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Weisia viridula Hedw. 7, 8. C.fr., here and there in sandy 

 places, as near Eight Walks in Savernake Forest, near Chisbury, 

 near East Grrafton on Upper Greensand, etc. 



Orthotriclmm anomalum var. saxatile Milde. 7, 8. On stone 

 by locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal, near Great Bedwyn ; 

 common and fruiting freely. O. cupulatum HofEm. 7, 8*. C.fr., 

 on stone by locks on both sides of the Kennet and Avon Canal east 

 and west of Great Bedwyn. Mr. Knight mentions in the *' Mosses 

 of Gloucestershire " that this moss often grows on bridge-walls and 

 canal-locks in that county ; Mr. Ingham tells me this species was 

 found in North Wiltshire by the late Dr. Parsons. 



Physcomifrum pijriforme Brid. 8. C.fr., on damp ground by 

 the Kennet and Avon Canal near Great Bedwyn. 



Funaria fasciculnris Schp. 8. C.fr., on fallow ground in two 

 localities near Great Bedwyn. 



Philonotis calcarea var. laxa Dismier. 7, 8. Both sides of the 

 Kennet and Avon Canal at and near Great Bedvvj'-n extending east- 

 wards as far as Eroxfield and westwards to Wootton Rivers, which 

 latter place is six miles from Great Bedwyn ; this moss would flourish 

 luxuriantly on the sides of the lock-pounds of the Kennet and Avon 

 Canal, were it not carefuU}'- scraped of£ the brickwork by the lock- 

 keepers, only, however, invariably to reappear. 



Webera nutans Hedw. 8. Various patches fruiting freely occur 

 on London Clay at Dod's Down Brickworks. W. annotina Schwaeg. 

 7*, 8. On a gravel walk in the north-east of Savernake Forest, the 

 non-gemmiparous form ; the interesting form of this species recorded 

 in my paper " East Wiltshire Mosses " referred to above fruits freely 

 on wet sandy clay by water at Dod's Down, where it is accompanied 

 by Bryum pallens Sw.. c.fr.; capsules in JVehera annotina are rare, 

 and Mr. Knight mentions that it is always barren in Gloucestershire. 

 W. annotina var. erecta Correns. 7*. Plentifully in a valley near 

 the Column, Savernake Forest, growing with Geratodon purpureiis. 

 About this var., which the Census Catalogue only records for five 

 vice-counties, Mr. Dixon writes : — -Your Wehera is true var. erecta, 

 I think. The leaves are wide, plane-margined, and decurrent. It is 

 true the bulbils are rather small ; but that would sometimes be the 

 case, and probably also they are not quite fully formed, though they 

 fall off easily." Bryum atropurpureum var. gracilentum Tayl. 8*. 

 On bare ground near Folly Farm, Avith copiovis gemmae. 



Fontinalis antipyretica var. cymhifolia Nicholson. 7. In a 

 pool near the Engine House, Crofton, Great Bedwyn : Mr. W. E. 

 Nicholson writes: — "To the best of my recollection j'our moss agrees 

 well enough with the plant I described as F. antipyretica var. cymhi- 

 folia. The moss I originally described was more robust than your 

 plant, but I have seen others as slender as yours, which I should be 

 inclined to refer to the variety, which seems to be fairly well marked 

 and constant." 



" Neckera pumila var. Philipprana Milde. 8*. On trees in 

 Foxbury Wood, Great Bedw^^n. 



Thuidium recogniium Lindb. 7, 8. This moss is rather frequent 

 in open gras.«;y places around Great Bedwyn. 



