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Sphagnum rigid urn var. compaclum Schp. Hiniegie, Lybster K 
Caith. " 13/6/98. D. Lillie. “Yes.”—H. N. D. Whit Moor, 
Raeburndale, W. Lancs., Oct., ’98. A. Wilson. “Not the 
usual form. Perhaps one of the transition forms Braithwaite 
speaks of between the type and var.”—T. Barker. “ compaclum 
with a slight approach to the type.”—H. N. Dixon. 
S. molle Sull. Upper Raeburndale, Oct., ’98 A. Wilson. “Is 
acutifolium var.”—T. B. Shanlieve Mourne mouns., Co. Down, 
13 Oct., ’98. —H. W. Lett. “Is Y. tenellumr— T. B. “My 
specimen is anything but Y. tencllum ! I refer it to the var. Mullen 
of Y. molle. The retort cells of the branches are, it is true, very 
large, but this is the case with molle , (the Key to Sphagnum in the 
Handbook needs correcting on this point,) though they are less 
recurved than in tenellum . In other respects the two species have 
little in common ” — H. N. D. Evidently two plants have been sent 
out under the same name. 
Var. Mulleri Braith. Wet sandy hollows on Broadwater Forest’ 
Sussex, 19/10/98. W. E. Nicholson. 
6\ subsecundum var. viride Boul. Lower Bleasdale, Garstang, 
Lancs., Dec. 98. A. Wilson. 
,, Var obesum Schpr. Longridge Fell, W. Lancs., June 98. 
J. A. Wheldon. 
<S\ teres var squarrosulum Warnst. forma. Nr. Netherton, S. Lancs. 
Dec. ’98. J. A. Wheldon. 
Y. squarrosum var. imbricatum Schpr. Netherton, S. Lancs. 
Dec. ’98. J. A. Wheldon. 
Y. acutifolium var fuscum Schpr. Wearhead. Widdy Bank, 
Cauldron Snout. W. Ingham. 
,, Var. tenellum Schpr. Leckley Carr, Sept. 98. W. Ingham. 
,, Var. ambiguum Braith. Ingleboro, Aug., ’98. J. A. Wheldon. 
Var. Icetevirens Braith. W'hit Moor, Raeburndale, W. Lancs., 
Oct., ’98. A. W ilson. “ I hesitate to express a definite opinion 
as to the name of the var. Branches not laxly set, 1 . not suddenly 
narrowed to an elongated point, not (now at least) very bright 
green above.”—!'. Barker. “ Not quite my idea of var. Icete virens, 
I should say somewhat intermediate between that and var .patulum. 
_H. N. D. “The W. Lancashire specimens of this sent to the 
Club were named for me by Mr. Bagnall, and I recommended Mr. 
Wilson to so label them. Mr. Bagnall agrees with Prof. Barker 
that they are not exactly that form, and I doubt if it would be 
correct to refer them to the type, or any of our named vars The 
plant sent as S. molle , from the same v. c. must according to Mr. 
Bagnall be referred to the same form. It differs from var. late virens 
principally in having large non-margined fibrillose andporose stem 
