ITS MOSSES. 



well shown on the mounting card. For purposes 

 of identification Mr. English has prepared a very 

 beautiful series of dried specimens, which may be 

 obtained from him at Epping. He has also fur- 

 nished me with the following list of the more 

 important of the mosses which he has collected in 

 the Forest, with their localities. I append it for 

 the benefit of the numerous class of students who 

 make these plants the object of, and the excuse 

 for, winter rambles. 



Sphagnum rubellum. Forming rosy tufts, on the margin 



of boggj' places. By the side of Copped Hall Lodge 



Road. 

 Dicranella heteromalla. This little gem of early spring, 



with its hair-like foliage and glowing orange fruit, grows 



under oaks and by the side of old gravel-pits. 

 Dicranum scoparium. A pretty light green plant, with 



foliage slightly cui"ved, in dense masses, as soft as a 



cushion. 

 Leucobiyum glaucum. Glaucous green, quite a departure 



from the usual run of mosses, appearing like mounds 



rather than moss ; rarely found in fruit. In and near 



Monk Wood. 

 Ceratodon purpureus. INIost abundant by the side of the 



Theydon Road on old charred mounds where the heather 



has iieen burned. 

 Funaria hygrometrica. On charred places where fires have 



occurred. 

 Philinotis fontana. A curious forked plant ; very local ; 



grows in a bog by the Wake Arms, Theydon Road, 



and Loughton Road. 

 Brynm argenteum. A pretty silvery plant. On banks near 



Theyilon. 

 Mnium undulatum. Moist places. Epping Lower Forest. 

 Mnium homum. Sometimes called Swan's Neck Moss, 



from the curvature of the upper part of the fruit-stalk. 

 Aulacomnium palustre. Damp and boggy places. 

 Tetraphis pellucida. On old stumps and damp places. 



Clr)se by Anibresbury Bank. 

 Polytrichum commune. In bogs. 

 Polytrichum juniperum. C^ravel-pits by Wake Arms. 

 Thuidium tamariscinum. Very handsome, bright green, 



fern-like. 



