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Cheltenham ; Fairford (Taylor) ; Cerney Wick ; near Newent. 

 In this species the fruit is generally present. 



Bryum pallescens Schleich. 34. Forest of Dean (Holmes 

 and Elliott). Stony ground near Milkwall. 



Bryum intermedium Brid. 33, 34. Damp ground, not 

 common. By the railway at Charlton Kings, and at the old 

 Pilford Brickworks, Pilley, Leckhampton ; by railway be- 

 tween Newent and Dymock. 



Bryum caespiticium L. 33, 34. Common on walls, etc. 

 Bryum provinciale Philib. 34. Limestone rocks Symonds 

 Yat c.fr. (Miss Armitage and Binstead) ; and limestone rocks 

 above the Wye near Tidenham. 



Bryum capillare L. 33, 34. Common. Var. torquescens 

 Husn. (33, 34). " On the hills near Cheltenham, about old 

 stone quarries " (Beach). Quarry by R. Wye above Chepstow. 

 Var. rosulatum Mitt. (33), Horn's Valley, Stroud (Holmes). 

 Bryum obconicum Hornsch. 34. Symonds Yat. 

 Bryum Donianum Grev. 34. On roadside banks in several 

 places about Newent and Bromsberrow. Fruit not found. 



Bryum erythrocarpum Schwaeg. 33, 34. Sterile plants 

 with the radicular gemmae are not uncommon on the Cottes- 

 wolds and elsewhere in cultivated fields and woods. Railway 

 embankment near Cheltenham c.fr ; woods and heaths in the 

 Forest of Dean, where fruit is more frequent ; also in the Avon 

 Gorge, near Bristol. 



Bryum rubens Mitt. 34. In woods near Symonds Yat 

 (Miss Armitage and Binstead) ; near Slaughter, Staunton (Ley). 

 This species is hardly distinguishable from the last. 



Bryum atropurpureum (Web. and Mohr). 33, 34. Com- 

 mon. A form with gemmae, var. gracilentum Tayl. (33, 34) is 

 also common. - , 



Bryum murale Wils. 33, 34. On the mortar of walls ; 

 not common, but found in all parts of the County. Also in 

 Hmestone quarry by the R. Wye above Chepstow. 



Bryum alpinum Huds. 34. On May Hill. This species 

 is recorded for Cheltenham by Mr Beach, probably an error. 

 Bryum argenteum L. 33, 34. Common. The var. lana- 

 tuni B. and C. (33, 34) is not uncommon. 



