COUNTY LISTS OF MOSSES 267 



borough, near the middle of the eastern border of Wiltshire ; they 

 are additional to those that appeared in my paper on East Wilt- 

 shire Mosses in the Journal of Botany for January, 1916. The 

 Kennet and Avon Canal passing through Great Bedwyn divides 

 Wiltshire into the vice-counties of North Wiltshire (v.c. 7) and 

 South Wiltshire (v.c. 8). 



An interesting new vice-county record is Eurynchmm mega- 

 'politanum which fruits at the base of a wall in the village of 

 Mildenhall, near Marlborough (v.c. 7) ; it has been found in the 

 neighbouring county of Berkshire but is a rare moss, generally 

 growing on stony and sandy seashores. The list contains 

 nineteen Wiltshire new county records. 7 = North Wiltshire. 

 8 = South Wiltshire. 



Sphagnum subsecundum Nees. 7.''' Wet place near the Column, 

 Savernake Forest {teste Knight). 



Polytrichum nanum Neck. 7. On a sandy bank near a small 

 pool where the deer drink in Tottenham Park, Savernake Forest. 

 — P.juniijerinum Willd. 7. Very plentiful in a place in Tottenham 

 Park, near the Mansion ; near Puthali Gate, Savernake Forest ; 

 not a common moss in this calcareous district. — P. commune L. 

 7.* In several damp places near the Column, Savernake Forest; 

 this fills a gap in a long series of vice-county records. 



Districhum flexicaule Hampe. 7. On the sides of the Oare 

 Hill road cutting, near Marlborough ; not uncommon on the 

 downs. 



Campylopus 'pyriformis Brid. 7. C.fr. near the Rhododendron 

 Drive, Savernake Forest. 



Dicranum Bonjeani De Not. 8. In two localities among 

 heather at Bedwyn Brails Wood, Great Bedwyn, growing 

 plentifully. 



Fissidens viridulus Wahl. 7. On a hedgebank near Mil- 

 denhall, Marlborough. — F. incurvus Starke. 8." On clayey 

 ground among grass with Philonotis fontana at Bedwyn Brails 

 Wood. Mr. H. H. Knight, of Cheltenham, sends me the following 

 interesting note : " The small Fissidens are puzzling and I think 

 the habitat is a help. F. exilis and incurvus like clay. F. 

 viridulus grows in various places, here (Cheltenham) often on 

 grassy banks, hedgebanks, etc. With us, it is not a rock plant. 

 F. pusillus is purely a rock plant and is plentiful on oolitic stones 

 in woods on the Cotswolds. The four above-mentioned species 

 are all more abundant (near Cheltenham) than the universally 

 distributed F. bryoides.'' — F. adiantoides Hedw. 8. On chalk 

 downs near Burbage, Savernake, c.fr. 



Pottia lanceolata C. M. 8. Chalk downs near Burbage. 



Tortula mutica Linds. 7." At the base of a beech in a copse 

 near Oare Hill, Marlborough ; with it grew Cryphcea heteromalla, 

 which generally prefers higher situations on the tree trunks. — 

 T. pajjillosa Wils. 7." On a small tree by the roadside near 

 Mildenhall. 



Barbula sinuosa Braithw. 7. On the roots of beeches in a 

 copse near Oare Hill ; this moss, which has never been found in 



