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List of Mosses found near Chelmsford. By A. Greenwood, Esq. 



I AM induced to offer the following list of mosses to the readers of 

 the * Phytologist,' from the belief that no account of the cryptogamic 

 productions of the immediate vicinity of Chelmsford has yet appear- 

 ed in publication. 



The species mentioned, which all grow within the distance of about 

 ten miles from the town, amount to 109 ; and when it is considered 

 that they are the result of the investigations of the last winter only, 

 and of my own individual exertions, we may suppose that many must 

 necessarily have been overlooked. In the genera Bryura, Orthotri- 

 chum and Sphagnum particularly, I think there must be a deficiency 

 in the number of species, but as it is my intention to leave home short- 

 ly, I prefer sending the list as it is, to waiting an indefinite time for 

 an opportunity of adding to it. Doubtless, also, the majority of those 

 to which stations are given, grow in many other places as well. I 

 merely state where I myself have found them. At the advice of some 

 of my friends, I have adhered, where possible, to the nomenclature of 

 Hooker and Taylor, as being that at present in most general use 

 among botanists. 



To the kindness of Mr. G. H. K. Thwaites, of Bristol, I am indebt- 

 ed for confirmation in the names of some of the species. 

 Phascum crispum. Banks, &c., rather common. 



suhulatnm. 



■ muticmn. I have only observed it at Queen's Wood, Great 



Leighs, but it is probably common. 



cuspidatum. 



curvicollum. A few single plants gathered in several places. 



Sphagnum ohtusifoUum. 



• acidifolium 



• contortum, Schultz, B*. I believe this is not uncommon in 



company with other Sphagna. I have gathered it on Wood- 

 ham Walter Common, and on Warley Common, near Brent- 

 wood. 



Gymnostomum mridissimum, B. On a tree in Bligh's Wood, Spring- 

 field ; also on a tree in the parish of Roxwell. 



truncatulum. 



. conicum. On clayey fallows, &c. : not uncommon. 



*B, not yet discovered iu fruit. 



