CBYPTOGAMIC FLORA OF WAlIWirKSIIIUE. 75 



The past records of Warwickshire mosses are very scanty, the 

 only works within my reach in which any such records are given being 

 Purton's " Midland Flora" and Perry's " Plantns Vai'vicenses Selectaj," 

 the notes in the latter being entirely copied from the first-named work. 

 Unfortunately Purtou has not given locahties for any but the rarer 

 mosses, and has, therefore, left it uncertain whether the mosses recorded 

 as "common," "frequent," &c., were found by him in Warwickshire or 

 in other parts of the Midlands. I have only recorded those mosses for 

 which he gives a Warwickshire station, although I am convinced that 

 many that I omit were found by him in this county. 



The Moss Flora of Warwickshire is by no means an extensive one, 

 and our really rare species are few in number compared ■«nth those of such 

 counties as Surrey, Kent, or Gloucester. Still the county has yielded a 

 few rare species, and has the merit, if merit it be, of having added at 

 least two new species to the British Flora. The present list is, I am 

 convinced, an imperfect one. Much of the county has been at present 

 neglected, and to many districts I have been able to make only flying 

 visits. From the neighbourhood of Rugby I have no notes. The Edge 

 Hill district has only once been visited by myself ; and I know of no 

 records from that part of the county which lies south-west of the Edge 

 Hills ; in fact, so far as I have been able to make out, very little has yet 

 been done in the southern portion of the county, and I am convinced 

 that much good work still remains to be done. 



Tliis hst will include the Musci, Hepaticse, Lichens, and Fungi. The 

 Algae I shall leave for a more competent botanist. 



The following is a list of the books used in this compilation, with the 

 abbreviations employed in these papers : — 



Purt.— " A Midland Flora," 2 vols., 1817. T. Purton. 



Purt. — " An Appendix to the Midland Flora," in two parts, 



1821. T. Purton. 

 E. F.— " The English Flora," Vol. V., Part 11. Kev. M. J. 

 Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. 



MUSCI. 

 The classification adopted is that of " The London Catalogue of 

 British Mosses," by C. P. Hobkirk a^ad H. Boswell, 1877, a classification 

 which in my opinion has the merit of being a very natural one, and 

 which will probably be adopted by the majority of working botanists. 



In the following list I have only quoted the sjoionymsof the "Midland 

 Flora," and the three works on British mosses most generally in use in 

 this country, which are indicated as under. 



Wils. — Wilson — " Bryologia Britannica," 1855. 

 Berfc.— Berkeley— " Plaudbook of British Mosses," 1863. 

 HoftA;.— Hobkirk— " Synopsis of British Mosses," 1873. 

 SECTION I.— ACEOCARPL 



SPHAGNACE^. 



1. — Sphnrjmim acutifolium Ehrh. Marshes and bogs, local. A very 

 varying species, both in size and habit, often tinged with a reddish 

 tint, fruiting in Autxman. Abundant in Sutton Park ! Coleshill 

 Bog ! Trickley Coppice, in di'ains ! New Park ! July, August. 



