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and on the western border of the County up to Chase End Hill. 



Polytrichum juniperinum Willd. 33, 34. This moss often 

 grows with the last, and its distribution is the same. 



Polytrichum gracile Dicks. 33. On tree stump, Chat- 

 combe Wood, near Cheltenham c.fr 



Polytrichum formosum Hedw. 33, 34. In woods on the 

 Cotteswolds. Common in the western portion of the County. 



Polytrichum commune L. 33, 34. On sandy bank (Cottes- 

 wold Sands), Woodchester Park c. fr. (Reader). This is the 

 only locality I know for this moss on the Cotteswolds. 

 Mr Beach's record for Cheltenham district is probably an error. 

 It also grows on heathy ground on the gravel (" Northern 

 Drift ") near Moreton-in-Marsh. In several locahties in the 

 Bristol district, and common in many parts of the Forest of 

 Dean ; also May Hill. 



DICRANACEA 



ArchidiumalternifoliumSchp. 33,34. On the gravel drift 

 near Moreton-in-Marsh. Broadway Hill (just within the 

 county-boundary). May Hill and on paths in wood near the 

 Speech House. The fruit, which is inconspicuous, is usually 

 present. 



Pleuridium axillare Lindb. 33, 34. On paths in woods and 

 cultivated fields. Generally distributed but not common. In 

 the North Cotteswolds it can always be found on the sandy 

 clays of the Middle Lias. 



Pleuridium subulatum Rabenh. 33, 34. Generally dis- 

 tributed and common in the west of the County. 



Pleuridium alternifolium Rabenh. 33, 34. Widely dis- 

 tributed, but except on the Cotteswolds, less common than the 

 last. 



Ditrichum homomallum Hanipe. 34. Rare and found only 

 in the Forest of Dean district. Sandstone rocks below Madgetts 

 (Shoolbred). Near Mitcheldean. Anchorbury Hill, above 

 Lyd brook. Wood near The Buckstone. Near Speech House 

 Road Station. May Hill. 



Ditrichum flexicaule Hampe. 33, 34. Common on the 

 Cotteswolds and also on. the limestone of the Bristol and Forest 

 of Dean districts. 



