86 WHITEHEAD : MOSSES OF ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE DISTRICT. 



Sphagnum rigidum b. compactum Brid. Kinder Scout (D.), 

 barren, J. Whitehead. Fruits in July. 



Sphagnum rigidum c. squarrosulum Russ. Kinder Scout (I).), 

 barren, Whitehead and Holt. 



Sphagnum subsecundum Nees. Carr Brook (C.), barren ; Stayley 

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



Sphagnum subsecundum b. contortum Schultz. StayleyBrushes(C), 

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

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



Sphagnum papillosum Lindb. Kinder Scout (D.), barren, White- 

 head and Holt. Fruits in August. 



Sphagnum cymbifolium Ehrh. Stayley Brushes (C), barren ; 

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

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



Sphagnum cymbifolium c. squarrosulum Nees. Stayley Brushes (C), 

 barren. 



ANDREsEA CEAL. 

 Andreaea petrophila Ehrh. Greenfield ( Y.), barren, R. B,uxton; Charles- 

 worth Coombs (D.), barren; Kinder Scout (D.), barren. Fruits 

 in May. 



Andreaea rothii W T . & M. Stayley Brushes (C), fruit. Fruits in 

 May. 



Andreeea crassinervis Bruch. Crowden (C), fruit, Jno. Whitehead ; 

 Woodhead (D.), fruit, John Whitehead; Kinder Scout (D.), 

 West. Fruits in May. 



WEISSIA CEsE. 



Gymnostomum tenue Schrad. Park Lane, Broughton (L.), barren, 

 Holt and Wilde. Fruits in July. 



Gymnostomum rupestre Schwg. Bamford Wood (L.), fruit; Marple 

 (C), fruit. Fruits in September. 



Gymnostomum curvirostrum Ehrh. Kinder Scout (D.), barren, 

 Whitehead and Holt. Fruits in September. 



Gymnostomum squarrosum N. and H. Hattersley (C), fruit, White- 

 head and Schofield. Fruits in April. 



Weissia viridula Brid. Near Oldham (L.), in fruit ; Bamford 

 Wood (L.), in fruit; Romiley (C), in fruit; Marple (C), in 

 fruit. Fruits in April. 



Weissia mucronata Bruch. Hattersley (C), in fruit, Whitehead 

 and Schofield. Fruits in April. 



Weissia cirrhata Hedw. Stayley Brushes (C), in fruit ; Mellor (D.), 

 in fruit; Charlesworth Coombs (D.), in fruit; Kinder Scout 

 (D.), in fruit ; Bamford Wood (L.) 5 in fruit. Fruits in February. 



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