MEC Report Section II 1911

MEC Section II 1911 Page 1 ·~ ' Moss &~hange . Club. SECTION II• .. u ..... u u .. REPORT+- FOR THE YEAH 1911.. DIS'fRIBUTER: Mr. G. B. SA VERY, Silverton, Exeter. SECRETARY: Mr. D. A. JONES, F.L.S., Rock House, Harlech, N. Wales. TREASURER: .i:(t. Mr. S. J. O"\VE~, Croesor, Nr. Penrhyndeudraeth, N. Wales. BEWDLEY: W. E. TOLLEY, PRINTER, :l9r LOAD STREET. MEC Section II 1911 Page 2 /y/'L; LIST OF MEMBERS, 1911. MoHH Hepalloa Total • ..... iL4I iiJl1 ~-1~ (> 1cr I/ '!Kx· W. Bellerby 8 Burton Stone Lane, York- 116 116 . Iv Miss Florence Bentham, The Towers, Scarborough r. ?.- Rev. H. Boyden, 46 St. Le.one.rd 's Road, Exeter 15 19' 34 /~-:fJ.--BrorJMEJ; Netherthorpe, Failsworth, near --- ---·---+--- · Manchester... 49 41 90 /cjJ () Mr. R. H. Oorstorphim~, B.Sc., Hillside ·House, . · Arbroath, N.B .... lo/10 Mrs .~o9J~~~gi~~,h_rbr#, N.R 37 11 48 - ltJ::~ R Evans, Braeside, Aberdar~am .... ~ f "'V Mr. J. Glover, Sea View, Kirkcubbin, Co. Down 121 1 128 -· 'Mr. J. W. Hartley, Mill Head House, Carnforth \ vRev. H. H. Harvey, Olawton, Holsworthy, Devon I? o ' Mt. w. Hodge, ®tJ rhs' OJ'iSscent, Leftwttm, l~m thwtcsh J1jl'!7 Mr. A. R. Horwood, The Museum, Leicester ... .. l"v Miss E. M. Hough, 19 Rosse:fteld Road, Heaton, Bradford Mr. D. A. Jones, F.L.8., Rock House, Th.e T~rrace, Harlech 167 118 285 70 20 90 36 36 25 1 v Dr. H: F. Parsons, 4 Park Hill Rise, Croydon 22 24 46 /l/:·'f Rev. P. G. M. Rhodes, M.A., The-Vicarage, Kidderminster 111 66 177 t.,,, Mr. G. B. Savery, Silverton, Exeter 170 170 l]r Miss H~ D. Sharpe, 17 Highfield Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham ... 170 S Mr. W.R. Sherrin, Mena, Macdonald Avenue, . Westcli:ff-on-Sea ... f p-Mr. R. W. Smitham, Fowey, Cornwall 23 1 30 f v Mr. W. N. Tetley, Portora, Enniskillen 22 22 /'/·l:Mr. W. G. Travis, 9 Barton Road, Liverpool ... 45 63 108 1~1· =' Mr. J. 0. Wilson, F.L.S., 914 ARhton Old Road, Manchester 43 38 81 1058 428 1486 MEC Section II 1911 Page 3 3 REPORT OF SECRETARY (1911). The Club continues to be in a flourishi~_Q_on_~iti~m~_ Six_new _____ . -- . _ --------nrembers have Jmnecrauring-theyear,-and two have lapsed. We much regret to announce the death of Mr. Stanley, who has been an active member for several years. In spit~ of the unfavourable conditions as to weather, which prevailed dt;iring the year, the ~umber of plants contributed were only 27 beJow those received at the previous distribution. It is however to be hoped that, as the Distributor remarks, the number of con~)'ibutors will be greater in future. There is no better test of the activity of the Club than that shown by the number ot parcels and specimens sent .in. A fair number of specimens were sent to the Referees from time to time for examination, and the progress made in Hepatics especially, is very encouraging. · No doubt increased attention will be given to this subject when Mr. Maevie;a:1?1!f~1{11ndbook will be published. It is expected to be issued in July. We may add that at no time in the history of the Club was there a larg~r number of rare and interesting plants sent for distribution. The 2nd Edition.of the Hepati~ Census Catalogue will appear some time after June. AU records should he sent to Mr. W. Ingham, ·B.A., 52 Haxby Road, York, by the end of that month. It is· U:nfortunat.e that both Club Desiderata List and Note Book should have miscarried for the second time in four years. Much inconvenience was caused, and members are requested to exercise a little more care in future. D. A. JONES, April, 1912. Secretary. MEC Section II 1911 Page 4 4 REPORT OF DISTRIBUTER {1911). The distribution was made during March 1912, when parcels of specimens were sent to all the twenty seven members. Con tributions, however, were received from only sixteen of them. This is an unusdally small proportion of contributors, and it is ._much to be hoped that next year more of the members will be able to send in spe-uimens. ~e number of packets received was sligntly ·--- smaller than in the previous year. Most of the packets and speci mens were good, but in some cases it would have been better if greater care had been used in removing foreign matter, and in washing. It would be a help to me, and would save members the trouble of making up useless· packets, if they would send me their lists of oblata ·with their desiderata catalogues. I could then pick out the kinds wanted. A number of interesting species were