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genus MusscBmla, as is also the presence of a spurious wing 

 to the seeds. The corolla is unknown ; and the author himself 

 expresses a doubt as to the genus. 



M. ? ciTRiFOLiA Lam. Encyc. iv. 393 (1797). Nom. vulg. Charro, 

 Eees Cycl. xxiv. According to the description, the leaves are 

 borne 3 at each node, the calyx and corolla are glabrous, and the 

 latter is small. These characters suggest that this plant, which 

 was collected by Martin in Madagascar, should not be included in 

 this genus ; and a similar conclusion applies to the so-called 

 nearly allied M.? longifolia Lam., I.e. 



M, DISCOLOR Thouars, in Eoem. & Schult. Syst. v. 254 (1819)- 

 Another imperfect description. Baker (Hb. Kew) is of opinion 

 that this may be identical with his M. vestita (q.v.) ; and in view 

 of the description, " foliis . . . subtus piloso-canescentibus," this 

 is not unlikely. As a matter of fact, the very locality is doubtful. 



THE MOSS FLOKA OF SUFFOLK. 

 By Arthur Mayfield. 



The following list of Suffolk mosses is intended to supplement 

 the two papers published by the Kev. E. N. Bloomfield in this 

 Journal for 1885 (pp. 233-238) and 1888 (pp. 69-71). 



During 1912-13 I have been gathering mosses in the county, 

 chiefly in the parish of Mendlesham, near the centre of the county, 

 where the subsoil is mainly the chalky boulder clay. I have thus 

 been able to add considerably to the East Suffolk list, and also to 

 record the occurrence of plants which either had escaped notice 

 or were not considered species by the earlier botanists. 



Mr. Bloomfield kindly allows me to include some additional 

 records published by him in the Transactions of the Norfolk and 

 Nonoich Naturalists' Society (vol. vii. pp. 227, 427) and in the 

 Victoria County History ; these are indicated by the initials 

 E. N. B. A few records are quoted from the Census Catalogue of 

 British Mosses. These are given on the authority of the late 

 Prof. Barker, but owing to his death information as to the exact 

 localities whence they were obtained has been lost. 



All the plants of my own gathering have been submitted for 

 verification and correction to Mr. Wm. Ingham ; I have also 

 received much valuable help from Mr. Bloomfield and Messrs. 

 W. H. Burrell, H. N. Dixon, and W. E. Nicholson, to all of 

 whom I tender my thanks. 



Names of mosses hitherto recorded for Suffolk are preceded 

 by an asterisk. 



Sphagnum acutifolium Ehrh. var. suhnitens Dixon. 25 and 

 26. Eedgrave Fen, east and west. (The boundary line between 

 the two vice-counties divides the fen into two nearly equal parts.) 

 — S. fimhriatum Wils. 26. West Suffolk, Census Catalogue. 



Polytrichum strictum Banks. 25. Herringfieet {Turner, 1806), 

 E. N. B. — P. gracile Dicks. 25. Mendlesham. 



