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Andrea Rothii. Boeomyces roseum. 
Sphagnum cuspidatum var. plu- Lecanora tartarea. 
mosum. Sticta pulmonaria. 
Gymnostomum curvirostrum. S. sylvatica. 
Campylopus longipilus. S. scrobiculata. 
Cinclidotus fontinelloides. , Peltidea scutata. 
Racomitrium aciculare. Cetraria glauca. 
Pogonatum alpinum. Alectoria jubata. 
Bryum nutans. Spherophoron compressum. 
Splachnum sphericum. Stereocaulon paschale. 
Bartramia fontana. Cladonia uncialis. 
Fegatella conica. Scyphophorus squamosus. 
Jungermannia sphagni. S. cocciferus. 
IV. Notice of Mosses found in Fifeshire. By Mr Cuarues How. 
Communicated by Mr Joun Saver. 
The author remarked that he had gathered 248 species and varieties of 
mosses in Fifeshire, some of them being very much restricted in their 
distribution. 
Bankhead Moss, situated a few miles south of Ceres, is one of the few 
remaining portions of peat formation from which the country people cut 
peat for domestic purposes. It contains pools filled with water. In the 
larger and deeper pools we have Sphagnum cuspidatum var. plumosum 
in fruit, floating freely, bearing its fruit generally on lateral pedicels; 
Sphagnum contortum var. subsecundum, bearing fruit more sparingly. 
Sphagnum cuspidatum var. recurvum is generally associated in more 
dense masses in water of less depth. Hypnum molluscum is found by 
the sides of some of the deep ditches in fruit, and Sphagnum cymbifolium 
occurs with various tints of colour. Sphagnum acutefolium, S. rubellum, 
and Hypnum fluitans occur in fine fruit, in a pool of deep water, asso- 
ciated with Sphagnum cuspidatum var. plumosum. Hypnum irriguum 
grows in one of the small streams of the neighbourhood, and Splachnum 
sphericum, on the naked peat soil. The Tents Muir is a station of peculiar 
interest in a Bryological point of view. Bryum Marratii, B. calophyllum, 
Catoscoprum nigritum and Distichiwm inclinatum cover large patches 
of the Muir. Amblyodon dealbatus, with Meesia wliginosa, occurs densely 
covered with fruit. Hypnum albicans, H. salebrosum, H. polygamum 
and H. lutescens are also found in fruit. We also find Brywm pseudo- 
triquetrum, B. pallens, and various other species more generally distri- 
buted, as well as Climacium dendroides and Tortula vinealis in fruit. 
At Largo we come upon the basalt and trap which produce abundance 
of Orthotrichum anomalum, with afew examples of O. sawatile, O. 
diaphanuwm, and other species; Grimmia leucophea and G. Doniana 
are also found. On Largo Law, Grimmia apocarpa is associated with 
Pterogonium filiforme, Leucodon sciuroides, and Bryum crudum. At 
Kilconquhar Loch specimens of Mnium affine var. rugicum occur in 
fruit; also Hypnum cordifoliwum in fruit. In the parts of the Links 
which are occasionally flooded by stream tides we meet with Destichium 
inclinatum, also Hypnum abietinum and H. itens, Enculypta rhabdo- 
carpa in considerable quantity and in dense fruit; further inland from 
the sea, Tortula intermedia, with Orthotrichum anomalum and Hypnum 
lycopodtoides. 
V. Notice of some of the Woods used for Economical Purposes in New 
Zealand. By Dr Tuxe. 
