422 FLORA OF OXFORDSHIRE. 
Mr. Baxter about 1845, but in 1860 and 1862 it had almost disappeared, 
and I could only find a few barren patches, adhering closely to the trunks 
of trees, 
NECKERAD A. 
NECKERA, Hedw. 
N. pumila, Hedw. 
Trees in woods, not common; fruit rare. October, November. Wych- 
wood Forest; Orchards, Witney, Mr. Westell; Woods near Henley, 
Stokenchurch and Wycombe, but always scarce. 
N. crispa, Linn. 
Mountain rocks in calcareous districts, and about trees in woods. 
April. Rare here. Woods near Goring, Streatley, Henley and Stoken- 
church ; barren. 
N. complanata, Linn. 
In hedges and woods, about roots of trees, stones and walls, frequent 
but rarely fruiting. November, December. Fruit in plenty at Tully- 
bushes in Wychwood Forest, 1872; Stokenchurch Woods more scarce, 
1862, 1866. Bagley Wood, Berks. 
HOMALIA, Brid. 
(Omatlia.) 
H. trichomanoides, Schreb. 
Borders of woods, about trees, etc. October, November. Wychwood 
Forest ; Bruern Woods; Grave Hill Wood, Bicester; Copses near God- 
stow ; Elsfield; Headington Wick; Stokenchurch. Though less common 
than the last it is more frequently found in fruit, owing to the monoicous 
inflorescence. 
LESKIDA. 
LESKEA, Hedw. 
L. polycarpa, Ehrh. 
About roots and trunks of trees, chiefly where liable to floods; fruiting 
copiously. June, July. Banks of the Thames, Cherwell, Windrush, 
Evenlode, etc. in various places. 
ANOMODON, Hook. 
A. viticulosus, Linn. (Hypnum.) 
About the base of stone walls and trees in calcareous districts, frequent. 
Winter. Fruit rare. Wychwood; Langford Lane; Stanton St. John; 
Stokenchurch, near Cumnor, Berks. 
THUIDIUM, Schpr. 
T. tamariscinum, Hedw. (Hypnum.) 
Woods and copses, abundant. Winter. Fruit rare. Stockley Wood ; 
Watereaton Copse ; Headington Wick Copse; near Henley. 
