NOKTH SOMEHSET MOSSES 269 



Abundant on the sandhills near Burnham and fruiting in various 

 places — T. 2>npillosa Wils.* In live or six localities near Burnham 

 on trees by water with the penultimate. Mr. Dixon tells me he has 

 frequently found these plants associated and considers that they 

 prefer a larger amount of moisture than the normal form of T. 

 IcBvipila. 



Barhula Hornshuchiana Schultz. Burnham sandhills, fruiting 

 rather freely near Berrow Church. — *B. convoluta var. sardoa B. 

 & S. On the churchyard wall at BeiTow (teste Knight). 



* Tricliostomum mutahile var. littorale Dixon. Plentifully near 

 a large patch of bracken on the south side of Brean Down — T.Jlavo- 

 virens Bruch. Locally common on Burnham sandhills. 



Kncalypta streptocarpa Hedw. On walls near Sand's Hall, 

 Wedmore. 



Zygodon viridissimiis K. Br. c.fr. in one or two localities near 

 Edithmead. 



Aiilacomnion palustre Schwieg. Marshy ground between Shap- 

 wick and Ashcott. — A. andro</i/iium Schwajg. Extremely abundant 

 and ubiquitous on peat between Shapvvick and Ashcott where Mr. 

 Watson has found capsules, which are very rare in this plant. 

 Webera nutmis Hedw. On peaty soil near Shapwick. 

 Brij am pendulum Sclip. Sandhills near Berrow (teste Knight). — 

 B. pseudo-triquetrum Schwteg. Sandhills near Burnham and also 

 near Berrow, very fine, but I did not notice capsules. 



Fontinalis antipyretica L. Beautifully festooning a fountain in 

 the centre of the city of Wells. 



Cryphcea heteromalla Mohr. Several localities near Burnham 

 but very uncommon. 



Leucodon sciuroides Schwseg. At Edithmead producing numerous 

 gemmiform branchlets which are short, filiform, and minute-leaved. 



Leskea polycarpa Ehrh. Two localities on trees by water near 

 Mark Causeway ; in one of these the moss was of a decidedly yellowish- 

 green colour — Mr. Knight wrote : *' L. polycarpa is usually green, 

 but 1 have seen plants in this district (Cheltenham) like yours. I 

 think it often assumes this colour when growing in dry or exposed 

 situations." 



Thuidium recognitum Lindb. In fair plenty in a meadow near 

 Shapwick village. 



Climacium dendroides Web. & Mohr. Marshy ground between 

 Shapwick and Ashcott. 



Camptothecitim lutescens B. & S. Very plentiful on the Burnham 

 sandhills, where it fruits freely near Berrow^ Church. 



Brachythecium albicans B. & S. Rather conunon on Burnham 

 sandhills, but capsules are very rare and local, though in one locality 

 in a hollow near Burnham they are produced in some quantity. 

 Mr. Wheldon writes : — " It is very abundant on our Lancashire 

 dunes but only fruits sparingly and very locally." — B ccespifosum 

 Dixon. Plentifully on the roots of trees by water in two meadows 

 near Edithmead; Mr. Dixon writes:- — "The moss you may safely 

 refer to B. ca-spitosvm, I think. Kurhynchium crassinerrium nearly 

 always has the leaves more shrunken when dry, so that the branches 



