346 BRYOLOGY OF OXFORD. [November, 



Pottia truncata. Newly tiirned soil in moist places ; Heading- 

 ton- Wick Bog; drains in Bagley Wood. February. 



Anacalypta lanceolata. Turfy walls^ banks ; Shotover Planta- 

 tions, Noke, Stanton St. John^s, Botley, Hincksey, etc. ; 

 fine plants. February, March. 



Didymodon rubellus. Shady old walls, banks ; Rose Hill, Stan- 

 ton St. John^s, South Hincksey, Headington-Wick Copse. 

 October, November. 



Tortula rigida. Wails of limestone mud, often in company with 

 the next, but less frequent ; known from it by the elliptic- 

 lanceolate capsule, generally smaller size, etc. ; Marston 

 Lane, Islip, Salford near Cbipping-Norton, etc. Novem- 

 ber, January. 



Tortula ambigua. Mud-capped walls ; abundant near Oxford, 

 Bicester, etc. Winter. 



Tortula aloides. Turf walls, at Rose Hill, at Hincksey, and near 

 Bayswater Mill ; embankment of stones and turf, Shotover 

 Plantations. I have not met with it on clay banks. Fruit 

 November to February. — Sometimes occurs barren, when it 

 may be known by the compact tufts it forms, and by the 

 acute leaves, much longer than in the two last. It is rather 

 rare here. 



Tortula unguicuJ at a. Gravelly banks, old walls; common. Winter. 



Tortula fallax. Ditch-bank, Ifiley road ; side of drain in bog 

 near Stow Wood ; sparingly, in fruit ; common in barren 

 state. November and December. 



Tortula revoluta. Walls ; by the road near Shotover Hill, Fo- 

 rest Hill, etc. ; frequent. April. 



Tortula Horns chuchiana. Rare ; wall near Noke, in tolerable 

 plenty, 1860. April. Easily known from the last by the 

 acute leaves and the lax tufts, easily separating ; it is a much 

 more delicate plant. 



Tortula convoluta. Walls, etc. ; Shotover, near Stoke ; Hinck- 

 sey; Curanor. April. 



Tortula muralis. Walls, stones, etc. ; common. Spring. 



Tortula subulata. Formerly abundant in Shotover Plantations, 

 but now almost extinct through clearing for cultivation. 

 Headington-Wick Copse ; scarce. March, April. 



Tortula latifolia. On one or two Willows by the Cherwell Bank. 

 Barren. 



