430° FLORA OF OXFORDSHIRE. 
S. subsecundum, Nees. 
S. contortum var. subsecundum, Wils. 
Ramsden Heath, 1870, 1879. Coggs Wood and near it towards 
Eynsham 1880; Powder Hill Copse, scarce; about Virginia Water, 
plentiful. The small pale form, usual on dry moors and heaths, as for 
instance in the New Forest. In or near water it becomes much larger 
and runs into numerous varieties of form and diversities of colour. 
HEPATICA. 
ScaLe-Mosses and Liverworts. 
Division I. Fottos#; stem and leaves mostly distinct. Capsule splitting 
into four valves. 
ALICULARIA, Corda. 
A. scalaris, Schrad. 
Banks and wastes; common in mountains. Spring. Rare here. 
Wychwood Forest, 1879 ; Coggs Wood, 1882. 
PLAGIOCHILA, Dumort. 
P. asplenioides, L. 
Damp woods and copses, frequent and sometimes very large, but always 
barren ; Wychwood ; Shotover; Headington Wick Copse ; Stokenchurch, 
etc. Fruit occurs in the Gloucestershire hills, and may yet be found 
in the Stokenchurch region. 
SCAPANTIA, Dum. 
S. undulata, Dill., Nees. 
Bogs and streamlets chiefly in mountains. Spring. Small stream at 
Coggs Wood, 1880, 1882. A short, broad, bright green form, very dif- 
ferent in aspect from the usual mountain states. 
S. nemorosa, Linn., Nees. 
Shaded banks, sides of woods, ete. Spring. Shotover Hill; Stoken- 
church ; Buckland, Berks. 
8S. irrigua, Nees. 
Wet spots in woods, swamps, peat-bogs. Spring. Singe Wood near 
Hailey, January 1880, F. Westell and H.B. (N.B. The figure in ‘ Science 
Gossip’ under this name is quite incorrect.) 
