286 PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 1914 



Brachythecium velutinum B. and S. 33, 34. Common. 



Brachythecium populeum B. and S. 33, 34. On walls 

 and stones in woods, and sometimes on trees. Found in many 

 parts of the Cotteswolds, but rare. More frequent in the west 

 of the County. 



Brachythecium plumosum B. and S. 34. On rocks by 

 streams, confined to the Forest of Dean, where it is not uncom- 

 mon. 



Brachythecium caespitosum Dixon. 33, 34. On rocks, 

 walls, and trees ; in places which are subject to inundation 

 during floods. Near Bristol (Thwaites) ; stones by R. Wye 

 under Bicknor Woods (Ley) ; on bridge walls and trees on 

 both sides of R. Severn between Tewkesbury and Gloucester ; 

 base of tree by R. Coin, Fairford. Always barren. 



Brachythecium illecebrum De Not. 33, 34. Calfway, 

 near Bisley (Holmes) ; hedge bank, Damery. Not uncommon 

 on the Keuper Sandstone rocks about Newent and Broms- 

 berrow. Always barren. 



Brachythecium purum Dixon. 33, 34. Common, and 

 occasionally fruiting. 



Eurhynchium piliferum B. and S. 33, 34. Common, 

 rarely fruiting. Near Fairford c.fr. (Taylor) ; Woodchester 

 c.fr. (Reader) ; near Symonds Yat c.fr. (Miss Armitage). 



Eurhynchium crassinervium B. and S. 33, 34. On shady 

 walls and roots of trees ; common on the Cotteswolds and on 

 the limestone of the Bristol and Forest of Dean districts. In 

 the Forest it also grows on Old Red Sandstone rocks. Fruit 

 not uncommon on the Cotteswolds. This plant varies much 

 in size and is sometimes very slender, var. tcmie Braith. 



Eurhynchium speciosum Schp. 33. Well at Fairford and 

 sheep-pool at Whelford c.fr. (Taylor). 



Eurhynchium praelongum Hobk. 33, 34. Common. Var. 

 Stokesii Brid. (33, 34). Hilly woods about Stroud (Reader) ; 

 Symonds Yat (Miss Armitage). 



Eurhynchium Swartzii Hobk. 33, 34. Common, and 

 occasionally fruiting. 



Eurhynchium abbreviatum Schp. 33, 34. On hedge 

 banks and in woods ; not uncommon but often barren. Fruit 

 abundant in woods at Woodchester and near Dursley. 



