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MEESIACEiE. 
Aulacomnium palustre, Schwceg. In wet places about shores, or even 
in the water ; frequent in all the Areas. 
BARTRAMIACEiE. 
Philonotis fontana, Brid. “I.,” IV., VII. On wet shores or at the 
margin of the water ; common in IV., and occurring in all the other 
Areas sparingly. P. calcarea, Schp., occurs on the boggy shore at the 
S.E. end of L. Leven, where there are probably seams of lime. 
Breutelia arcuata, Schp. IV. On rocks, generally scarce at the loch 
shores, but it grows in magnificent luxuriance at Loch Dungeon. 
BRYACEiE. 
Several species of Bryum occur, but seldom in abundance. B. alpinum, 
Huds., is sometimes noticeable on rocks of the hill lochs in Area IV. 
B. bimum, Schreb., occurs in scattered patches on wet or boggy shores 
here and there in all the Areas ; similarly does B. pallens, Swartz. 
At Burntisland Reservoir in July, a curious form of the last mentioned 
was very abundant on the clayey bottom in water to a depth of about 
18 inches. Returning in October for more of it for Mr H. N. Dixon, not 
a trace could be found, owing to the water level of the reservoir having 
fallen greatly through drought. Respecting this plant Mr Dixon 
wrote as follows : — “ Mr Nicholson, to whom I sent the Burntisland 
Reservoir Bryum, agrees with me that while, at first sight, it resembles 
B. neodamense, Itzigs., it is really an altered form of Bryum pallens, 
Swartz.” 
Mnium punctatum, L. TV. Frequently abundant on wet, somewhat 
sandy shores and in bogs ; also in the other Areas, but not plentiful 
at the lochs. 
FONTINALACEiE. 
Fontinalis antipyretica, L. “ I., II.,” IV., V., VI., VII. Abundant in 
many places. I have not dredged it from a greater depth than 10 
feet in any of the four last Areas. In V. and VII. it is less 
common than elsewhere. 
Fontinalis squamosa, L. IV., VI. Sometimes plentiful, but not a 
common moss in the lochs. 
HOOKERIACEdE. 
Pterygophyllum lucens, Brid . IV. Abundant about the wet shores of 
the hill lochs, mostly on the soil. 
