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Cinclidotus Brehissoni Husn. 7'''. On a stone by stream, 

 near Lockericlge, Marlborough [Dixon). 



C. fontinaloides P. Beauv. 7, 8. Aldbourne ; by the south 

 side of the Kennet and Avon Canal, not at all common. 



Encalyiota vulgaris Hedw. 8'". Near Tidcombe, growing by 

 the roadside on the county boundary ; c.fr. 



E. streptocarpa Hedw. 7''. Mortar of stonework, Bowood 

 Park, near Calne (Dixon). 



Zygodon viridissimus E. Br. 7. Fruiting on old elder and oak 

 in various parts of Savernake Forest ; I have seen an oak trunk 

 one side of which was covered with it fruiting quite profusely. 



Ulota crista Brid. 7". Eather common. 



U. HutchiniscB Hamm. 7". Upon a sarsen stone on Fyfield 

 Down, near Marlborough. 



Orthotrichum riqjestre Schleich. 7. On sarsen stones near 

 Aldbourne ; c.fr. 



0. anomalmn var. saxatile Milde. 7", 8. On a wall in Great 

 Bedwyn village ; on the south side of the Kennet and Avon 

 Canal. 



0. Lyellii Hook. & Tayl. 7, 8. Fruiting on a beech in the 

 Grand Avenue, near Dod's Down Brickworks, Bloxham Copse, 

 etc. ; a rather common moss. 



0. tenellum Bruch. 7. On an elm at Bedwyn Common. 



0. pulchelkuii Smith. 7''. Eare ; on a shrub overhanging a 

 rivulet at Chilton Foliat ; on elder near Cobham Frith Wood, 

 Great Bedwyn ; in small quantity in both localities. 



Phy scomitrium pyriforme Brid. 8. Around a pool on Murrel 

 Down, Great Bedwyn. 



Funaria hygrometrica Sibth. 7". Near Marlborough, Saver- 

 nake Forest, etc. 



Aulacomniiim androgynum Schwaegr. 8". On a sandy bank 

 near Hamspray House, Ham, about five miles from Great Bedwyn. 



Philonotis fontana Brid. 7", 8. Near Hopgrass Farm, Hunger- 

 ford ; plentifully in a marshy depression near Shalbourne Newtown, 

 Great Bedwyn, where one capsule was found ; also in Bedwyn 

 Brailes Wood. 



P. ccBspitosa Wils. 8'''. Bog near Burridge Heath, Great 

 Bedwyn, with male flowers which appear in May and June; also 

 in a marshy place near Shalbourne Newtown, with male flowers, 

 growing with P. fontana. 



P. calcarea var. laxa nov. var. Dismier MS. in litt. 7", 8". 

 Both sides of the Kennet and Avon Canal between Hungerford 

 and Great Bedwyn. " A variety, parallel to the similarly named 

 vars. of P. fontana, P. cmspitosa, etc. The nerve, muricate at 

 back, is a noticeable feature in this gathering, apart from the lax 

 areolation. ' ' — Dixon. 



Webera annotina Schwaeg. 8". An interesting form occurred 

 on London Clay near Dod's Down Brickworks, Great Bedwyn, 

 about which Mr. Dixon wrote as follows : " Your Webera is for 

 the most part normal W. annotina (bulbils small and numerous in 

 each leaf axil, mostly about the top of the stem). A few stems have 



