416 FLORA OF OXFORDSHIRE. 
quarries in Wychwood and near Burford ; Asthalleigh ; debris of quarries 
at Stonesfield ; Holton Stone Pits. 
SPLACHNIDZ. 
SPLACHNUM, Linn. 
S. ampullaceum, Hedw. 
In bogs and heaths, often on decayed cow-dung. May. Headington 
Wick about 1790; Sibth. Flora Oxon. Between Pusey and Buckland, 
Berks, scarce, 1860. J.S. Milne & H.B. 
FUNARID&. 
PHYSCOMITRIUM, Brid. 
P. pyriforme, (Linn.) 
Moist ditches and muddy banks. April. Near Witney; Binsey Lane; 
Islip; south side of Shotover Hill, etc. Not very common. Sometimes 
abundant on mud left by floods, as about Port Meadow in 1861, when 
it appeared in thousands. 
FUNARIA, Schreb. 
F. hygrometrica, Linn. (Brywm.) 
Walls, banks, waste ground, especially where it has been burnt; very 
common. April. Found all over the world: ‘omnium muscorum vulga- 
tissimum.’ Its peristome an excellent and favourite microscopic object. 
BARTRAMIDA. 
BARTRAMIA, Hedw. 
B. pomiformis, Linn. 
Dry shady sandy banks; rare. April, May. Side of Bagley Wood, 
very scarce. 1858-1884. Should be found in the south of Oxon. 
PHILONOTIS, Brid. 
P. fontana, Linn. (Bryum.) 
Bartramia, Bryol. Brit. 
Wet places, near springs, etc., rare here. June. Eynsham Demesnes ; 
south side of Shotover Hill; north side of same; Bagley Wood. 
P. calcarea, Br. & Sch. 
Bartramia, Bryol. Brit. 
Wet places, bogs, and springs, chiefly in limestone; rarely fruiting. 
June. Bullingdon with numerous perigonia and one capsule, 1861. Since 
almost entirely destroyed. Streamlet in Wychwood Forest, with Mntum 
afine. Sluices by the Canal near Yarnton. 
