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baker's north YORKSHIRE. 
8. S. subpufus (Wils.) Lindb. 
[Leskca suhrufa Wils.). 
{Orthothecium hitricatum (Hart.) Schpr.). 
Montane A. Xerophilous Range 2-3. 
Sub-alpine rocks, not unfrequent, but always sterile. 
Upon most of the upper Teesdale Cliffs, descending- to the 
river at High Force, ascending- to the limestone edges of 
the northern slope of Mickle Fell. In Gretadale on Gilman- 
scar. In the west Swale district on Kidson Scars, and at 
the waterfall in Punchards Gill. In the Yore district at 
Clough Woods, Fossdale, and plentiful at the highest 
waterfall in Coverdale (Baker). 
Descending in Swaledale to Richmond ; Aysgarth Force 
(Barnes, 1893). 
Fruiting 8 mth., very rarely. 
Has only been found with fruit in Norway, and a few 
other places. 
ISOptepyg'ium Mitt. {Hypnum Dicks.). 
I. I. depressum (Bruch) Mitt. 
{Rhynchosfegium depressum Schpr.) 
Montane B. Range 1-2. 
On rocks and stones, especially such as are calcareous, 
often growing with R. vmrale and R. crassinerviimi. 
Rarely fruiting. 
Mowthorpe Dale, and Oxcars W^ood, Castle Howard, 
(Spruce, 1847). 
On stones in the lower part of Balderdale. 
In the Vale of Mowbray, in Stonecliff Wood. 
Frequent, both in the glens and upon the western and 
southern slopes of the Hambleton Hills (Baker). 
On limestone near Hawnby, in Bilsdale, fruiting. 
