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 Stockton Forest, near York, 1842 (Spruce); again 1872 (Mr. Anderson). It has doubtless been frequently overlooked or mistaken for D. scoparium or D. Bonjeanii (palustre).

Juratzka. Dioicous. St. 1½in. reddish brown and procumbent below, light green above, l. ovate, decurrent, erecto-patent, concave, serrate towards apex, margin recurved, thinly nerved nearly to apex, areolæ narrow-elongate, upper acute at both ends, lower quadrate; male fl. terminal discoid, outer perig. l. spreading elliptic-lanceolate, saccate at base, margin strongly recurved, apex cucullate serrate; inner obovate, suddenly acuminate; perich. l. linear-lanceolate, strongly nerved; caps. oval pendulous, glaucous green when young, pale reddish brown when ripe, on a slender seta geniculate at base. [Hunt. Mem. Lit. and Phil. Soc., Manchr., 1871-2, p. 101.]

Wet debris of slaty rocks near springs.

Glen Callater, Loch-na-gar, Carnlochan Glen (Hunt).

Wils. (non Bry. Eur.) L. more rigid, erect, narrow, lanceolate, less decurrent, nerve stronger, continued almost to apex; areolæ a little longer and more obscure. [Hunt, l. c.]

Debris of micaceous rock.

Ben Lawers, Perthshire Mts., Snowdon.

II. ALTERATIONS OF NOMENCLATURE, AND SYNONYMS.

No. 54. W. truncicola De Not. =

Hedw. "Having shown the specimen to Prof. Lindberg during his recent visit, he