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down Park, not very common in fruit. — B. roscum Schreb." Snels- 

 more Common (/. tt C.) ; plentiful in Eivar Copse, Inkpen. 



Mnium lyunctatum L. On the sandy sides of a deeply sunken 

 rivulet near Burridge Heath, Great Bedwyn, c.fr. 



Cryplicea hetcromalla Mohr. Welford Woods, near Newbury 

 (/. d C.) ; on elder. 



Leucodon scmroides Schwaeg. On sarsen stones at Ashdown 

 Park, not common. 



Porotrichum alopecuruvi Mitt. Fruiting rather freely in Eivar 

 Copse, Inkpen ; also by the side of a shady walk, near Eivar, c.fr. 



Leskea polycarpa Ehrh. Trunks of trees by water near 

 Enborne; Wash Common (/.). 



Climacmrn dendroides Webb & Mohr. Greenham Common 

 (J. tO C.) ; in a marshy place near Burridge Heath, Great 

 Bedwyn ; reed bed near Kintbury. 



Brachythecmm salehroswn B. & S. c.fr. Willow^ stumps in 

 osier bed between Midgham and Aldermaston (/. tie C). — B. ille- 

 cebriivi De Not. On the ground in Hampstead Marshall Park, 

 Newbury (/. d C.) ; also near Greenham Church, Newbury 

 (/. d- C). 



Eurynchium crass hiervimn B. & S. On a hedgebank by the 

 roadside near Oxen wood, Hungerford.- — E. ahhreviatum Schp. 

 Near Crookham, Berks (/. d C). — E. pumilum Schp. Bank in 

 lane near Crookham (/. d C.) — E. striatum B. & S. Abundant 

 but very rare in fruit ; c.fr. Eivar Copse, Inkpen ; in Cornwall, 

 around Looe and Polperro, the fruit is common, and Mr. Eilstone 

 tells me he finds fertile plants more frequently than sterile ones, 

 the fruiting specimens being brighter and handsomer than those 

 without capsules. 



Amhlystegium Juratzkanum Schp. On w^ood at Mapledene, 

 Enborne Eoad, Newbury (/.). 



Hypnum aduncum Hedw. non L. Snelsmore Common, New- 

 bury. — H. fluitans var. Jeanhernati Een. Swinley Park, Berk- 

 shire (/.). — H. cupressiforme L. Abundant on sarsen stones near 

 Ashdown Park, where it appears to be the dominant species. — 

 II. cupressiforme var. resupinatum Schp. Eather scarce on sarsen 

 stones near Ashdown Park ; an addition to the sarsen stone moss 

 flora, but " one of those forms that show the relationship to type 

 so clearly that the question of specific value is, I think, quite 

 precluded " (Dixon). — II cordifolium Hedw. C.fr. in a bog near 

 Bagshot, Hungerford, growing with Philonotis ccespitosa Wils. ; 

 abundantly in a reed bed near Kintbury. 



Thuidium Philihcrti Limpr., and Hylocomium loreum B. & S. 

 grow in North Wiltshire, but are unrecorded for Berkshire, where 

 it is likely that they will be found ; the former should be looked for 

 among short grass in chalk pits and on downs, and the latter 

 should be searched for in woods. 



Wiltshire Mosses. 

 Tlie following mosses were gathered round Great Bedw^yn, a 

 village which lies about seven miles to the south-east of Marl- 



