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SHROPSHIRE: MOSSES. _ 
‘By RB. pz G. Benson. | 
Tus provisional list of Shropshire Mosses is compiled from the 
collections-being made by Mr P. Hamilton, of Shrewsbury (H.), 
Mr. A. W. W ha 
Mr. R. Anslow, and published in the 
Transactions of the Severn Valley Naturalists’ Field Club for 1870 (A.), 
: y Mi ; 
and a few. species collected at Bridg ss Sparkes in 
1878 (S Loealities are given for but the common spe 
nder the numbers of the botanical districts adopted by the Caradoc 
These are—Andreea petrophila, A. Rothii, 
Rhabdoweissia fugax, Dichodontium Slavescens, Dicranum fuscescens, 
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gracile, Webera elongata, Bryum alpinum, Pogonatum alpinum, -Fissi- 
dens fontanus, F’, osmundioides, Cinclidotus riparius (Mr. Wey 
discovery of which is recorded in Journ. Bot. 1891, 53), Neckera 
crispa, and Hypnum cupressiforme var. ericetorum. 
It is hoped that continued research will make the list worthy of 
so interesting a county. I shall be glad to hear of further records 
Dr. Braithwaite, Mr. J. EB. Bagnall and others have rendered 
generous help on several occasions in the identification of species, 
and their kindness is hereby acknowledged. I owe special gratitude 
to Dr. Gowers for his assistance in my bryological studies. 
Sphagnum acutifolium Ehrh. 4. Bomere (in fruit); H. Stiper- 
stones; B. 5. Stapeley Hill (in fruit); H.& B. 8. Cothercot and 
Wilderley (in fruit); B. 9. Longmynd; Shelve; B. 10. Brown 
Clee Hill; W. 11. Wrekin; A. — Var. a. rubellum. 9. Long- 
as-B. 
~ 8. fimbriatum Wils. 7. Whixall Moss; B. 
S. squarrosum Pers. 4. Stiperstones; B. 8. Marl-pits, Pul- 
verbach ; Wilderley (in fruit); B. 9. Longmynd; B. 
- tntermedium Hoffm. 4. Stiperstones; B. 8. Wilderley 
Green (in fruit); H.& B. 9. Longmynd; Stapeley; B. 10. 
Brown Clee Hill; W. : 
S. cuspidatum Ehrh. var. plumosum Nees, Hornsch. 7. Whixall 
Moss; B 
S. subsecundum Nees. 4. Shomere Pool; H. 9, Longmynd ; 
. — Var. contortum Schultz. Frequent. — Var. obesum. 9. Near 
Ratlinghope; B. : 
S. papillosum Lindb. 7. Whixall Moss; B. 8. Wilderley Hill; 
B. 9. Shelve Hill; H. 
Journat or Borany,—Vou. 81. [Sepr. 1893.] 8 
