262 PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 1914 



LIST OF MOSSES FROM GLOUCESTERSHIRE 



SPHAGNACE^ 



Sphagnum cymbifolium Ehrh. 34. Forest of Dean (Herb. 

 Holmes, also Elliott). Tidenham Chase (Shoolbred). Near 

 Speech House (Miss Armitage). May Hill. Recorded from 

 Mitcheldean Meend by Rev. A. Ley, but the specimen in his 

 Herbarium is the next species. 



Sphagnum papillosum Lindb. 34. Common in the Forest 

 of Dean wherever Sphagna occur. Both varieties normale 

 Warnst. and sublceve Limpr. are found. 



Sphagnum rigidum Schp. — S. compactum DC. 34. 

 Mitcheldean Meend (Ley), Drybrook Meend. Tidenham Chase 

 (Shoolbred). The plant on Mitcheldean and Drybrook is var. 

 imhricatum Warnst., and that on Tidenham Chase var. squar- 

 rosum Russ. 



Sphagnum tenellum Ehrh. — S. molluscum Bruch. 34. 

 Forest of Dean (Holmes and Elliott). Mitcheldean Meend. 



Sphagnum subsecundum Nees. 34. This is the most fre- 

 quent form of Sphagnum in all parts of the Forest of Dean ; 

 also May Hill, Chase End Hill. In the Gloucestershire part of 

 the Bristol Coalfield district this is the only species found. The 

 different species according to Warnstorf's arrangement are, 

 S. subsecundum Limpr., Fox's Bridge, near Speech House. 

 S. inundatunt Warnst., Forest of Dean (Elliott) ; Spruce 

 Drive, near Speech House. S. crassidadum Warnst., Mitchel- 

 dean Meend ; Old Roman Road, Viney Hill. S. rufescens 

 Warnst. Common in the Forest and on May Hill. Rodway 

 Hill, Mangotsfield (Miss Roper) ; Yate Common. 



Sphagnum molle Sull. 34. May Hill. 



Sphagnum acutifolium Ehrh. 34. Common wherever 

 Sphagnum occurs in the Forest of Dean and May Hill. All 

 the plants of this aggregate belong to Sphagnum suhnitens Russ. 

 and Warnst. 



Sphagnum fimbriatum Wils. 34. Forest of Dean (Elliott, 

 specimen named by E. C. Horrell). 



Sphagnum intermedium Hoffin — S. recurvum Warnst. 34. 

 Forest of Dean (Holmes and EUiott). Near the Speech House 



