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in the marsh by Fox's Bridge, and in the valley near the 

 railway-station. These all belong to the var. mucronatum 

 Warnst. 



TETRAPHIDACE^ 



Tetraphis pellucida Hedw. 33, 34. On tree stumps in 

 woods in all parts of the County, but rare on the Cotteswolds. 

 Common in the Forest of Dean, where it also grows on Old Red 

 Sandstone Rocks. Fruit is frequent in the Forest, and is 

 sometimes found in specimens on the Cotteswolds. 



POLYTRICHACE^ 



Catharinea undulata Web. and Mohr. 33, 34. Common. 



Catharinea angustata Brid. 33. Sparingly on sandy 

 ground (Harford Sands), Cleeve Hill Common, near Chelten- 

 ham. 



Polytrichum nanum Neck. 33, 34. Rare on the Cottes- 

 wolds ; sometimes found on the Harford Sands as on Cleeve 

 Hill and Bourton Downs ; also in field by the Four Shire Stone, 

 Moreton-in-Marsh (Hurst) ; Woodchester Park (Reader), and 

 Cam Down, near Dursley. Near Bristol (Thwaites). Rather 

 common in Forest of Dean and May Hill districts. Sometimes, 

 as at Abbott's Wood, with long seta approaching var. longi- 

 setum Hampe. 



Polytrichum aloides Hedw. 33, 34. Like the last, rare on 

 the Cotteswolds ; Hilcot, near Colesbourne ; Woodchester 

 (Reader) ; Cam Down. In several places in the Bristol district, 

 and common in the Forest of Dean and May Hill ; also near 

 Bromsberrow. 



Polytrichum urnigerum L. 33, 34. In a field by the Four 

 Shire Stone near Moreton-in-Marsh (Hurst). Sparingly on a 

 bank at Ham Hill, near Cheltenham. In several places in 

 the Forest of Dean, and especially about quarries where fruit 

 is plentiful. 



Polytrichum alpinum L. 34. Forest of Dean (Holmes, 

 1886). There is a fine fruiting specimen of this moss in the 

 Herbarium at Stroud. 



Polytrichum piliferum Schreb. 33, 34. Rare on the Cottes- 

 wolds, but found sparingly on many of the downs. More com- 

 mon in the Bristol district, and common in the Forest of Dean, 



