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132. Didymodon sinuosus. 1, 2, 3, 7. 13, 14. Damp stones at the 

 base of walls, &c., not rare. Easily known by its fragile leaves. Banks of the 

 Honddu, Llanthony, 1874. Wall of St. Weonard's Church. Wall-top, Great 

 Doward ; stones, Breinton, and King's Capel, 1877, Ley. Whitfield, on an oak 

 bole, 1877, Ley. 



134. Eucladimn verticillatum. 2, 7, 8. Rocks and quarry sides 

 where irrigated by an ooze of water ; conspicuous from its metallic green foliage. 

 Dripping rocks, G-reat Doward, in plenty. Brobury Scaur, and similar rocks 

 above Breinton, on the Wye. Damp quarry, Fawley, Ley. In plentiful fruit, in 

 the petrifying rill at Brobury Scaur, August, 1880, Ley. In fruit, with Barbula 

 rigidula, at Great Doward, March, 1877, Ley. 



136. Ditrichum homomallurQ. 2, 11, 14. Banks in hilly parts, 

 not common. Lyonshall Park, Crouch. Plentiful at Harechurch, Hope Mansel, 

 1874, Ley. Summit of the Hatterel range, Llanthony, 1874, Ley. 



137. Ditrichiim flexicavile. 2, 3, 4, 13, 14. Open hills, chiefly on 

 the limestone. Checkley Common, Crouch. Hills above Dormington, Ley. Great 

 Doward, Ley. Mountain sides, Llanthony, Ley. 



141. TrichostorQUin tophaceum. 2, 3, 7. 14. Quarries, railway 

 cuttings, &c., common. Railway cutting at Fawley station, f raiting. Ley. Rocks 

 and stones by the banks of the Wye, mostly barren. Banks of the Honddu. Llan- 

 thony, fruiting. Ley. 



142. Trichostomum mutabile. 1, 2, 3, 10, 14. Walls and shady 

 banks, on sand and limestone. Backburj' hill, and Bridstow, near Ross, under 

 old hedges, barren. Ley. Lord's wood. Great Doward, barren. Ley. Stone near 

 Hole-in-the-Wall, Toy, fniiting, Ley. Not uncommon. 



143. Trichostomura crispulum. 2. Rare; limestone. Plentiful 

 in the large quarry. Great Doward ; in fine fruit there. May, 1877, Ley. Small 

 quarry, Caplar, April 3, 1880, Ley. 



145. Trichostomum nitidum. 2, 14. Rocks; rare. Limestone 

 rocks. Great Doward, 1877, Ley. Cwm Bwchel, Llanthony, 1877, Ley. 



149. Barbula ambigua. 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 11. 12, 13. Mortar of walls, and 

 on marly banks, common. Pembridge, Crouch. Wall, Hereford ; wall-top, 

 Sellack ; road bank, Tretire ; railway cutting, Fawley, Ley. 



150. Barbula aloides. 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13. Habits, &c., of the 

 last, the two often growing together in a puzzling manner. Pembridge, Crouch. 

 Marly quames, Caplar ; Fawley station. Ley. This species seems far more 

 abundant, though not more wdely distributed, in our neighbourhood, than its 

 congener, £. anibigua. Marly banks will be found bearing a thick crop of B. 

 aloides, among which scattered specimens of B. anibigua will be picked out by 

 means of their erect capsule and broader leaves. 



156. Barbula marginata. 2. Sandstone faces where decaying and 

 shaded. Not unconmion in the Ross District. Lane bank. King's Capel ; old 



