272 PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 1914 



Tortula angustata Wils. 34. Common about Newent and 

 Bromsberrow ; Chase End Hill ; Damery quarry, near Tort- 

 worth. 



Tortula mutica Lindb. 33, 34. On trees or walls where 

 subject to inundation. Common by rivers and streams on the 

 low ground ; not on the hills. In fruit on tree near the Severn 

 at Tirley. 



Tortula laevipila Schwaeg. 33, 34. On trees (common). 

 Var. laevipiloe f ormis Limpr. (33, 34). On trees in the Severn 

 Valley. 



Tortula intermedia Berk. 33, 34. Walls and roofs ; com- 

 mon. A conspicuous moss on the Cotteswold walls. 



Tortula ruralis Ehrh. 33, 34. Walls, roofs, and stony 

 ground ; common. 



Tortula ruraliformis Dixon. 34. Limestone quarry, near 

 Mitch eldean. This moss is usually found on sandy ground by 

 the sea. 



Tortula papillosa Wils. 33, 34. On trees, especially elms ; 

 rare, but widely distributed on the Cotteswolds, and more 

 frequent in the Severn and Avon Valleys. Also on an old 

 tombstone at Dumbleton. Not recorded from the Forest of 

 Dean or Bristol districts. 



Barbula lurida. Lindb. 33, 34. Common, and found in 

 all parts of the County. Always barren. 



Barbula rubella Mitt. 33, 34. Walls and stony ground ; 

 common. 



Barbula tophacea Mitt. 33, 34. Common, and found in 

 all parts of the County. 



Barbula fallax Hedw. 33, 34. On bare ground, rocks and 

 walls ; common. Var. brevi folia Schultz (33, 34) is also common. 



Barbula recurvifolia Schp. 33, 34. In old quarries and 

 stony ground ; rare, but widely distribu,ted on the Cotteswolds. 

 Also in the Avon Gorge near Bristol and in the limestone parts 

 of the Forest of Dean. 



Barbula spadicea Mitt. 33, 34. On rocks and stones in 

 woods in many parts of the Cotteswolds, but scarce. Also at 

 Symonds Yat ; and by R. Leadon, near Newent. 



Barbula rigidula Mitt. 33, 34. Common, a frequent moss 

 on Cotteswold walls, where it fruits abundantly. 



