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MOSSES OF ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE DISTRICT. 



JOHN WHITEHEAD, 



Oldham ; Honorary Member of the Manchester Cryfttogamic Society. 



The following list is presented to the readers of the Naturalist as a 

 pretty full account of the Mosses known to occur within a radius of 

 ten miles of Ashton. 



The district extends into the counties of Lancashire, Cheshire, 

 Yorkshire, and Derbyshire, and includes some favourable habitats 

 reaching an altitude of 1,980 feet on Kinder Scout, thus accounting 

 for the occurrence of several alpine or sub-alpine species. 



The initial letter after each locality represents the county in 

 which such locality is situated. 



The geological formation of the district is chiefly millstone grit, 

 coal measures, and new red sandstone. 



My thanks are especially due to Mr. G. A. Holt, of Manchester, 

 for his valuable assistance. 



ACROCARPI. 

 SPHAGNACEAl. 



Sphagnum acutifolium Ehrh. Stayley Brushes (C), in fruit; 



Greenfield (Y.), in fruit; Charlesworth Coombs (D.), barren; 



Kinder Scout (D.), barren. Fruits in July. 

 Sphagnum, acutifolium b. deflexum Schpr. Kinder Scout (IX), 



barren, G. A. Holt. 

 Sphagnum acutifolium 1. lsetevirens Braithw. Kinder Scout (D.), 



barren, G. A. Holt. 

 Sphagnum acutifolium m. patulum Schpr. Kinder Scout (D.)> 



barren, G. A. Holt. Fruits in July. 

 Sphagnum fimbriatum Wils. Ogden Clough, Hollingworth (C), 



in fruit; Reddish (L.), in fruit; Kinder Scout (D.), barren. 



Fruits in July. 



Sphagnum strictum Lind. Kinder Scout (D.), barren, G. A. Holt 



and John Whitehead. Fruits in July. 

 Sphagnum squarrosum Pers. Near Middleton (L.), in fruit; 



Hattersley (C), in fruit; Charlesworth Coombs (D.), barren; 



Kinder Scout (D.), barren. Fruits in July. 

 Sphagnum intermedium Hoffm. Charlesworth Coombs (D.), 



barren ; Kinder Scout (D.), barren. Fruits in July. 

 Sphagnum cuspidatum Ehrh. Kinder Scout (D.), barren. Fruits 



in July. 



March 1886. 



