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A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE Clms v.— CRYPTOGAMIA CELLULARIA (rw/.) Sub-Class — Muscine^ {cBntinued) Order— Musc't (continued) Section III. — Sphagna cuspidata, Schimp. Sphagnum riparium, Angstr. 60. Cockerham Moss ; H. Beesley, J. A. Wheldon, and A. Wilson. This handsome peat moss has been found in only one other locality in England (E. Comw.) — cuspidatum, R. and W. 59. fVoolston Moss ; W. Wilson. Rainjbrd Moss; Simons- wood Moss ; Harrison and Skellon. Crosby; Tudor. Walton; Casting (extinct, J.A.W.). 60. Common on the fells and mosses ; W. and W. + var. falcatum, R. 59. JVhiteky Dean; Holt. 60. Upper Gri-udak ; + ; W. and W. var. submersum, Schimp. 59. 60. ! Common on all the fells, W. and W. var. plumosum, Nees and Homsch. 59. Neiherton; Pendle Hill; Whel- don. 60. Cockerham Moss; W. and W. Nr. Scorton ; H. Beesley. [59. fVhiteley Dean; Rooley Moor; Holt (require confirmation)] var. densissimum, Horrell in litt. Summit oi Greygartk Fell. 21 Oct. 1903. — trinitense, C. Mull. 60. Cockerham Moss ; Longridge Fell; Wheldon. Loteer BleasdaU ; A. Wilson — pulchrum, W. -|-. 60. Cockerham Moss; Wheldon. U . Roebumdale ; A.Wil- son. Nr. Abbey stead ; W. and W. — Torreyanum, SuUiv. 60. Mallotodale Fell ; W. and W. (teste Horrell and Wam- storf) — obtusum, W. 59. Nr. Aintree, about 6 miles from Liverpool Town Hall ; Wheldon, in litt. (confd. by Wam- storf and Horrell). 60. Cockerham Moss ; Wheldon and Wilson var. tenellum W. 59. With the type, Wheldon These are the only known stations in Britain at the time of writing this article — recurvum, R. and W. Very common on the fells and mosses ; W. and W. -|- . 59. PendU Hill; Netherton ; Whel- don. 60. Mallowdale Fell; 'Vfi-ai'W. var. amblyphyllum, Warnst. 59. Netherton ; Wh. 60. -f-. W. and W. Longridge Fell ; H. Beesley. Upper Roebumdale ; nr. Docker ; W. and W. Greygarth Fell var. mucronatnm, W. ^^. Netherton. --. Wheldon. 60. O. Wyresdak ; -|- ; W. and W. Leek Fell. Greygarth Fell. 69. Coniston Old Man. The commonest peat moss in the county, and probably in Britain — moUuscum, Bruch. 60. O. Wyresdale ; Tambrook Fell; W. and W. -|-. Ease Gill ; Whitmoor ; A. Wilson. Cocker- ham Moss (f. compacta, W) ; W. and W. r Class V.— CRYPTOGAMIA CELLULARIA (f«»/.) Sub-Class— MusciNRK {fonAnued) Order — Musci (continued) Section V. — Sphagna rigida, Schimp. Sphagnum compactum, DC. Frequent on the drier feUs ; W. and W. + var. imbricatum, W. 60. O. Wyres- dale; -h ; W. andW. var. subsquarrosnm, W. 60. Lmg- ridge Fell; -f ; W. and W. Section VII. — Sphagna subsecunda, Schimp. — contortum (Schultz), Limpr. Syn. S. laricinum, Spruce MS. 1847. 60. Wolfhole Crag; A. Wilson. Very fine and abundant in the bog at Docker; W. and W. + — subsecundum, Limpr. 60. Longridge; H. Beesley, Wheldon. Summit of Greygarth Fell; W. and W. — inundatum, W. 60. Lords Lot Wood, Ark- holme ; A. Wilson. Catforth ; Long- ridge; H. Beesley — Gravetii, W. 60. Tatham Beck ; A. Wil- son. Harris End Fell; W. and W. -f-. Nr. Fulwood; H. Beesley — rufescens, W. Common on the fells and mosses ; W. and W. 60. O. W-jres- dak ,• 4- ; W. and W. 69. Conis- ton Old Man — aquatile, W. 60. Whitmoor ; W. and W. (first station recorded for Britain). Longridge Fell; Wheldon. Tan- brook Fell; W. and W. — crassicladum, W. 60. Slope of Fairsnape Fell; Wh. Harris End Fell; A. Wilson. Udale ; -1- ; W. and W. Section VIII. — Sphagna cymbifolia, Schimp. — turfaceum, W. 59. Rainford Moss ; Whel- don. 60. Clougha ; -1- ; W. and W. — cymbifolium, W. 59. Pendle Hill ; Wheldon. Woolston Moss; W. Wil- son. Whiteley Dean ; Holt var. glaucescens, Warnst. 59. Wh. 60. O. Wyresdale; + ; W. and W. Scorton ; H. Beesley. Greygarth Fell, 21 Oct. 1903. 69. Newby Bridge; Paul. Coniston Old Man. 29 Oct. 1903 var. glauco-pallens, W. 59. Wh. 60. O. Wyresdale ; -|- ; W. and W. var. pallescens, W. 60. Longridge Fell; -1- ; W. and W. var. flavo-glaucescens, Russ. 60. Hd. ofDamas Gill; W. and W. var. carneum, W. 60. Bog nr. Docker ; Arkholme Moor ; A. Wilson. Hd. iff Damas Gill; W. and W. — papillosum, Lindb. 59. Rooley Moor; Whiteley Dean ; Syke ; Holt var. normale, Warnst. 59. Barton Moss, Sottthport; Wheldon. -|-. 60. Com- mon on the fells, O. Wyresdale ; + ; W. and W. Greygarth Fell. 69. Coniston Old Man. 68