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slope in the Breadalbane mountains seven years ago, but was not 

 determined until last October or November. Its occurrence in a similar 

 cold aspect in Scotland seems to point out that it is a moss which may 

 have been more abundant when our climate was colder. About the 

 spring was plenty of Selajindla sdagbioides, and close by we found 

 Fua alpina. Zieria julacea we again found here, and other good mosses. 



Along the morass and slope of Greensell Crags we found Encalypta 

 ciliata, Racomitrium lamgmosiim, Polytrichum formosum^ P. strictum, 

 &c. ; we also noted Asplenium viride and A. tricliomanes, var. ariceps, 

 and just before commencing the ascent of the steep east slope, we 

 found Sphagnum plumosum and S. cuspidatim, then in the steep ascent 

 Racomitrium Tieterostichum^ var. alopecurum^ R. canescejis, R. fascicular 

 Andreaa petrophila and OrtJiotriclium rupestre, and also Lycopodium 

 alpimim, L. Selago, and L. clavatum, with a great abundance of vipa- 

 rous Festuca ovina. The bare patches of soil about the summit-ridge 

 to the cairn, are covered with tufts of Oligotriclium hercynicum, and on 

 the well-top near the cairn we found Grimmia Donniana. In des- 

 cending to Ribble-head by the crags we found small patches of 

 Encalypta ciliata again, along with several of the mosses already 

 mentioned, — in fact some of the mosses mentioned we found nearly 

 all along our route. On the edge of the crags were Sesleria coeriilea, 

 Alsine verna, AleJier/iilla vulgaris, var. montana, and Draba while 

 in the swamp below Hypnum stramineum was growing about the roots 

 of Pedicidaris palustris, A little below here we had to wade the swollen 

 stream, noticing all about an abundance of Epilobium paladre var. ligu- 

 latum. The following were among the mosses we found that day : — 



Funaria hygrometrica Climacium dendroides 

 Philonotis fontana Homalothecium sericeum 



Webera cruda Campothecium lutescens 



Bryum csespiticium Brachythecium rivulare 



B. capillare 

 B. pallens 

 Mnium rostratum 

 M. punctatum 

 Aiilacomnion palustre 

 Polytrichum commune 

 P. juniperinum 

 P. piliferum 

 Fissidens taxifolius 

 Neckera crispa 

 N. complanata 



Sphagnum acutifolium 

 S. cymbifolium 

 S. contortum 

 Andresea petrophila 

 Dicranum scoparium 



var. paludosum 

 Didymodon ruhellus 

 Barhula muralis 



var. rupestris 

 B. subulata 

 B. spadicea 

 B. tortuosa 

 B. ruralis 



Grimmia pulvinata 

 G. apocarpa 



var. rivulare 



Thuidium tamariscinum 



Eur}~nchium crassinervium 

 Hypnum fluitans 

 H. filicinum 

 H. commutatmn 

 H. cupressiforme 

 var. filiforme 

 H. resupinatum 

 H. moUuscum 

 H. cuspidatum 

 H. Schreheri 

 Hylocomium splendens 

 H. squarrosum 



Splachnum sphsericum 



We also collected Scapania resupinata, Metzgeria furcata, Peltigera 

 polydactyla, and Parmelia ompJialodes, as well as made notes of 103 

 other plants on the same route, 28 of which we observed at an 

 altitude of above 2000 feet. 



