_ I ew of Mr D r u m m o n d ’s numerous discoveries are more
mterestiug than the cliarmiiig moss before us. Even on the
ontinent, It may be said to be a recent acquisition, bavhm
been described only by Professor S c h w a e g r i c h e n (whose
specimens came from the Carintbian Alps), and a very few
other botanists It is also to be met with on the Alps of
Switzeriand, whence I possess specimens, given to me, and, if
I mistake not, also gathered by my most esteemed friend Dr
x iOOKER.
The plants found by Mr D r u m m o n d were few in num.
her and, unless he or some one else has tbe good fortune to
nd another station for it, it must be accounted one of the
rarest mosses in Great Britain.
F ig _ l. JVeisria latjfolk, nat. size. Fig. 2. Plants, magnified. Fig. g. A leaf
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