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524. Hypnum fllicinum. 1. 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. Streams 

 and damp ground, very common. Shobdon marsh, Crouch. Sellack, Ley. Var- 

 iety vallis clausce. Lyonshall Park, Crouch. The very slender variety mentioned 

 by Wilson, Bry. Brit., grows in abundance on dry banks at Caplar quarry, Ley. 



525. Hypnum commutatum. 1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 14. Streams, damp 

 places, and irrigated rocks, common. Lyonshall, Crouch. Sellack, Ley. Large 

 and fine, on wet limestone rocks at the Great Doward, and similarly at Llan- 

 thony, and at Taren Esgob Breconshire, Ley. 



526. Hypnum falcatura. 1, 3, 14. Bogs and wet places. Spring 

 heads in hill districts. Wet rock at the Darran, near Skenfrith, 1875, Ley. Very 

 fine in a well near Mordiford, 1876, Ley. Garway hill ; and plentiful on the 

 Hatterels, Llanthony, Ley. Not in fruit. Fruiting in the upper part of the 

 Honddu valley, Breconshire, 1877, Ley. 



528. Hypnum rugosum. 2. Limestone ground, very rare. Ex- 

 posed limestone ground, south face of the Great Doward, in small quantities, 

 1872, Ley. 



535. Hypnum cupressiforme. l, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, lo, 11, 12, 13, 14. 



Common and ubiquitous. Pembridge, Crouch. Great Doward, Ley. When 

 growing on trees, it uniformly appears to grow from above downward. 



Var. compressum. Pembridge, Crouch. 



Var. lacunosum. Checkley Common, Crouch. 



Var. k, resupinatum. 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12. 14. Grove wood, 

 Pembridge, Crouch. Sellack, Ley. Common. 



536. Hypnum arcuatum. 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14. Damp turf, not 

 rare. Titley, Crouch. Clayey field near Kentchurch, 1877, Ley. By side of the 

 Wye near How Capel, and again at Breinton, 1877, Ley. Downton, 1878, Ley. 

 On a stump ! river bank, Moccas Park, 1879 ; Northgate, and other place.s in St. 

 Weonards, abundant, Ley. Barren. Rough mountain pasture, base of Crib-y- 

 garth, June, 1880, Ley. 



538. Hjrpnum moUuscum. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14. Banks 

 and rocks, common on limestone, rare on sandstone. Aymestry, Crouch. Fruiting 

 abundantly on the Great Doward, Ley. Caplar quarries (sandstone), Ley. Moun- 

 tain sides, Llanthony valley (sandstone). Ley. Rock (sandstone), west edge of 

 Garway hill, fruiting freely, 1880, Ley. 



540. Hypnum palustre. 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 12, 14. Damp stones, &c., 

 most common among the hills. Pembridge, Crouch. By the Pentelow brook, 

 near Mordiford, Ley. Stones along the banks of the Wye at Caplar, and in other 

 spots in the Ross District, sparingly, Ley. Abundant in the Llanthony District, 



Ley. 



Var. subsphaericarpon. Cwm Bwchel, Llanthony, abundantly, 

 Ley. Banks of the Monnow, below Skenfrith, 1880, Ley. Damp rocks, Hare- 

 church, Hope Mansel (small form), 1880, Ley. 



