Sfow : Lincolnshire Mosses. 



The Rehoulia also grows on the very dry limestone rocks of 

 Arncliffe Clouder. 



On the moor over Deepdale occurs the interesting large 

 Kantia above alluded to and Splachnmn sphcEricitm. 



V. — Kirk Gill. 



A prominent feature here is the large masses of Plagiothecium 

 undulatu77i covered with fruit, also Eurhymchiu77i crassinerviiim, 

 not noted in the other gills. Zygodon viridissimus and Ulota 

 Bruchii are fine here. 



Of hepatics, may be noted Lophozia Lyoni, the male plant, 

 the antheridia in the axils of the leaves giving a curious catenu- 

 late appearance to the branches. I have not noted elsewhere 

 such large pure tufts of Blepharostoma trichophylla with perianths 

 as in this gill. We advanced but a short distance up Kirk 

 Gill, when we were stopped by a violent thunderstorm, which 

 made us beat a hasty retreat. The character of this gill by the 

 side of a dense fir wood is such as to produce a rich moss and 

 hepatic flora to anyone who can trace it to its source. 



On a damp wall near the church at Hubberholme grows the 

 true Brachytheciurn salebrosum, a rare plant. Mr. Dixon also 

 says of it, ' certainly the true one.' 



B. glareosum, which is sometimes taken for B. salehrosiim , 

 grows in the wood opposite Buckden. 



It will be seen by the above that Buckden is an excellent 

 centre for the bryologist. The gills are all interesting, and both 

 mosses and hepatics are luxuriant, the latter quite as much so 

 as the former. The comparative scarcity of the peat mosses in 

 this district, as judged by the routes traversed, is worthy of 

 notice. Even in the places where they were met with, they were 

 of short growth, and formed only a thin covering on the peat. 



Lincolnshire Mosses. — Several mosses were taken at the 

 meeting of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union at Barton-on- 

 H umber, on the 20th May. Seligeria pancifoUa Carr, a rare 

 moss and a first record for the county, was found growing on 

 a block of Middle Chalk in South Ferriby Quarry. In this same 

 quarry three mosses new to Div. 3 were also taken : Wcbeva 

 caniea Schp., W. albicans Schp., and Zygodon viridissimus R.Br. 

 This last had clavate-jointed gemmae on the leaves and radicles, 

 a rare occurrence in the county. — S. C. Stow, Grantham, 13th 

 July 1904. 



Naturalist. 



