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FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
Kinnaird, where it was first detected in the county by Messrs 
Bousie and Laing. 
P. subulatum, L. Awl-leaved Earth-moss. PI. 3. 
Dry banks frequent. 
P. axillare , Dicks. Lateral-fruited Earth-moss. H. 3. 
Kinnaird, Mr A. Bousie. 
P. muticum, Schreb. Common Dwarf Earth-moss. LI. 3. 
On hedge banks, Stobswell, Dundee. Near Kinnaird, Mr 
A. Bousie. 
P. cuspidatum , Schreb. Cuspidate Earth-moss. H. 4. 
Fields and banks common. 
/ 3 . pilfer u?n, Hook. 
Hocks on the Hill of Turin. 
Sphagnum, L. Bog-moss. 
' Co 
Br. sp. and v. 10. F. 8. 
(The species of this beautiful genus are exceedingly vari- 
able, and it is difficult to fix their limits as such. Linnaeus 
supposed that all the forms constituted only one species, 
Bridel enumerates 16, Hooker 4 with 2 vars., and Wilson 10. 
Through the kindness of Dr Walker-Arnott, who has studied 
these plants minutely, I have been enabled to affix the pro- 
per names to those species found in the county, and full de- 
tails of their distinctive characters will be published by Mr 
Wilson in the “ Manual of British Bryology.”) 
S. cymbifolium , Dill. (S. obtusifolium , Ehrh. H. 5.) 
Blunt-leaved Bog-moss. 
Common in bogs, and y.fluitans , Plook. in boggy pools. 
Dr Arnott observes that this may always be distinguished 
from its allies by the outer cellules of the ramuli containing 
spiral fibres. 
S. compactum, Brid. (S. obtusifolium , 0. minus , Hook.) 
Heaths frequent, but rare in ft. Similar in habit to the 
last, though smaller, and without spiral fibres. 
