A HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND 
indicated afford a splendid field for exploration by the student of these 
plants. 
On the sandstone in the north of the county several rather uncommon 
mosses occur, amongst which may be mentioned Tetraphis Browniana, 
Grev., Brachyodus trichodes, Fiirnr., Dicranella crispa, Schp., Campylostelium 
saxicola, B. & §., and Weisia tenuis, C. M. They mostly flourish in and 
about the quarries. 
Diphyscium foliosum, § acutifolium, Ldb. 
Mr. H. N. Dixon has found this rather 
curious variety at Wastdale 
Cynodontium polycarpum, Schp.  Ladore. 
Not uncommon in the Lake district about 
rocks and crags 
Dicranella curvata, Schp. Enerdale. Another 
of Mr. Dixon’s discoveries. A rare species 
Dicranum uncinatum, C. M. Luxuriant on 
shaded granite rocks in Eskdale 
Grimmia incurva, Schwer. (G. contorta, Schp.). 
Rare. Near the summit of Sca Fell Pike, 
on granite 
subsquarrosa, Wils. Rocks near the lake 
at Friar’s Crag, Keswick. Common in 
the Lake district on rocks near water 
decipiens, Ldb. Eskdale and Borrowdale. 
Not common in the Lake district. The 
var. robusta, Ferg., occurs in Eskdale and 
doubtless elsewhere in the district, being 
partial to rocks near water 
Hartmani, Schp. Rocks and walls 
ovata, Schwgr. Rare in Britain. Rocks 
in river Duddon, but poor specimens 
montana, B.&S. Rocks at Braithwaite. 
Not common 
elongata, Kaulf. One of the rarest British 
mosses. As found in our islands this 
species is the reverse of ‘elongate.’ It 
occurs in the Clova mountains of Scotland 
and on the mountains between Grassmoor 
and Thornthwaite in Cumberland, being 
not uncommon in the latter district, but 
difficult to recognize amongst the other 
Grimmiz with which it is associated 
Rhacomitrium ellipticum, B. & $. Not com- 
mon. Rocks and crags. The other 
British species of the genus are all found 
more or less plentifully in the county 
Coscinodon cribrosus, Spr. Found locally, and 
beautifully fertile, about Bassenthwaite on 
dry walls and rocks 
Glyphomitrium Daviesii, Brid. Borrowdale. 
Rare. Dr. Carrington and W. H. 
Pearson, 1884 
Hedwigia imberbis, Spr. Dry rocks, Butter- 
mere, and doubtless elsewhere in Cumber- 
land 
Pottia Heimii, Furnr. A coast moss. 
ness-on-Solway and Ravenglass 
Bow- 
Barbula inclinata, Schw. On banks of sandy 
mud, Bowness-on-Solway 
Eucalypta ciliata, Hoffm. 
W. B. Waterfall, 1885 
Zygodon Stirtoni, Schp. Occasionally on lime- 
stone rocks and walls at Ise/ near Cocker- 
mouth 
Ulota calvescens, Schp. Reputed to have been 
found at Lodore—a very probable locality 
for it. The writer has found it on the 
west coast of Scotland, and abundantly 
at its headquarters at Killarney, in the 
south-west of Ireland. It is to be hoped 
that its occurrence at Lodore may be 
established, and that at the same time 
another link in the apparent bryological 
connection between Killarney and the 
famous cascade near Keswick be forged. 
This beautiful moss is readily known by 
its smooth calyptra terminating the long 
seta which commonly grows out from the 
tuft of moss at some unusual angle. (Ulota 
Ludwigii, Brid. and U. Drummondii, 
Brid., ought also to be sought for about 
Ledore. U. Hutchinsia, Hamm., is a 
moss of the rocks and walls, and has been 
found in Westmorland. ‘The other species 
of the genus are common in Cumber- 
land) 
Orthotrichum cupulatum, Hoffm. On the 
limestone above Plumbland 
— Sprucei, Mont. On trees by river Ellen, 
near the last named place 
— tenellum, Bruch. Westnewton, on elders 
— pulchellum, Bruch. This pretty little 
moss is not uncommon in the county, 
particularly on elders and twigs in hedges 
Qédipodium Griffithianum, Schwg. In rock 
crevices on the higher mountains 
Aulacomnion androgynum, Schwegr. On 
peaty soil in bank by road, Bowness-on- 
Solway 
Bartramia Halleriana, Hedw. A_ beautiful 
species found occasionally on rocks in 
ravines and cascades. Found also in 
Tasmania 
Philonotis capillaris, Ldb. 
Dixon, 1895 
Bryum Marratii, Wils. 
Rev. A. Ley 
Honister Crag. 
Esk Hause; H.W. 
Sandhills at Drigg. 
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