On Catharinea lateralis, Vaizey ( Catharinea 
anomala, Bryhn). A new British Moss. 
BY 
J. REYNOLDS VAIZEY, M.A. 
With Plate IV, JEL 
I N the autumn of 1886 I found several of what I believed to 
be anomalous specimens of Catharinea undulata , differing 
from typical C. undulata by possessing lateral fruits either in 
the place of or in addition to the normal terminal fruits. 
These specimens I unfortunately lost. 
I happened to mention the fact of my finding this anoma- 
lous form to Professor Lindberg, of Helsingfors, who informed 
me that the same or a similar anomalous form had been dis- 
covered and described by Dr. N. Brylin 1 as a new species, 
under the name of C. anomala. 
As Bryhn’s description is very brief and without figures, I 
propose to describe and figure the new species, if such it be, 
giving at the same time some of my observations of new 
facts in regard to it. 
From the information we have at present, it may be 
concluded that the distribution of the form extends over at 
least the north of Europe and Asia. Professor Lindberg tells 
me, in a letter dated December 13, 1887, that specimens were 
collected by Dr. Arnell in 1876 near the river Jenisei in 
Siberia 2 . In May, 1886, Dr. Bryhn discovered it near Skien, 
1 Bryhn, Catharinea anomala , n. sp. in Botaniska Notiser, 1886. Haftet V, 
P- x 57 - 
2 In a letter dated December 30, 1887, Dr. Braithwaite writes that ‘ some thirty- 
five years ago ’ he found a plant with all the appearance of the form I am now 
to describe near Snaresbrook in Essex ; but he did not keep the specimen. 
[Annals of Botany, Vol. II. No. V, June 1888.] 
