1^ THE MOSSES AND HEPATICS OF STAFFORDSHIRE. 



Valley. — Var. sericea SchimiJ. Rocks by the Churnet, near Alton 

 Towers, abundant. 



JJicniiium nwntamun Jledw. Rare, Seckley Wood; Swjnnerton 

 Old Park, near Trentham. — D. jiagdhne Hedw. Abundant on old 

 palings of Blithfield Park, by River Blithe. — D. stnctum ISchleich. 

 Near Abbots Bromley, A. Bloxaui 1 Near Ingestre, Dr. Fraser. 

 Abundant on old palings near Blithfield Park, near the River 

 Blithe ; abundant ou stone walls, Alton Towers. I have carefully 

 compared the specimens I received from Mr. Bloxam, and those 

 I have myself collected, with specimens of 7). strictum from Dr. 

 Lindberg, and find them identical in structure, and believe I am 

 right in thus naming the plant ; in this opinion I am supported by 

 Mr. H. N. Dixon, M.A., Mr. H. Boswell, and Mr. John Whitehead. 

 — D. fnscescens Turn, Dimmings Dale, near Alton ; Star Wood, 

 Oakamore. — D, scoparium L. i'requent, Bagot's Park, Trentham, 

 &c. — Var. ortlwplujUum, Brid. Tettensor Common; Ramshorne, &c. 

 — Var. paiiulosuiii Schimp. Sherbrook Valley, Cannock Chase. A 

 small form with falcate leaves on trees, Trentham and Oakamore, 

 and stone walls, Alton Towers. — D. majiis Turn. Hamstead ; 

 Seckley Wood ; Trentham ; Dimmiugs Dale. — D. palustre Bry. Brit. 

 Frequent, Bagot's Wood ; Cannock Chase, &c. — Var. rHfjifoUum 

 Boswell. A marked variety, on banks, Newborough ; Sherbrook 

 Valley. 



Dicranodontium lonjirostrum W. & M. Abundant in Trentham 

 Park. 



Campylopus JJexuosus Brid. Frequent, Biddulph ! Astbury, R. G. 

 Swynnerton ; Alton Towers, &c. — Var. paraduxm Wils. Rams- 

 horne Common ; Morridge Top ; Oakamore ; Cloud, abundant. — ■ 

 C.frar/Uis B. & S. Local, Sherbrook Valley; Ramshorne; Cloud; 

 Oakamore. — C. pyriformis Brid. Oakamore ; Hopwas ; Seckley 

 Wood, &c. 



Leucobryum ylaucum L. Sherbrook Valley ; Beaudesert ; Whit- 

 more ; Oakamore. 



Archidium phascoides Brid. Hamstead Canal siding; Wren's 

 Nest, near Sedgeley. 



Plenridium intidum Hedw. Bagot's Wood ; Hamstead Canal 

 sidiug ; Pottal Reservoir. — P. subulatum L. Sandy banks, Trent- 

 ham, It. G. ! Gospel End ; Hopwas Wood ; Seckley, &c. 



Seiiyena pusilla Hedw. Occasional on limestone rocks, Stafford- 

 shire, li. G. 



SphcBranyium muticum Schreb. Rare, fallow field at Hamstead, 

 1870. 



Phascuin cuspidatum Schreb. Fallow fields, frequent, Aldridge; 

 Tutbury, &c. — Var. jMiferum Bry. Eur. Rare, Weeford, with type. 

 — P. hryoides Dicks. Very rare, Hamstead. 



Pottia minutuLi Schwg. Newton Road ; Rushall, Dudley Castle ; 

 Aldridge ; Gospel End. — P. truncata L. Frequent, waysides and 

 fallows. — P. intermedia Turn. Hamstead ; Arley Wood ; near 

 Rugeley ; near Chartley Moss. — P. lanceolata Dicks. Great Barr ; 

 Hamstead ; Queslet. 



Didymodon nibellus B. & S. Frequent, Trentham, Leek, &c. — 



