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E. speciosum, Brid. 
Stones and trunks of trees near water. November. Bank of the Wind- 
rush, Witney ; Mr. Westell. Canal banks between Oxford and Heyford ; 
side of walk in Christ Church Meadow ; near Iffley, Sandford, and Nune- 
ham. Rare. A handsome species, but liable to be spoiled by mud left 
by the water; else conspicuous by the large bright green shining foliage. 
E. Swartzii, Turn, 
E. prelongum, Schpr. (non Dill. !) 
Hedges and shady banks. November. Frequent, but rarely in fruit, 
seeming to flourish most over clay. 
E. prelongum, Dill. 
(Hypnum) Tab, xxxv. 15. 
Wood and copses, about trees, etc. November. A common species, 
but fruit somewhat scarce; abundant at Stockley and Tully-bushes in 
Wychwood Forest, 1870 and 1873. H. Stokesii Turn. seems only a 
large form of this. 
E. pumilum, Wils. (Hypnum.) 
Shady hedge-banks and rocky places, rare. Winter. Near Cuddesdon. 
Copse near Bagley Wood. Very scarce here, or overlooked from its 
smallness. 
BRHYNCHOSTEGIUM, Schpr. 
R. tenellum, Dicks. 
Stone walls, rocky banks, not common. November, December. In 
several places about Woodstock, Mr. Holliday; near Witney; Asthal- 
leigh ; Binsey Lane; Sandford; near Stokenchurch. 
R. Teesdalii, Sm. 
Moist shady rocks, stones near water. April, May. By the Windrush, 
between Witney and Minster Lovell, Mr. Westell; Bayswater Mill; 
Sandford Lasher; Heyford. Very scarce in each instance. 
R. confertum, Dicks. 
Stones, walls, trees in hedge-banks, frequent. November, December. 
Blenheim Park ; Wychwood Forest; Iffey ; Shotover; Stow Wood and 
Noke ; Radley and Buckland, Berks, etc. 
BR. murale, Hedw. (Hypnum.) 
Stones and walls, principally in limestone districts. November, Decem~- 
ber. Great Tew; Witney; Wolvercote; Iffey; Headington ; Elsfield. 
Not unfrequent ; fruiting abundantly. 
