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Though the Beech Fern is common, the Oak Fern has, 

 curiously enough, not been met with at present ; and the Moon- 

 wort (Botrychkim lunaria), formerly found on the hillside at 

 Clarach, has been looked for in vain. 



A good deal of attention has been paid to Mosses and 

 Hepatscs by two or three members of the Society during the 

 winter. This is perhaps due to the great abundance and variety 

 of the members of this group in our district, as in Wales 

 generall}^ With the kind assistance of Mr. J. E. Bagnall, F.L.S., 

 of Birmingham, about a hundred species of Mosses and twenty 

 of Hepatics have been identified, and the localities in which they 

 occur recorded. In addition, Cader Idris has yielded a dozen 

 Mosses, mostly sub-alpine species, which w^edo not find elsewhere. 



The following are sufficiently scarce or local to be worth 

 noting, those marked with an asterisk being rare. 



* Ehacomitrium heterostichum, var. c. gracilescens ( = Grimmia 

 obtusa, Braithwaite. ) 



HEPATICS. 



With the good start w^hich has been made, there is reason to 

 hope that the moss flora of the district will soon be w^orked out 

 W'ith some degree of completeness. 



Algm, especially the marine ones, afford a promising, but 

 hitherto almost untouched, field. Lemanea occurs in the 

 Ystwyth, and two or more species of Batrachospermum have been 

 found. 



In conclusion, w^e may ask our members w^ho are returning 

 after the Long Vacation to bear in mind that the success of the 

 Society wdll be promoted, if they w'ill bring under our notice 

 next session any facts or objects of scientific interest w^hich they 

 come across during their wanderings. We believe that the 

 Society may fill a useful place if those interested , will -work 

 together with this end in view. ' ■ ,: ,V 



MOSSES. 



Weissia mucronata 

 Weissia cirrhata 

 * Cynodontium polycarpum 

 Dichodontium pellucidum 

 Dicranella rufescens 

 Pottia crinita 

 Barl3ula ambigua 

 Barbula atrovirens 

 Grimmia orbicularis 



Zygodon viridissimus 

 Philonotis calcarea 

 * Webera polymorpha 

 Webera elongata 

 Fissidens viridulus 



Fissidens decipiens 

 Ambl^^stegium irriguum 

 ^ Hypnum dilatatum 

 Andreoea falcata 



Scapania purpurea 

 Plagiochila spinulosa 



^ Aneura sinuata 

 ^ Anthoceros laevis. 



WILLIAM JONES, PRINTER, ABERYSTWYTH. 



