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(i .)—Amblystegiurn radicale or varium. Wooden piles in Canal, 
Stroud, Glos., March, ’99. — E. J. Elliott. 
(2.)—Ditto, ditto. “ On the strength of No. 1 alone, I should 
have referred it to A. furatzkanum Schp., with little doubt, though 
not as a strongly-marked form ; but No. 2 connects it with A. serpens 
so distinctly that—the whole gathering being but small, and not in 
very good condition—I think it is better to suspend judgment for 
the present. A. Juratzkanum is closely allied to A. serpens, but in 
its most highly developed forms quite distinct, with larger, longer, 
widely-spreading or squarrose leaves, larger, more pellucid areolation, 
the cells at the extreme basal angles especially being rectangular, 
(those of A. serpens being quadrate or slightly transversely elongate,) 
the nerve stronger. It has been found in Sussex by Mitten, and 
Mr. Ingham has gathered it in several Yorkshire localities, and 
there are one or two other records. It is a plant to be looked for 
in all our districts, and one that needs further study. I incline to 
look upon it as a highly developed sub-species of A. serpens ; it is 
also to be compared with A. Kochii, but with smaller leaves, and 
smaller areolation, more of the serpens character. Cheney s 
“North American species of Amblystegiurn," in Botanical Gazette, 
Oct., 1897, a very valuable help to the study of our European 
species, which are almost all included.”— H. N. Dixon. 
Amblystegium irriguum Wils. On stone in stream. April, 1898. 
Grange Fields, Stroud. E. J. Elliott. 
-Marsh, Rusgill, Lybster, Caithness. 4/8 98. Rev. D. 
Lillie “ Is Amblystegiurn filicinum De Not.” — H. D. N. 
H. palustre ? Langmell, Berviedale, Caithness, 18.8.98. Rev. 
D. Lillie. “ Is Bracath. plumosum forma homomallaP —H. D N 
Hypnum elodes. From Skipworth Common, W. Ingham. 
“ I am sorry to say there is considerable mixture here, all the robust 
specimens being Amblystegiurn.filicinum, a small form. Mr. Bagnal! 
tells me that Wilson mentions the fact that a small form of Hyp. 
fiticinum is liable to be mistaken for Hyp. elodes, and in the specs. 
I sent out this small form appears.” - W. I. 
Hypnum uncinalum v. plumulosum Schp. Hebden Bridge, 14/5/98. 
C. Crossland & J. Needham. 
“ I make this Hypnum fluitans v. falcatum Schp. 
(k,—I have fortunately gathered PI. uncinatum v. plumulosum in 
fruit near the High Force, Teesdale, June 4/97, My plant is far 
more delicate than the above, and the seta is quite short, less than 
|-inch long, with a very small capsule, about half the size of the 
moss in question. 
( 2 .)—If some of the leaves be stripped off the stem, leaving a 
few in situ and distant, and if the stem be then viewed under the 
microscope, small deep brown angular cells to the leaves will be 
seen, and these are characteristic of Schimper’s var. falcatum of 
H. fluitans. These highly coloured angular cells are so small, and 
yet so distinct when viewed as above, that they are almost in¬ 
variably left on the stem, even when the leaves are carefully 
detached. 
