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last year's Report. One fine plant, probably a casual, was 

 found in 1902, near Dixcart Bay, by Mr. C. P. Hurst. 



An important list of 60 mosses and 22 hepatica?, collected 

 in Sark by Mr. Derrick, will be found on another page of 

 these Transactions. This brings the moss-flora of Sark 

 more on a level with those of Guernsey and Alderney ; but 

 the lists will yet admit of considerable extension. 



Two new lichens were sent me by Mr. Derrick, viz. : 

 Peltiyera polydactyla from the valley between Creux Road 

 and La Forge, and also from the cliffs at Le Pot, Little 

 Sark, and Sticta pidmonaria, found at Vermandez, Little Sark. 



HERM. 



In May last Mr. Derrick found in Herm the little 

 sedge Carex prcecox, a plant new to the island. The 

 occurrence of Layurus ovatus recorded last year is interesting, 

 but I do not for a moment believe this grass to be indigenous 

 to Herm. I have no doubt whatever that it was intentionally 

 introduced from Guernsey, as we know very well was the 

 case in Jersey. 



A list of Herm mosses has been started with four species 

 collected by Mr. Derrick, viz. : Tortula ruraliformis, Pleuro- 

 pus sericeus, Brachythecium purum and Hypnum cupressiforme. 

 I shall be pleased to receive any mosses which may be 

 collected in Herm, with a view to compiling a more complete 

 list. 



BRECHOU. 



In Mr. Cecil P. Hurst's excellent and exhaustive paper 

 on the flora of Brechou in last year's Transactions, no less 

 than eight Flowering Plants and one Fern are noted which 

 have not been detected in Sark, although the two islands 

 are only separated by a narrow channel, seventy yards wide. 

 It is probable, therefore, that most, if not all, these absentees 

 will ultimately be found growing in the larger island. 



Mr. Hurst records two mosses only, but there should 

 properly have been four, as he sent me specimens at the 

 time for identification, but I unfortunately mislaid the parcel 

 and did not find it again until after his paper was in print. 

 These two additional Brechou species are Ceratodon purpureas 

 and M?iium hornum. 



E. D. Marquand, Sec. Bot. Sect. 



