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Dicranum scoparium Hedw. 33, 34- Common. Var. 

 paludosum Schp. (34) Woodchester (Reader). Var. ortho- 

 fhyllum Brid. (33) occasionally on the Cotteswolds. 



Dicranum majus Turn. 33. 34- In woods on the Cottes- 

 wolds. not common. Frequent in the Forest of Dean and 

 woods near Newent. Fruit rare, in wood near The Buckstone. 



Dicranum fuscescens Turn. 34- This is found only on 

 the Old Red Sandstone conglomerate rocks in the Forest of 

 Dean Near Mitcheldean (Ley), and in wood near The Buck- 

 stone (Miss Armitage) . Var. /a/«MwmBraithw. (34)- Wood 

 near The Buckstone (Miss Armitage). Fruitmg on the rocks 

 near Mitcheldean. 



Dicranum Scottianum Turn. 34- The Buckstone (Miss 

 Armitage) and rocks near it. Sterile. 



Dicracum montanum Hedw. 34- On a rock, Lea Bailey, 

 near Mitcheldean (Ley's herbarium). This moss is usually 

 found on trees ; here it grows on the Old Red Sandstone con- 



^ ""Teurobryum glaucum Schp. 34- Sparingly at Wood- 

 chester (Reader). This is the only record in the County east 

 of the Severn. In woods and turfy ground m the Forest of 

 Dean not uncommon. In Wilson's " Bryologia Bntannica '' 

 it is stated that fruit has been found in Gloucestershire, but I 

 have no recent record of fruit. 



FISSIDENTACE^ 



Fissidens exilis Hedw. 33.34- Generally distributed and 

 common in woods on the Cotteswolds. 



Fissidens viridulus Wahl. 33. 34- Common ; also var. 

 Lylei Wils (33, 34), which sometimes grows with the type. 



Fissidens pusiUus Wils. 33, 34- Common on stones m 

 woods on the Cotteswolds, and also in other parts of the county 

 on sandstone or limestone. 



Fissidens algarvicus Solms. 33- In wood, Hilcot, near 

 Colesbourne. This moss was plentiful in the autumn after the 

 wet summer of 1912, but I have not been able to find it since. 



Fissidens incurvus Starke. 33. 34- Common, and found 

 in all parts of the County. 



