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Tree near Cliisburr Wood ; thinly scattered throughout the district 

 on trees, rarely on stone. 



Encalypta streptocarpa Hedw. 7. Chalky bank near Rams- 

 bury. 



Ortliotricliiim pidchelliim ^xrnih. 7. In small quantity on old 

 elder near Ehododendron Drive, Savernake, c.fr. 



Ephemerum serratum Hamp. 7*, 8*. C.fr., on bare spaces in 

 Savernake Forest, etc. — E. serratum var. angustifolmm B. & S. 7*. 

 C.fr., on sandy clay in Chisbury Wood. — E. sessile var. hrevifolium 

 Schp. 7*. C.fr.,' on sandy clay soil in Chisbury Wood. The Census 

 Catalogue records this only from East Sussex and Cheshire. 



Physcomitrella patens B. & S. 7*, 8*. Upon drying mud on 

 the downs near Tidcombe, S. Wilts, near Polesdown's Farm, Shal- 

 bourne ; near Stype Wood and Chisbury Wood. 



Funaria ericetorum Dixon. 7*. C.fr., heathy ground in the 

 north-east part of Tottenham Park. 



Fhilonotis 'fontana Brid. 7, 8. Abundant all over Savernake 

 Forest ; occurring plentifully in Tottenham Park, but without flowers 

 or fruit. — P. ccEspitosa Wils. 8. Producing male flowers freely in 

 a bog on London Clay near Burridge Heath ; the capsules have not 

 been found in Britain. — P. ccespitosa var. adpressa Dismier. 8*. 

 Sparingly wdth type in a bog near Burridge Heath, new to the 

 British isles ; it is curious that this and P. calcarea var. laxa 

 Dismier should be almost confined to the neighbourhood of Great 

 Bedwvn. I have traced the latter into Berkshire, where it grows 

 by the side of the Kennet and Avon Canal at Hungerford. 



Webera nutans Hedw. 7*. On sandy soil in Chisbury Wood ; 

 heathv ground in the north part of Tottenham Park, c.fr. — W. anno- 

 tina Schwaeg. 8. Dod's Down Brickworks, where it fruits freel}". — 

 W. annotina var. e?^ecta Correns. 7. Widely spread in Savernake 

 Forest ; the brown ovate gemmae in the axils of the upper leaves in 

 this var. are so large that they push the leaves outwards. — W. carnea 

 Schp. 8. On wet clay in Chisbury Wood ; very plentiful on the 

 clayey sides of the Shalbourne Stream between Hungerford and 

 Shalbourne ; also on clay at Merle Down Brickworks. 



Bryum pseudo-triquetrum Schwaeg. 7*, 8. Fruits sparingly 

 in a small bog near Webb's OuUy Wood, and more freely in a 

 wet piece of ground in Hungerford Marsh. — B. ccBspiticium L. 7. 

 C.fr., on a w\all at Marlborough. — B. erytlirocarpum Schwaeg. 7*. 

 C.fr., sandy ground in Chisbury Wood, w^ith radicular crimson trans- 

 lucent multicellular gemmae which extended sparingly along the lower 

 part of the branches. — B. atropurpureum Web. & Mohr. 8*. Cfr. 

 Sandy ground near Folly Farm (the type). P. murale Wils. 7, 8. 

 C.fr., walls at Shalbourne, Oxen wood, and near Rudge Manor, Frox- 

 field ; not uncommon on mortar of walls. 



Milium affine var. elatum B. & S. 7*. Plentifully on very wet 

 ground in Hungerford Marsh. — 31. rostratum Schrad. forma. 7. 

 A form with edentate leaves occurred on the gravel of Rhododendron 

 Drive ; Mr. Dixon wrote : — Your form of Mnium rostratum is a very 

 marked one ; I do not remember to have seen it with leaves practicall}?- 

 entire." — M. punctatum L. 7*. Sandy ground in Chisbury Wood. 



