WHITEHEAD : MOSSES OF ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE DISTRICT. 



Hypnum cupressiforme Linn. Frequent in the Marple district 



in Fruit. Fruits in November. 

 Hypnum cupressiforme d. ericetorum Bry. Eur. Charlesworth 



Coombs (D.), in fruit; Marple (C), John Whitehead. 

 Hypnum resupinatum Wils. Marple (C), in fruit, John Whitehead ; 



Carr Meadow (D.), in fruit, G. A. Holt. Fruits in November. 

 Hypnum patientiae Lindb. Stayley Brushes (C), barren ; Holling- 



worth (C.)j barren; Romiley (C), barren; Stirrup Wood (D.)^ 



barren. Fruits in June. 

 Hypnum molluscum Hedw. Bamford Wood (L.), barren ; Roch- 

 dale (L.), barren ; Kinder Scout (D.), in fruit. Fruits in 



December. 



Hypnum palustre Linn. Bamford Wood (L.), in fruit; Rochdale (L.) 5 

 barren; Marple (C), in fruit; Hyde (C), in fruit. Fruits in 

 June. 



Hypnum ochraceum Turn. Stayley Brushes (C), in fruit;. Holling- 



worth (C), in fruit ; Little Hayfield (D.), in fruit, G. A. Holt ; 



Diggle (Y.), barren. Fruits in June. 

 Hypnum chrysophyllum Brid. Gravel Pit, Taunton (L.), in fruit 



John Whitehead. Fruits in June. 

 Hypnum polygamum B. and S. Gravel Pit, Taunton (L.), in fruit, 



Robert Gordon ; Rochdale (L.), barren. Fruits in June. 

 Hypnum stellatum Schreb. Waterhouses (L.), barren; Marple 



Aqueduct (C.), barren ; Mellor (D.), barren. Fruits in June. 

 Hypnum cordifolium Hedw. Reddish (L.), in fruit ; Werneth Low 



(C.), in fruit; near Mottram (C.), in fruit ; Mellor (D.), barren. 



Fruits in May. 



Hypnum cuspidatum Linn. Common in boggy places, but rather 

 rare in fruit. Fruits in May. 



Hypnum schreberi Ehrh. Stayley Brushes (C), barren ; Charles- 

 worth Coombs (D.), barren; Kinder Scout (D.), barren; 

 Greenfield (Y.), in fruit, Jethro Tinker. Fruits in December. 



Hypnum purum Linn. Marple (C), barren; Mellor (D.), barren. 

 Fruits in October. 



Hypnum stramineum Dicks. Stayley Brushes (C), in fruit; Charles- 

 worth Coombs (D.), barren; Kinder Scout (D.), barren; 

 Greenfield (Y.), in fruit. Fruits in May. 



Hypnum scorpioides Linn. Near Glossop (D.), barren, John 

 Whitehead. Fruits in May. 



Hylocomium splendens Dill. Marple (C), barren, John Whitehead. 

 Fruits in April. 



Hylocomium brevirostrum Ehrh. Charlesworth Coombs (D.), 

 barr en, Whitehead and Schofield. Fruits in December. 



April 1886. 



