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Wheldon : Mosses of the Mersey Province. 



Mnium orthorrhynchum. 

 Orthothecium intricatum 



Eurhynchium hians. 

 Hylocomium rugosum. 



Varieties. 



Sphagnum papillosum var. confertum. 

 Sphagnum teres var. subteres. 

 Sphagnum rigidum var. compactum. 

 Dicranodontium longirostre 



var. alpinum. 

 Campylopusflexuosus var. paradoxus. 

 Racomitrium heterostichum vars. 



alopecurum and gracilescens. 



The next table indicates the number of species and varieties 

 common to two, but hitherto unrecorded from one only, of our 

 vice-counties. 



Mosses Absent from One Vice-County Only. 



Orthotrichum affine var. rivale. 

 Fontinalis antipyretica var. gracilis. 

 Eurhynchium murale 



var. complanatum. 

 Hypnum aduncum var. flexile. 

 Hypnum fluitans var. gracile. 

 Hypnum ochraceum var. flaccidum. 



District. 



Species. 



Varieties. 



Total. 



58. 



Cheshire 



33 



22 



55 



59- 



South Lancashire ... 



14 



7 



21 



60. 



West Lancashire ... 



30 



10 



40 



It is probable that careful search will reveal the fact that in 

 many cases this absence from one sub-district is more apparent 

 than real, owing- to insufficient investigation. The following is 

 a detailed list of the species, but, as before, only a selection 

 from the varieties is given. 



I. Absent from Cheshire, but Recorded for V.C. 59 and 60. 



Species. 



Bryum 



Pottia recta. 

 Trichostomum crispulum. 

 Trichostomum nitidum. 

 Trichostomum littorale. 

 Barbula spadicea. 

 Barbula vinealis. 

 Barbula ruralis. 

 Barbula intermedia. 

 Grimmia Doniana. 

 Racomitrium aciculare. 

 Racomitrium heterostichum 

 Amphoridium MougeotU. 

 Orthotrichum cupulatum. 

 Meesea uliginosa. 

 Webera elongata. 

 Web era cruda. 

 Bryum Warneum. 



ffine. 

 Mn'ium serratum. 

 Mnium stellare. 

 Fontinalis squamosa. 

 Neckera crispa. 

 Thuidium recognitum. 

 Eurhynchium crassinervium. 

 Eurhynchium piliferum. 

 Plagiothecium pulchellum. 

 Plagiothecium sylvaticum. 

 Hypnum elodes. 

 Hypnum protensum. 

 Hypnum Wilsoni. 

 Hypnum lycopodioides. 

 Hypnum falcatum. 

 Hypnum brevirostrum. 



Naturalist, 



