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is due to my not having specially studied this genus, as he had done. 
There seems nothing further to be said, except to call attention to 
the fact that Stirton’s view as to the rarity of G. Schwarzii. in 
Scotland is not shared by other bryologists (cf the list of localities 
for this species in Braithwaite, -Brit. Moss Flora); and that Mr. W. E. 
Nicholson entirely agreed with me in referring G. purpurascens and 
C. symplectus to G. /Schwarzii. The auricles are no doubt less 
developed than in the typical form of that species, but if this were to 
be held a character sufficient on which to base a species, others, e. g., 
C.fexuosus, would have to be split up into several species. 
C. rubiginosus Stirt. in Ann. Sc. N. H. xv. 109 (1906). (Craig 
Mohr, Arisaig; Aug. 1901.)—-This is a very distinct and well-marked 
form of 0 . Jiexuosus var. paradoxus . 1 find nothing to suggest any 
difference; the reddish colour at base emphasized by Stirton seems 
to me a very frequent feature of C. jiexuosus —almost indeed a 
specific character! This specimen shows very well the remarkable 
polymorphism of leaf form and apex that is usually associated with 
the var. paradoxus , the same stem showing some leaves with a narrow, 
almost subulate apex, and others broad, obtuse, cucullate, almost, 
cymbiform. 
C. subcinereus Stirt. in Ann. Sc. N. H. viii. 105 (1899). (Tar- 
bert in Harris; Aug. 1886.)—Compared by Stirton with C. pyri¬ 
formis. It is one of the not infrequent and puzzling forms to which 
1 have referred in the “ Handbook,” intermediate between G. pyri- 
formis and G. jiexuosus. It is a tall plant, over an inch in height, 
with brown colour and robust stems, but with the filiform leaf- 
subula of G. pyriformis ; in structure quite as in G. jiexuosus, but 
without, or with little trace of auricles, and only occasionally that. 
It is better characterised than most of the plants already dealt with, 
but I cannot see any clear character by which to separate it from 
either G. pyriformis or G. fexuosus satisfactorily. 
(To be continued.) 
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' NOTES ON THEACEiE. 
By T. A. Sprague, B.Sc., F.L.S. 
Under Art. 46 of the International Rules, Theacecc is the correct 
name for the family commonly known in this country as Ternstroc- 
miacece (see Journ. Bot. 1922, 73). Fawcett and Rendle’s Notes 
on Jamaica Ternstrcemiacece (Journ. Bot. 1922, 362) suggest the 
following remarks:— 
1. Cleyera. 
The genus Cleyera Thunb. (Nov. Gen. PL 68; 1783) was based 
on G. japonica Thunb., an evergreen shrub which grew near Nagasaki, 
Japan. Thunberg cited “ Mokokf ” or “ Mukokf ” of Kiempfer 
(Amoen. 774, 873; 1712) as a synonym of G. japonica. By 1793 
he had come to the conclusion that Cleyera was congeneric with 
Ternstrccmia , and proposed the name T. japonica for the type-species 
Journal of Botany. —You. 61. [January, 1923.] c 