sent in~ amongst others a collection of mosses from the Jura, gathered and named by Professor C. Meylan, from Mr. Bellerby, a number of Swiss and American plants from Mr. Rhodes, and many rarities from North Wales and elsewhere contributed by Mr. Jones. It is impossible to mention all the interesting plants, but a selection will be found in the list which follows. Some specimens were found to be wrongly named or otherwise to need remark. Notes on these are given in the list, and will, perhaps, prevent the same mistakes occurring again. It would be likely to bring rare species to light, if members would send to the referees or to me, specimens of anything they cannot name or which seems to be at all abnormal. Mr. Owen has acted as referee for Hepatics, Mr. Sherrin and Mr. Travis respectively for Sphagna and Harpidia, and Mr. Jones for all other mosses. In addition to these referees, the club has to thank Mr. J. A. Wheldon for naming several of the more critical Harpidia and for supplying valuable notes on them, and Mr. W. E. Nicholson for settling some difficulties among the other mosses. Without the help of the referees it would have been quite impossible for me to verify the specimens properly. The Club has again received parcels of interesting mosses from Mr. H. N. Dixon and Mr. W. E. Nicholson, containing numerous American and Continental as well as British specimens, and also a collection of Swiss specimens of mosses rare in Britain or which rarely fruit with us from Mr. E. Cleminshaw. These donations greatly enhanced the value of the parcels distributed, and the Club is much inde-bted to these gentlemen. In the following list vice-county records which appear to be new are marked with an asterisk. G. B. SAVERY, April, 1912. Distributer. MEC Section II 1911 Page 5 BALANCE SHEET, YEAR ENDING MARCH 31st, 1912. ii.e.c.eiph~. @5sp.en?ritu~.e. I £, s. d. ! £, s. d. ! Balance from last year's .Account .. 4 1 9 Printing Report (1911) . ·I 1 13 9 i 5 Subs. for 1910 . 12 6 Secretary's Expenses I . • • 1 0 0 9 Subs. for 1911 .. 1 2 6 Treas~rer's Expenses •• ! 1 9 • 12 Subs. for 1912 . .. 1 10 0 Distributer's Expenses 13 0 Balance March 31st, 1912 •• ! .3 18 3 i £7 6 9 j £7 6 9 i S. J. OWEN, kon. Treasurer. MEC Section II 1911 Page 6 6 MOSSES .. Sphagnum cymmfoliwm Ehrh., Helmen Tor, Cornwall, March 1906, R. W.S. "Superficially very much off type, but retaining the characteristics of S. cymmfolium under the microscope." vr..r .R.8. Sphagnum cuspi,da.tum Ehrh. var. falcatum Russ., Mount Brandon (I. 11), Aug. 1911, \V.N.T. "This i_s S. Gravetu W." W.R.S. Sphagnum intermediwm Hoffm., St. Breward, Cornwall (2), R. W.S. "Equals S. recwrmtm W. var. muc'l'Onatum W." \V.R.S. {2*). Spkagnwm subnitens Russ. & W. var. vi'fide, Falling Foss {62), Aug, 1911, W.B. "One specimen is 8.firmbriatum \Vils. var. tenue Grav. {62*). Three specimens are S. fimbriatum and the remaining five S. subnitens var. flavorubellum." W.R.S. Sphagnum inundatum W., damp parts of a wood by the River Okement (4*), April 19 ll, H.B. Spkagnwm subser:undum Nees var. contortum Schp., Cwm Bychan (48), Aug. 1908, H.F.P. "This is correctly named but according to W arnstorf's system it is S. Gravetu. Note the numerous pores on the outer surfaces of the branch leaves while absent on the inner, and the large stem leaves fibrillose to the base." V\1 .R.S. Sphagnum subsecundum Nees., marsh, Luxulyan (2), March 1907, R.W.S. "This is S. inundatum. W. Note that the branch leaves have numerous pores on the outer surface and hardly any on the inner, and stem leaves 1-1 i mm. long, fibrillose in the upper half only. In S. subsecundA'1m Limpr. the stem leaves are less than 1 mm. and always non-fibrillose." W.R.S. (2*). Sphagnum crassicladum ""'r., near Bunlin Waterfall, N.\V. Donegal (I. 35) July 1910, J.G. "This plant is S. obeswm W. Note the absence of pores from both inner and outer surfaces of the branch leaves." W.R.S. (I. 35*). Oatkarinea amgustata Brid., open woodland, N. America, comm. P.G.M.R. Pol;ytrickwm gracile Dicks., near Rougham Park (I. 36), May 1907, J.G. "This is P. juniperinum Willd." G.B.S. Polytrichwm gracile Dicks., old quarry, Deerpark, Kirkcubbin (I. ij8). May 1909, J.G. "The cells of the leaf-base are elongated, -·--· --su-this-must-b1r-:P.-jor1n<JS'f6m-Hetlw:"--(}.1l:S:-------------------- Ditrichum zonatwm Limpr., Glyder Fawr (49), D.A.J., J.C.W.

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