220 THE MOSSES OF ESSEX : 



Funaria fascicularis Schimp. 



" On the edge of a ditch running from a spring on the 

 forest between Snaresbrook and Shrub bush" (2) !; 

 near Chelmsford (7); Galleywood Common ! ! ; Kelvedon, 

 Langford, etc., on gravel and clay (8) ! ; Halstead (8) ! 



• ;: F. hygrometrica Sibth. 



"In garden, waste ground," Walthamstow (2) ! ; "on 

 a bank in the lane leading from Hoe Street to Mark- 

 house field," Walthamstow (2) ! ; Epping Forest; 

 abundant where fires have been (11) ! ; N. Essex (14) ; 

 near Chelmsford (7) ; Galleywood Common ! ! ; Hatfield 

 Peverel ! ! ; Kelvedon (8) ! ; Dovercourt (19) ; Saffron 

 YValden (9). 

 *vav. calvescens Br. and Schimp. 

 Chelmsford ! ! 



MEESIACE.E. 



*Aulacomnium palustre Schwaegr. 



" On the forest between Chingford Hatch and Wood- 

 ford Road " (2) ; " near Chingford Hatch with gemmae " 

 (2) ! ; in the moist parts of the forest, common (11) ! ; 

 Epping Forest (2) ! ; Theydon (15) ; Loughton ! ! ; 

 Warley Common (8) ! ! ; Galleywood Common (8) ! ! ; 

 N. Essex (14) ; N. Weald ! ! ; Linguard Common ! ! ; 

 Woodham Walter (8) ! ; Tiptree Heath (8) ! ! ; West 

 Bergholt Heath (8) ! 



This moss is a constant companion of most species 

 of Sphagnum in the county but appears to fruit but 

 rarely, the only fruiting specimen I have been able to 

 find having been collected by Mr. English in the bog 

 near the Wake Arms. 



*A. androgynum Schwaegr. 



'•' In the gravel pits near Forest House and on the bank 

 near Low Leyton " (2) ! ; Epping Forest, frequent in 

 hollows in the trunks of pollard hornbeams (10) ; side 

 of Theydon Road and Hill Hall Wood (n) !; N. Weald 

 ! ! ; N. Essex (14) ; Writtle ! ! ; Little Baddow Common 

 ! ! ; Totham, on gravelly banks (8) ! ; inside an old de- 

 cayed willow trunk, Feering (8) ! ; near Wivenhoe (8) ! 

 This moss is usually found bearing gemmae ; very 

 rarely in fruit. 



