420 FLORA OF OXFORDSHIRE. 
M. punctatum, Hedw. 
Wet banks, drains in woods, on clay or heavy soil ; very rare in Oxon. 
February, March. Headington Wick Copse; Shotover Plantations ; 
Bagley Wood and Wytham, Berks. 
AULACOMNION, Schwg. 
A. palustre, Linn. (Brywm.) 
Turfy bogs and wet grassy heaths. May, June. Wychwood Forest ; 
north side of Shotover Hill (1860, 1870, 1884) ; near Wootton and Childs- 
well Farm, Berks. Scarce and barren; apparently approaching extinction 
as drainage progresses. 
TETRAPHIDE. 
TETRAPHIS, Hedw. 
T. pellucida, (Linn.) Georgia, Ehrh. 
About roots of trees and decaying stumps in woods and rocky banks. 
Rare. August. On old stumps of trees, Shotover Plantations (Sibth. 
1790), Shotover Hill (H. B. 1860), but scarcely to be found now. Should 
occur in some of the woods to the South. In Berks, near Virginia Water, 
fine. 
POLYTRICHID. 
ATRICHUM, Beauv. 
A. undulatum, Linn. (Bryum.) 
Common in shady woods and damp thickets, especially over clay ; fruit 
abundant. November, December. Wychwood; Ditchley; Noke ; Shot- 
over; Grave Hill Wood; Nuneham; Goring, ete. 
POGONATUM, Beauv. 
P. nanum, Neck. (subrotundwm, Huds.) 
Moist shady banks on sand and gravel. November. Ramsden Heath ; 
Eynsham Demesnes; Shotover Hill; Bagley Wood. The length of the 
fruitstalk varies greatly. 
P. aloides, Hedw. 
In similar situations to the last, often growing with or near it. Novem- 
ber, December. Wychwood Forest ; Shotover ; near Henley and Nettlebed ; 
Bagley Wood. Var. minus, Bagley Wood and near Wootton. 
POLYTRICHUM, Linn. 
P. formosum, Hedw. 
P. attenuatum, Menz. 
In woods and on shady heaths. May, June. Wychwood Forest; Coggs 
Wood; Bladon ; Stow Wood; Shotover; Coombe Wood ; Nuneham; near 
Stokenchurch; Nettlebed and Goring. Frequent in Berks also. 
