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refer this latter plant to the var. dentata,- which has the leaf 
margin much less recurved, and the denticulation extending for 
some considerable way below the apex. Sir J. Stirling’s plant 
exhibits these characters, and I think is correctly referred to var. 
dentata .”—W. E. Nicholson. 
Barbula tophacea Mitt. Snailbeach, Salop, Nov., 1896. c.ft. 
R. de G. Benson. 
- var. acutifolia Schimp. Near Lisburn, Co. Antrim. Coll., 
J. H. Davies. Comm., H. N. Dixon. 
B. ral/ax Hedw. var. brevifolia Schultz. Barnwell, Northants, 
15 Dec., 1887. H. N. Dixon. Eglwyseg Rocks (limestone), 
Llangollen (50), 15 Aug., 1900. T. Barker. Crown Hills (lias 
clay), Leicester, 17 March, 1901. A. B. Jackson. “I should call 
Mr. Jackson’s plant intermediate between type and the var. brevi- 
folia.” —H. N. Dixon. 
B. recurvifolia Schimp. Newhaven, Sussex, 25 March, 1900. 
W. E. Nicholson. Eglwyseg, Rocks (limestone), Llangollen (50), 
Aug., 1900. T. Barker. 
B. vinealis Brid. Near Steyning, W. Sussex, 5 May, 1900. c.ft. 
W. E. Nicholson. Amongst blown sand, Southport (59), March 
1898. J. A. Wheldon. 
B. sinuosa Wils. Stroud, Glos., 29 }an., 1900. PL J. PAliott. 
Brasted, W. Kent, 24 Jan., 1901. Ll. J. Cocks. 
B. gracilis Schwaeg. Newhaven, Sussex, 20 Jan., 1900. W. E. 
Nicholson. 
B. icmadophila Schimp. Liirdal, Norway, 9 Aug., 1900. H. N. 
Dixon. Lardalsoren, Norway, 29 July, 1900. W. E. Nicholson. 
B. convoluta Hedw. var. Sardoa B. & S. Lewes, Sussex, March, 
1901. W. E. Nicholson. Holyhead Road, Llangollen (50),. 23 
Aug., 1901. T. Barker. “A few stems of B. unguiculata mixed 
with some of these specimens.”—W. E. Nicholson. 
Weisia rostellata Lindb. Hamsey, Sussex, 12 Jan., 1901. W. E. 
Nicholson. 
W. cnspata C. M. Silverdale (^scar limestone), (60), 27 April, 
1900. c.frt. J. A. Wheldon. 
W. tortilis C. M ? Bank of Burnhope Burn (66), 23 July, 1898. 
W. Ingham. “ I cannot understand how it can be W. tortilis , 
as the nerve does not seem strong enough and differs in section. 
It will probably be better to regard it as an undeveloped form of 
something, and Mr. Dixon concurs in this view. A further search 
in the locality might throw some light upon it.”—W. E. Nicholson. 
W. calcarea C. M. Ash wood Dale (limestone), Buxton (57), 14 
March, 1901. T. Barker. 
W. rupestris C. M. var. hnmilis Ingham., (Jour. Bot., Dec., 1900). 
Kilhope Burn, Wearhead (66). W. Ingham. 
