EXTRACTS FROM M.E.C. NOTE BOOK FOR 1898. 
Polytrichum nanum var. longisetum Ldb. Coolkeeragh, London¬ 
derry, March, 1898. J. B. Parker. Correct. 
P. alpinum var. campanula turn Brid. Ben Lawers, 7. ’96. W. 
Young. “ Capsule not globose or obovate-globose as in this var. 
(Schmp. Synop.) Only the type.”—H. N. D. 
Pleuridium alternifolium Rab. Penyard Wood, Herefordshire, 
Jan., 1898. E. Armitage. “ A very well carried out and success¬ 
ful attempt on the part of Dicranella heteromalla male plant to pass 
for P. alternifolium." —H N.D. “ I marked my packet unsatis¬ 
factory. Later I found the same plant, and was similarly deceived 
jnto calling it Pleuridium." —W. Ingham. 
Leucobryum albidum Ldb. On Sandstone Clift', Hawkstone, Salop. 
27 May, 1897. Legit E. B. Benson, misit R. de G. Benson. 
“ In the absence of fruit I should not venture to name it. Does 
not appear marked ; a doubtful plant.” — H. N. Dixon. 
Potlia recta Mitt. On bare clay of tennis ground by the Sea, 
Fahan Point, Co. Donegal, April, 1898.—J. Hunter. New County 
record. See “Irish Naturalist.” July, 1898, p. 157. 
Pottia intermedia , Fiirnr. Shores of Pentland Firth, Caithness, 
June, 1895. Rev. D. Lillie. “ My specimens were all P. Heimii , 
being more robust, more lanceolate leaves with apex serrate 
acuminate. As these species grow together on the Continent 
perhaps some packets may contain intermedia. In Lancashire and 
Cheshire it is generally associated with P. littoralis Mitt, which 
some hold to be only a form of P. intermedia." — J. A. Wheldon. 
Tortula angustata Wils. Hertford, May, 1897. — H. Darton. 
“ Although this shows a decided approach to T. angustata I should 
hesitate to refer it to that; in some of the plants the leaves are as 
broad and nearly as obtuse as is the case in common forms of 
T. subulaia, though some of the leaves are almost narrow enough,- 
and with the border strongly enough pronounced above to stand 
for T. augusta/a , if they had not been associated with the wider- 
leaved forms, occasionally even on the same plant.” — II. N. Dixon. 
“ Specimens identical with these and gathered at the same place 
were named augustata by Dr. Braithwaite and also by Mr. Ingham.” 
— H. Darton. “Although in other respects similar to subu/ata 
the contour of leaves quite different, a variant form of that 
species.”—W. P. Hamilton. “ Specimens I have of T. angustata 
from Walsingham, near Darlington, coll. J. Bagnall. differ in a 
marked degree from the Hertford plant, in the leaves (see Hand¬ 
book fig.) which are narrower and taper gradually to the apex. I 
should refer to subulata. The plant sent to Dr. Braithwaite may 
not be the same. I believe both plants are connected by inter¬ 
mediates.”—A. B. Jackson. 
