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Leitcodon sciiiroidrs Schwaeg. 7. In Savernake Forest, with 

 the nuiuurous geinmiforin hranchlets which are mentioned in Dixon's 

 i^tudenfs Handbook (p. 405). 



Lesk-ea polycarpa Ehrh. 7, 8. C.fr., by a watercourse near 

 Little Bedw}^!. 



Anomodon viticiilosus Hook. & Taylor. 7, 8. Widely spread 

 around Great Bedwyn. 



Thuidium tamariscinum B. & S. 7. I found about half a dozen 

 capsules in a wood near Savernake Lodge. — T. Phillherfi m^i\ psnido- 

 taniariscinum Linipr. 8*. By roadside near Botley Down. 



Climacium dendroides Web. & Mohr. 7*, 8. Boggy ground by 

 railway north of Stagg's Lock on the K. and A. Canal. V.c. 7. 



Brachythecium albicans B. & S. 7. Fruiting copiously on 

 thatch by London and Bath Boad near Hopgrass Farm, Hungerford.— 

 jB. rutabulum B. & S. 7. With capsules about as large as those 

 of B. velutinum in a hedgebank near Chisbury Camp. 



JEurliyncliium lyiliferum B. & S. 7, 8. Widely spread among 

 short grass throughout the district, but alwaj^s sterile. — -£/. Swartzii 

 Hook. 8. A form approaching to var. rigidum Boul. occurred near 

 Merle Down Brickworks. — E. ptimilum Schp. 7. In a shady 

 place on the ground at Chisbury Camp. — E. curvisetum Husn. 7. 

 C.fr., in three or four places by the side of the Grand Avenue, 

 Savernake Forest. — E. siriaium B. & S. 7. C.fr., in a wood near 

 Savernake Lodge, the only place where I have seen it with capsules. 

 — E. nmrale Milde. 7. Stone by side of London and Bath Koad 

 near Woronzoff Lodge, Savernake Forest, etc. Scarce and stunted 

 in this district. 



Amhlyster/ium Kochii B. & S. 8. In considerable quantity and 

 fruiting copiously in an Epilobium hirsutum swamp at the source of 

 the Shalbourne Stream. — A. varium Lindb. 7*. On brickwork by 

 water at Crofton Engine House. — A. jilicinum De Not. 7. Fruit- 

 ing in Hungerford Marsh. 



Kypnum riparium L. C.fr., by water in Chisbury Wood. — H. 

 stellafum MSiY.protension Rohl. Plentiful in bog near Webb's Gully 

 Wood. — H. chrysophyllum Brid. 8. Clayey meadow vipon Conyger 

 Hill. — H. aduncum group typiciwi forma falcata Ren. 7*, 8*. 

 Very sparingly with the previous species ; *' characteristic forma 

 fa] cat a,'' J. A. Wheldon ; also in N. Wilts on marshy ground to the 

 north of the K. and A. Canal between Little Bedwyn and Froxfield. — 

 H. aduncum group Kneiffii var. polycarpon Bland. 8. By the 

 margin of a dewpond on the downs near Tidcombe. H. aduncum 

 group Kneiffi var. intermedium Schp. 8*. Plentifully in a pool form- 

 ing part of Wilton Water ; " typically var. intermedium,'' J. A. 

 Wheldon. — H. aduncum group Kneiffii var. intermedium forma 

 penna. 8*. Pool on London Clay at Dod's Down. — H. jiuitans 

 var. Jeanbernati Ren. 7*. In small quantity by pool near the 

 Column, Savernake Forest ; Mr. Wheldon writes : — " The Hyp- 

 num is fairly typical Hyp. Jiuitans var. Jeanbernati. The nerve 

 is wide, but still within the range of Jeanbernati and not reach- 

 ing the diameter of that of atlanticum, and the cell-structure is 

 quite typically that of var. Jeanbernati; it is a small example of 



