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 BOTANY FoNTlNALACEAE Fontinalis antipyretica, L. Cryphaeaceae Cryphaea heteromalla, Hedvr. Neckbraceae Neckera complanata, HUbnm. Homalia trichomanoides, Brid. Leucodontaceae Antitrichiacurtipendula, Brid. E. Leucodon sciuroides, Schwgr. Pterigonium gracile, Swartz. Porotrichum alopecurum, Mitt. Leskeaceae Leskea polycarpa, Ehrh. E. Anomodon viticulosus, H. & T. Thuidiumabietinum, B. &S. W. — hystricosum. Mitt. W. — tamariscinum, B. & S. Hvpnaceae Climacium dendroides, W. & M. Camptothecium sericeum, Kindb. — lutescens, B. & S. — nitens, Schreb. W. Brachythecium glareosum, B. & S. £. Hypnaceae (cont.) Brachythecium albicans, B. & S. — rutabulum, B. & S. — rivulare, B. & S. W, — velutinum, B. & S. — illecebrum, De Not. W, — purum, Dixon Eurhynchium piliferum, B. & S. — praelongum, Hobk. — Swartzii, Hobk. W. — pumilum, Schp. E. — tenellum, Milde. E. — myosuroides, Schp. E. — myurum, Dixon — striatum, B. & S. — rusciforme, Milde. — murale, Milde. — confertum, Milde. Plagiothecium denticulatum, B. & S. — sylvaticum, B. & S. W. — undulatum, B. & S. W. — ? latebricola, B. & S. E. Amblystegium serpens, B. & S. — filicinum, De Not. — varium, Ldb. (radicale). W. Hypnum riparium, L. — elodes. Spruce. W. — polygamum, Schp. W. var. stagnatum, Wils. W. — stellatum, Schreb. Hypnaceae {cont.) Hypnum aduncum, Hedw. W. var. Kneiffii, Schip. — Sendtneri var. hamatum, Lindb. W. — fluitans, L. — exannulatum, Gumb. W. — uncinatum, Hedw. — revolvens var. Cossoni, Rem. W. — commutatum, Hedw. — falcatum, Brid. — cupressiforme, L. var. resupinatum, Schp. W. var. filiforme, Brid. W. var. ericetorum, B. & S. var. elatum, B. & S. W. — moUuscum, Hedw. — palustre, Huds. — scorpioides, L. — stramineum, Dicks. E, — cordifolium, Hedw. — giganteum, Schp. W. — cuspidatum, L. — Schreberi, WiUd. Hylocomium splendens, B. & S. — squarrosum, B. & S. — triquetrum, B. & S. — rugosum, De Not. W. HEPATICAE {Liverworts) If the county is one which is unfavourable for a varied moss flora, it is still more un- favourable for the Hepaticae. We have very few of them, and these few for the most part very common species ; even the usually abundant Diplophyllum albicans is not yet recorded, but probably occurs in the county, since it is plentiful in some parts of Norfolk. The cause of this dearth of Hepaticae is not far to seek. There are no rocks, no swift streams nor waterfalls, scarcely any springs, while the air is very dry, the county of Suffolk having perhaps as little rainfall as any part of England. Besides the scanty supply of rain, the heavy clay soil which covers more than two-thirds of the county, and the thin calcareous soil which occurs in West Suffolk, are both very unfavourable to the production of a rich Hepatic flora. The late Abbe Boulay, in speaking of the flat, dry, and highly-cultivated district of north- eastern France, especially in Champagne, says that * one may go through many square kilo- metres without meeting a single species of this class, except perhaps Riccia glauca in neglected fields, or Radula complanata and Frullania dilatata on the trunks of trees,' and there are wide areas in Suffolk of which the same remarks would hold good. It is only in the small and diminishing area of the fen and bog-land, such as Tuddenham Fen and the bogs at Westleton and Helton, that any wealth of species is to be found. It is probable, however, that the Hepatic Flora is slightly richer than the subjoined list would indicate, since many of the species recorded by the older botanists, to whom nearly all the records are due, embrace several forms held to be specifically distinct at the present day. The list of Suffolk Hepaticae published in the Journal of Botany for 1885 by the Rev. E. N. Bloomfield only enumerates forty species, and of these the greater number only occur in very limited localities. Three species have, however, since been added : Lunularia cruciata, which has been sent from Bungay and Waldringfield — this is doubtless common, but has escaped record as being supposed a form of Marchantia polymorpha ; Kant'ia Sprengelii, of which a specimen sent to him by Mr. Skepper is figured by Pearson ; and Pellia endiviaefolia, ' Various parts 0"" Suffolk,' Hooker's British y ungermanniae, I 73 10