take the liberty of enumerating the others, as Mons. 

 Barbey's valuable work may not be always accessible in this country : 



' Barbula cuneifolia, Diks. Beiriat. 



B. Icevipila, Bridel. Solomon's Pools, near Bethlehem. 



B. muralis, L. Hebron ; and var. y. cestiva. Jerusalem, etc. 



B. unguiculata, Hedw., forma. Beirtat. 



B. subulata, Bridel., var. subinermis. Hebron. 



B. vinealis, Bridel. Hebron and Solomon's Pools, 



Funaria calcarea, Sch. Beirdt. 



Gymnostomum calcareum. N. et H., var. S. brevifolium. Nahr el 

 Kelb, Beirut. 



Homalothecium sericeum, Sch. Solomon's Pools. 



Rhyncostegium tenellum, Sch. Beirut. 



Trichostomum Barbula, Sch. Beirtit.' 



Mons. Barbey also found two Hepaticse near Beirut, Anthoceras 

 IcBvis, Willd., and Asterella kemisphcsrica, P. Beauv. 



Decaisne, in his ' Florula Sinaica,' 1834, records four mosses from 

 Mount Sinai, Hypnum aduncum, Linn., H. rusciforme, Neck., Bryum 

 iurbinatum, Sw., and Trichostomum aviculare, Beauv. Of these the first 

 and the last do not appear in my list. This seems to complete our know 

 ledge of Palestine and Sinaitic mosses, and gives a total of forty-three 

 mosses and six Hepaticse. Of these, twelve mosses are from the Sinaitic 

 mountains, and probably three more of Lorentz, mentioned above, without 



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