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stood at 293, and the hepatics, or scale-mosses, at 73. The present enumeration 
brings the former up to 301, and the latter to 84. Almost a moiety of the 
mosses known to occur in the British Islands, and more than a moiety of the 
scale-mosses, are still desiderata for our district. That in the future our lists 
will be added to cannot he doubted, especially in the minute and critical species. 
The publication of Dr. Braith waite’s splendid “ British Moss Flora ” has been 
a stimulus to present workers, and its completion cannot fail to stimulate and 
facilitate future researches. A similar Monograph of British Hepaticce would 
be a boon. That this interesting group of plants is still imperfectly known to 
us is largely due to the w r ant of such help. The publishing of additional species 
is, however, the smaller portion of the labour of the local botanist. A great 
amount of work has been done, and much remains to be done, in extending our 
Knowledge of the range and frequency of the plants already on record. 
These lists might have been larger had a laxer method of compilation been 
adopted. Many notes have been held over where satisfactory specimens were 
not forthcoming, and doubtless some of these excluded records will prove correct 
hereafter. As regards the few notes of Antrim mosses by Mr. Dixon, they 
stand on the sufficient authority of that gentleman alone. Extracted from the 
Templeton MSS. we print at the end a number of localities for hepatics not 
included in the authenticated list. Many of these are believed to be reliable, 
while some are manifestly incorrect. No specimens are extant wherewith to 
test these notes, and their confirmation or otherwise remains for the future. 
ADDITIONS TO DISTRICT 12. 
Anisothecium crispum. 
Polytrichum attenuatum. 
Tot tula princeps. 
Grimmia orbicularis. 
G. Hartmani. 
Pohlia acuminata. 
Mnium riparium. 
Hypnum irriguum. 
Sphagnum Austini. 
S. teres. 
Lejeunea microscopica. 
Lejeunea Maclcaii. 
L. patens. 
Odontoschisma sphagni. 
Leptoscyphus pyrenaicum. 
Scapania umbrosa. 
Plagiochila tridenticulata. 
Jungermannia pumila. 
J. crenulata. 
Nardia sphacelata. 
Lunularia cruciata. 
ADDITIONS TO COUNTY DOWN. 
Polytrichum attenuatum. 
Mollia verticillata. 
Grimmia orbicularis. 
Pohlia acuminata. 
Bryum proliferum. 
Hypnum irriguum. 
H. Kneiffii. 
H. pulchellum. 
Sphagnum teres. 
Lejeunea Mackaii. 
Odontoschisma sphagni. 
Cephalozia divaricata. 
C. connivens. 
Leptoscyphus interruptus. 
Scapania umbrosa. 
S. curta. 
Jungermannia crenulata. 
Nardia sphacelata. 
Lunularia cruciata. 
Anthoceros punctatus. 
