274 PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 1914 



Weisia sterilis Nicholson. 33. On the hills, near Chelten- 

 ham ; and also Bredon Hill, near Kemerton. The fruit is 

 usually present, but is produced sparingly. Mr Beach mentions 

 " a variety of W. crispa resembling W. tnulticapsularis," 

 which is probably this. 



Weisia microstoma CM. 33, 34. Common on the Cottes- 

 wolds, rare in other parts of the County. 



Weisia tortilis CM. 33, 34. " On Cleeve Hill sparingly " 

 (Beach). In several places on the Cotteswolds ; also on St. 

 Vincent's Rocks, Clifton. The Gloucestershire plants re- 

 semble W. crispata in all respects except the complete absence 

 of a peristome. 



Weisia crispata CM. 33, 34. Common on the Cottes- 

 wolds, and found also on the limestone near Bristol, and rarely 

 on the limestone in the Wye Valley. 



Weisia viridula Hedw. 33, 34. Common, and occurs in 

 all parts of the County, though on the Cotteswolds it is less 

 frequent than W . microstoma and crispata. 



Weisia mucronata B. and S. 33, 34. Rare, but probably, 

 often overlooked. Railway-cutting near Gotherington. Top 

 of cliff, Symonds Yat (Miss Armitage and Binstead). Near 

 Blakeney. 



Weisia tenuis CM. 33, 34. Not uncommon in old 

 quarries and on walls on the Cotteswolds and frequently fruit- 

 ing. Also cutting near Beech wood, Mitcheldean (Ley), and 

 near Symonds Yat (Miss Armitage). 



Weisia calcarea CM. 34. On limestone rocks in the Wye 

 Valley, in fruit at Symonds Yat (Miss Armitage and Binstead). 

 Also on Keuper Sandstone rocks by R. Leadon near Newent. 

 Var. mutica Boulay (34), St. Vincent's Rocks (Waterfall), and 

 in the Avon Gorge below Durdham Down. 



Weisia verticillata Brid. 33, 34. On damp calcareous 

 rocks in all parts of the County, but not often in fruit. Chal- 

 ford, near Stroud c.fr. (Holmes and Elliott). On Keuper 

 Sandstone in road-cutting near Newent c.fr. 



Trichostomum crispulum Bruch. 33,34- Common on the 

 limestone of the Wye Valley and of the Avon Gorge, near 

 Bristol. Also on the Cotteswolds, where, however, it is rare. 

 Fruiting sparingly at Symonds Yat (Miss Armitage), and near 

 Bristol. 



