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ON THE HEPATIC^ AND MUSCI 

 OF WESTMORLAND. 



GEORGE STABLER, 

 LeveJis, Milnthorpe. 



So far as I am aware, no detailed list or account of the hepatics and 

 mosses of Westmorland has yet been published ; this fact, and the 

 solicitations of some of my botanical friends, have induced me to 

 undertake the task. 



The county of Westmorland is situated in the north-west of 

 England, between 54° 10' and 54° 42' N. latitude, and between 2° 9' 

 and 3° 10' W. longitude. Roughly speaking, it is about forty miles 

 in length and thirty miles in width, and its area is 786 square miles. 

 Its outline is very irregular. 



The mean annual temperature at Kendal is 4676° Fah., the 

 mean day maximum being 64-018° Fah., and the mean night minimum 

 26-745° Fah. January is the coldest month, with a mean temperature 

 of 36-130° for the last sixty-five years, and July the warmest, with a 

 mean of 59*45° for the same period. For these data I am indebted 

 to Mr. Richard Nelson, of Ivy Garth, Kendal. A considerable 

 amount of snow covers the higher mountains in winter, and some- 

 times the remains of drifts are seen in the middle of June ; yet on 

 and near the shore of Morecambe Bay it very seldom lies long, so 

 that it is possible to botanize there almost all the year round. 



The following table shows the rainfall in various parts of the county. 

 The names of the gentlemen to whom I am indebted for the data, 

 and to whom I tender my thanks, appear in the second column : — 













Aver. 



Station. 



Registrar. 



Average 

 Number 



No. 



of 



• 



For the 



Years 



No. 



of 





of Inches. 



Years 



Rainy 

 Days! 



• 



Little Langdale ... 



F. M. T. Tones ... 



104-30 





1879-81 



.83 



Patterdale, Greenside ... 



T. Taylor' 



92-42 



14 



1874-87 

 1879-87 





Ambleside, Lesketh How 



F. M. T. Jones ... 



78-32 



9 



210 i 



(irasmere, High Close ... 



, , ... 



69-33 



10 



1878-87 



1S7 



Windermere, P'all barrow 



A. Rawson ... 



62-90 



■0 



1877-86 



210 



Orton 



Rev. E. Holme 



53"37 



10 





167 ! 



Kendal 



R. J. Nebon 



52-41 



100 



1778-87 



181 





48-47 



10 



1878-87 





Kirkby Lonsdale... 



G. J. Symons, F. R. S. 

 A. Parkin ... 



46-20 



10 



1870-79 





Ulleswater, Sharrow Bay 



43'io 



10 



1870-79 



z 



Arnside ... 



J. P. Drewitt 



42-17 



4 



1884-87 



167 ' 



Kirkby Stephen ... 



T. Mason ... 



39-82 



10 



1878-87 



165 



Penrith, Blencowe School 



T. Fawcett ... 



38-44 



10 



1878-S7 





Penrith, Lowther Castle 



T. Clark 



37-36 



5 



1SS3-S7 



124 



Appleby ... 



Dr. Armstrong 



33-71 



7 



18S1-87 



iSi ^ 



Oct. 18SS. 



