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MOSSES AND HEPATICS NEAR LEYBURN. 



W. INGHAM, B.A.. 

 York. 



Dl'RIXG the week-end previous to the meethig of the Yorkshire 

 Naturalists' Union at Askrigg- I visited Leyburn, and, accom- 

 panied by Mr. Hartshorn, was able to visit several places in 

 Wensleydale. 



The following is the result of this pleasant little tour : — 

 Weisia crispata cm. Grows on the limestone rocks close by Leyburn; 



also Fissidens virididiis Wahl, It was interesting- to find the rare 



moss EiLrhynchiuni Teesdalei on the face of Leyburn Shawl, far removed 



from water, near which it usually g-rows. 

 Zygodon Stirtoni Schp. Is abundant by the fall at Redmire. 



The following is a list of the plants observed : — 

 ScARTH Nick. 



TORTULA MURALIS var. RUPESTRIS Wils. 

 TORTULA RTRALIS Ehrh. 



Encalvpta streptocarpa Hedw. Very tall here. 

 Leucodon sciuroides Schwg-r. 



Side of Road to West Burton. 

 Barbl'la rigidula Mitt. 



Hypnum hispidulum Brid. var. Sommerfelth Myr. In large masses on 

 a wall. 



Red.mire. 



Barbula cylixdrica Schp. 

 Weisia tenuis CM. 

 Weisia rupestris CM. Abundant. 

 Trichostomum crispulum Bruch. 



■Orthotrichum cupulatum Hoffm. var, nudum Braithw. Abundant bv 



the Fall. 

 Zygodon Stirtoni Schp. 

 Mnium rostratum Schrad. 



Brachythecium velutinum B.&S. a larg-e growth. 

 Eurhynchium crassinervium B.&S. Fruiting- abundantly. 



The hepatics near the Fall at Redmire are interesting : — 

 Metzgeria furcata var. .t.rugixosa Hook. 



LOPHOZIA TURBINATA (Raddij Steph. Is here and on the face of Leyburn 

 Shawl. 



Aplozia riparia (Tayl.) Dum. Also occurs in the same two places. 

 Plagiochila asplenioides var. Dillenii (Tayl.). Is abundant on vertical 



faces of rocks. 

 Chiloscyphus polyanthos (L.) Corda. 

 Madotheca platyphylla (L.) Dum. 



Lejeunea cavifolia (Ehrh.) Lindb. var. planiuscula Lindb. 



But the rarest Hepatic of Wensleydale grows by the side of 

 the Fall at Redmire. Its name is PedinopJiylliim iiiterniptiim 



1905 October 2. 



