94 THE HEPATIC^ OF WABWICKSHIEE. 



Purt. — A Botanical Description of British Plants in the Midland 

 Counties. By T. Purton, Surgeon, Alcester, Vol. II., 1817. An 

 Appendix to The Midland Flora, Parts 1 and 2. By Thomas 

 Purton, r.L.S., 1821. 



Hook.— The English Flora, Cryptogamia, Vol. V., Part 1. By William 

 Jackson Hooker, LL.D., 1833. 



Cooke. — British Hepaticfe or Scale-Mosses, and Liverworts. 



Fo.'^somhronia jmsilla Dmrt. Jimricnnarniia pnAiJla Purt., Hooker. Marly 

 banks, woods, and fields, local. " Pare, in a cart rut, Oversley 

 Wood " Purton. Abundant in Oversley Wood, ' 1879 ! Coleshill 

 Heath ! Bank by Olton Railway Station ! Marly field, Wishaw ! 

 Field by Brown's Wood, Solihull ! Oct., April. 



Madothcca platyphylla Dmrt. Juiifienntninia platyphyUa Hooker. On 

 the roots of trees and in woods, local. Drayton bushes, near 

 Stratford-on-Avon ! Yarniugale Common ! Near the Aqueduct, 

 Bearley ! April. 



FriiUama dilatatn Dmrt. .hivrfermonnia tlihifatii Hook. On trees and 

 walls, frequent. Solihull ! Eowingtou ! in finiit on Canal Bridge ! 

 Shrewley ! Fruit local. April, 



F. Tamarisci Dmrt. Junqermannia tnmarixci Hook., Purt. Trunks of 

 trees, local. " Bidgway " Purt. On elms, near Rowington 

 Church in fruit ! Yarningale Common ! March. 



Badula complanata Dmrt. Junqermannia complanata L., Hook. Trunks 

 of trees, frequent in marly and calcareous soils. Yarningale 

 Common ! Alcester and Stratford districts ! Harburv ! Shustoke ! 

 Chesterton ! Solihull ! Fruit March, April. 



Scapania rnuhilata Dmrt. Junqermannia inidnlata L., Hook. Marsh ! 

 heath lands and waysides, local. Four Ashes, near Hockley ! 

 Salter Street, near Earlswood ! Oversley Wood! Sutton Park! 

 Marston Green ! Not observed in fruit. 



S. nemorosa Dmrt. Junqermannia nemorosa L., Hook. Marly banks in 

 ■woods, rare. Oversley Wood ! Lane from Four Ashes to Hockley ! 

 Sutton Park ! Not seen in fruit. 



S. rurta Dmrt. Damp heathy places, rare. Sutton Park. My speci- 

 mens from this locality have been carefully compared with 

 Dr. Carrington's description and plate. 



PlagiochiJa aaplenioides Dmrt. Junqermannia asplenioides L., Hook. 

 Moist woods and marly banks, local. Oversley Wood ! Bush 

 Wood, Lapworth ! Wlieyporridge and Hay Lanes, Solihull ! 

 Reddicap Hill, Sutton ! Shirley! Barren. 



Diplopliyllum aJhicana Dmrt. Junqermannia albicans L., Hook, Cooke. 

 Woods and marly, wet banks, local. Oversley Wood ! Chester- 

 ton Wood ! Haywoods ! Hartshill Hayes ! Trickley Coppice ! 

 Brown's Wood, Solihull ! Wheyporridge Lane, Solihull ! Sutton 

 Park! Barren. 



Aplazia crenulata Dmrt. Jiinqernwnnia crenulata Hook, Cooke. Moist 

 heaths, rare. Holly Lane, Houily ! Salter Street, near 

 Earlswood ! Shirley Heath ! Fruit, March, April. 



A. sphcrrocarpa Dmrt. Junqermannia spharocarpa Hook, Cooke. Damp 

 hedge banks and heaths, local. Sutton Park ! Honily ! March. 

 Gymnocolea inflata Dmrt. Junqermannia inflata Huds., Hook, Cooke. 

 Moist heath lands and thatch, local or overlooked. On thatch 

 of old out-house, Bodinir I Very abundant on Suttou Coldfield ! 



Fruit, March, April. 



