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YORKSHIRE BRYOLOGICAL COMMITTEE: 



REPORT FOR 1900. 



J. J. MARSHALL, 



Beverley; Convener of the Yorkshire Bryological Committee. 



The following- is the Report of the Yorkshire Bryological 

 Committee for the year 1900 : — Bryologists have again a very 

 interesting- lot of discoveries and new records to announce, and 

 again the best work has been done by individuals on their usual 

 rambles. Only two reports of work done at the Union's meet- 

 ings during the year have been sent in. 



Mr. Charles Crossland, F. L.S., forwarded a list of about 

 thirty Mosses and Hepatics from the Skipsea and Hornsea 

 district, which are, however, all commonly distributed. 



Mr. W. Ingham has published in the October number of 

 'The Naturalist' a good and extensive list of the Moss-flora 

 of Arkengarthdale, including many varieties. He also forwards 

 a list with several additions to the Yorkshire flora. 



Mr. G. B. Savery, a new worker, also adds a Grimmia to 

 the list. 



Mr. J. F. Robinson reports an addition to the East Riding- 

 list, and your Secretary several more, one of which, a Dicranum, 

 awaits identification. Mr. Robinson has also found in the East 

 Riding Selaginella selaginoides, a very uncommon plant in the 

 district. 



Mr. James Needham sends a good selection gathered in the 

 Hebden Bridge neighbourhood. 



Mosses reported for the year 1900 : — 

 Grimmia obtusa (Sm.) Lindb. Near Almias Cliff; G. B. Savery. 

 Bryum turbinatum Hedw. Newbald Springs, near Hull; J. F. 

 Robinson. 



Mr. James Needham, of Hebden Bridge, has sent the follow- 

 ing Mosses ; all of them collected near Hebden Bridge, South- 

 West Yorkshire. 



Webera albicans Wahl. In fruit. High Greenwood. 

 iiypnum stramineum Dicks. In fruit. Hebden Valley. 

 Hypnum uncinatum Hedw. Pecket Wood. 



Var. plumulosum B.&S. Pecket Wood. 



Yar. plumosum Schpr. In fruit. Hardcastle. 



.1901 March c. K 



