A HISTORY OF SURREY 



Rhacomitrium canescens, Brid. 

 Tortula Vahliana, Wils. 

 Barbula lurida, Ldb. 



Zygodon viridissimus, var. rupestris, Ldb. ; Z. 

 Stirtoni, Schp. Dry walls, fairly com- 



mon 



Orthotrichum anomalum, var. saxatile, Milde. 

 Splachnum ampullaceum, L. Not uncommon 



on the moory ground by the Basingstoke 



Canal 

 Aulacomnion palustre,. Schwgr. ; A. androgy- 



num, Schwgr. 

 Bryum murale, Wils. ; B. roseum, Schreb. 



Rare ; sandy bank, St. George's Hill 

 Cryphaea heteromalla, Mohr. ; Neckera pu- 



mila, Hedw. ; Leucodon sciuroides, 



Schwgr. c. fr. 



Porotrichum alopecurum, Mitt. 



Leptodon Smithii, Mohr. Trees and dry 

 walls ; rare, although frequent in Kent 

 and Sussex. Horsley 



Climacium dendroides, W. & M. Not a 

 frequent inhabitant of the bogs of the 

 county. Brtfktootd) plentiful 



Camptothecium lutescens, B. & S. ; Brachy- 

 thecium glareosum, B. & S. ; B. albicans, 

 B. & S. ; B. illecebrum, De Not. c. fr. 



Hypnum stellatum, Schreb. H. exannulatum, 

 Gtimb. ; H. imponens, Hedw. Abun- 

 dant on several moory commons 



scorpioides, L. ; H. stramineum, Dicks. ; 



H. cordifolium, Hedw. 



giganteum, Schp. Pools and marshes, 



rare : Brookwood 



4. UPPER MOLE. This resembles District II. with however a far 

 less extensive development of Lower Greensand which forms a much 

 lower series of more isolated hills, well wooded and with a few bogs and 

 alder swamps. 



Sphagnum papillosum, Ldb. ; S. molle, var. /3 



Mulleri, Braith. 

 Tetraphis pellucida, Hedw. c. fr. ; Ditrichum 



homomallum, Hpe. ; Seligeria paucifolia, 



Carr. 

 Dicranella varia, Schp. ; Dicranum Bonjeani, 



var. calcareum, Br. 

 Fissidens exilis, Hedw. Reigate. F. incurvus, 



Starke. Abundant on the downs 

 decipiens, De Not. Frequent and often 



fruiting freely 

 Phascum Flosrkeanum, W. & M. Chalky 



fields. Pottia bryoides, Mitt. ; P. lanceo- 



lata, C. M. P. caespitosa, C. M. Bare 



ground on the downs sparingly 

 Tortula pusilla, Mitt. 

 Barbula lurida, Ldb. ; B. fallax, var. /9 brevi- 



folia, Schultz ; B. cylindrica, Schp. ; B. 



vinealis, Brid. 

 Leptodontium gemmascens, Braith. Betch- 



worth 

 Weisia crispa, Mitt. ; W. multicapsularis, 



C. M. ; W. tenuis, C. M. RedhUl 

 Trichostomum tortuosum, Dixon. 



Ephemerum recurvifolium, Ldb. 



Physcomitrella patens, B. & S. Buckland 



Bartramia ithyphylla, Brid. Near Dorking 



Leptobryum pyriforme, Wils. 



Bryum inclinatum, Bland. ; B. Donianum, 

 Grev. ; Mnium affine, Bland. ; M. ros- 

 tratum, Schrad. ; M. stellare, Reich. 



Cryphaea heteromalla, Mohr. 



Neckera crispa, var. falcata, Boul. Reigate 

 Hill 



Thuidium hystricosum, Mitt. Abundant on 

 the downs. T. recognitum, Ldb. 



Climacium dendroides, W. & M. ; Cylindro- 

 thecium concinnum, Schp. 



Brachythecium illecebrum, De Not 



Eurhynchium crassinervium, B. & S. ; E. pu- 

 milum, Schp. ; E. tenellum, var. scabrel- 

 lum, Dixon. Trees about Dorking. E. 

 murale, Milde. ; E. prselongum, var. /9 

 Stokesii, Turn. 



Hypnum stellatum, var. /3 protensum, B. & S. ; 

 H. Sommerfeltii, Myr. c. fr. 



imponens, Hedw. Reigate Heath ; plenti- 

 ful. H. stramineum, Dicks 



5. LOWER MOLE. The southern half of the district is almost 

 entirely composed of chalk and exhibits the most typical scenery of that 

 formation. Norbury Park and Box Hill are richly wooded and yield a 

 large number of species. Further north is a broad belt of London Clay 

 with a small outcrop of Bagshot Sand towards Cobham. 



Sphagnum rigidum, Schp. ; S. tenellum, Archidium alternifolium, Schp. ; Ditrichum 



Ehrh. ; Tetraphis pellucida, Hedw. flexicaule, Hpe. ; Seligeria paucifolia, 



c. fr. Carr. Very common in the woods on 



Polytrichum nanum, Neck. ; P. aloides, the downs, growing on small stones. S. 



Hedw. calcarea, B. & S. 



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