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district. East of the Severn, recorded only from Rodborough 

 Common (Reader). 



Hypnum molluscum Hedw. 33, 34. Common, especially 

 in calcareous districts. Fruit not rare. 



Hypnum palustre Huds. 33, 34. On rocks by streams, 

 generally distributed, and common in the Forest of Dean. 



Hypnum stramineum Dicks. 34. This grows with Sphag- 

 num intermedium in the marsh by Fox's Bridge, and near 

 Speech House Road Station. Sterile. 



Hypnum cordifolium Hedw. 34. Forest of Dean (Holmes) . 

 By Fox's Bridge near the Speech House and Tidenham Chase. 

 Sterile. 



Hypnum cuspidatum L. 33, 34. Common. Fruit plenti- 

 ful when growing in marshes. 



Hypnum Schreberi Willd. 33, 34. This common moss is 

 rare on the Cotteswolds, though found sparingly in many 

 parts, especially where there is sand. Conham, near Bristol 

 (Thwaites) ; common in the Forest of Dean, except on the 

 Umestone and along the Western border to Chase End Hill. 

 Fruit rare. Wood near Mitcheldean c.fr. (Miss Armitage). 



Hylocomium splendens B. and S. 33, 34. Common, but 

 rarely in fruit. Fruit at Woodchester (Reader), and near 

 Cheltenham. 



Hylocomium brevirostre B. and S. 33, 34. In woods on 

 the Cotteswolds ; not common, but plentiful in some woods 

 on or near the escarpment ; also in woods in the Forest of 

 Dean, and plentiful in parts of the Wye Valley. Fruit rare. 

 Woodchester Park c.fr. (Reader) ; woods near Dursley c.fr. 

 (Miss Gingell). 



Hylocomium loreum B. and S. 33, 34. Not common, 

 but like the last-, found in many woods in the Cotteswolds, and 

 also in the Forest of Dean. Plentiful in some woods on the 

 Old Red Sandstone. Fruit rare. Woodchester Park c.fr. 

 (Reader) ; Witcombe Wood c.fr. 



Hylocomium squarrosum B. and S. 33, 34- Common 

 and occasionally fruiting. 



Hylocomium triquetrum B. and S. 33, 34. Common, 

 fruit not rare. 



