360 Wheldon and Wilson : The Flora of Over Wyresdale. 



Sphagnum species. — These are in great variety and luxuri- 

 ance. The following' were observed : — 

 Sphagnum Warnstorfii Russ. var. versicolor Russ. 

 Syhagnum rubellum Wils. var. ruhrum Grav. 

 Sphagnum rubellum Wils. var. purpurascens Warnst. 

 Sphagnum rubellum Wils. var. versicolor Warnst. 

 Sphagnum acutifolium R.&W. var. viride Warnst. 

 Sphagnum acutifolium R.&W. var. versicolor Warnst. 

 Sphagnum subnitens R.&W. var. violascens Warnst. 

 Sphagnum subnitens R.&W. var. obscurum W^arnst. 

 Sphagnum cuspidatum R.&W. 



Sphagnum recurvum R. & W. var. mucronatum Warnst. 

 Sphagnum molluscum Bruch. 



Sphagnum compactum DC. var. imbricatum Warnst. 

 Sphagnum rufescens Warnst. 



Sphagnum medium LImpr. var. rcseum Warnst. 

 Sphagnum cymbifolium Limpr. var. glaucescens Warnst. 

 Sphagnum cymbifolium Limpr. var. glauco-pallens Warnst. 

 Sphagnum papillosum Lindb. var. normale Warnst. 

 Andreaea Rothii W.&W. Great dough of Tarnbrook Fell. 



Andreaea Rothii W.&W. var. falcata Lclb. Grows in Haw- 

 thornthwaite and Catshaw Greaves, just beyond our limits, 

 and is likely to occur. The same remark applies to A. eras* 

 sinervia Bruch, which is found in Roeburndale, two miles 

 X.E. of the Wyresdale district. 



Catherinea crispa James. Frequent by the Tarnbrook and 

 Marshaw Wyres. A highly characteristic plant of the 

 sandy banks and beds of upland streams throughout the 

 millstone grit area of West Lancashire. 



Polytrichum species — aloides Hedw. , urnigerum L. , strictum 

 Banks, formosum Hedw., and commune L. All common 

 in the district. 



Polytrichum alpinum L. Tarnbrook Fell and near Marshaw, 



with abundant fruit, descending to 600 feet. 

 Oligotrichum incurvum Lindb. Abundant on gravelly moor 



slopes in the Great dough of Tarnbrook Fell and in the 



Trough of Bowland (Lancashire side). Probably frequent 



throughout the district. 



Nam ralist. 



