no THE MOSSES AND HEPATICS OF STAFFORDSHIRE. Thiddium tamariscinum Hedw. Frequent, Grindley, &c. Heterocladium heteropterum Bruch, var. fallax Milde. Rare, on stones in brook, Seckley Wood, new to Britain. Thamnium alopecurum L. Blithfield Park ; Ellaston ; Seckley Wood. Climacium dendroides L. Sherbrook Valley ; near Milford ; Dove Dale ; Hall Dale. Isothecimn myurum Poll. Seckley Wood ; near Codsall ; near Leek. — Var. rohmtum Bry. Eur. Alton Towers. Homalothecium sericeum. L. Frequent, Hamstead, &c. Catnptothecium lutescens Huds. Rare, Dove Dale ; Hall Dale. Scleropodium caspitosum, Wils. Dove, near Sudbury ; Trent, King's Bromley ; Shugborough ; Barton. — S. illecebrum Schwg. Sherbrook Valley ; Hamps, near Caldon ; Dove Dale. Brachythecium salebrosuni var. Mildeanum Schpr. Seckley Wood ; near Trickley Coppice. — B. glareosum B. & S. Gospel End Com- mon ; near Grindley. — B. albicans Neck. Frequent, Hamstead ; Trentham, &c. — B. velutinum L. Frequent, Hamstead, &c. — B. rutabiilum L. Common throughout the county. — Var. longisetum Bry. Eur. Upper Avenue, Chilliugton. — Var. robustum. Gnosall ; Chillington Park ; boulders in Severn, Seckley. — B. rivulare B. & S. Stream near Flash ; Dove Dale ; Ellaston ; boulders in Severn, Seckley. — Var. chrysophylium Spruce. In grassy places by stream, Sherbrook Valley. — B. populeum Hedw. Near Tettenhill ; Tetten- sor; Froghall. — B. pluynosum Sw&rtz. Manifold, Wetton, J^ev. ^. Ley ! Stream near Flash ; Dane, near Dane Bridge ; near Leek ; Seckley. Eurhyncliium myosuroides L. Hamstead ; Seckley ; Dove Dale. — E. striatum Schreb. New borough ; Seckley Wood ; Oakamore, &c. — E. crassinervium Tayl. Dove Dale. — E, piliferum ^chx^h. Near Gnosall ; Arley ; Grindley ; Shatterford. — E. Swartzii Turn. Gospel End; Gnosall; Newborough. — E. prcelongum Dill. Fre- quent. In fruit, Chillington. — E . Stokesii Tuvn. Aldridge; Seckley Wood; Chillington. — E. Mans Hedw. Banks of Trent, Barlaston. E. pumilum, Wils. Marly bank, Tutbury. — E. Teesdalii Sm. Seckley Wood, Br. Eraser. Hyocomium Jiagellare Dicks. Near May field ; near Ellaston. Rhynchostegium tenellum Dicks. Hamstead ; Seckley Wood. — R. depresswn Bruch. Stonework of drain, Shatterford. — R. confertum Dicks. Blithfield Park ; Hamstead ; Codsall ; Alton. — R. mega- politanum Bland. Banks of drain near Arley. — R. murale Hedw. Hamstead; Seckley Wood; Alton; Eushton. — Var. Ji^Z^ic^wwi Schpr. Manifold, Wetton, Rev. A. Ley ! Baggeridge Wood ; Axe Edge End. A large form near Gnosall, and near Arley. — R. ruscifolium, Neck. Frequent in streams, &c. A large variety with closely imbricated leaves in Trentham Park. Plagiothecium denticulatiim L. Frequent. — Var. sulcatum Spruce. Drayton Bassett. — P. Borrm a W2*w Spruce. Hamstead; Trentham; Ramshorne ; Dimmings Dale, &c. — P. sylvaticum. L. Abbot's Bromley ; Seckley ; Flash, &c. — P. undulatum L. Trentham ; Seckley Wood ; Mayfield ; Dove Dale, &c.
