THE MOSSES AND HKPATICS OF STAFFORDSHIHE. Ill Amblystegium confervoides Brid. Dove Dale, Dr. Fraser. — A. serpens L. Common throughout district. — Var. majns Brid. Dove Dale. — A. radicale P. Beauv. Daw End, Cotton ; Dove Dale. — A. irriguum Wils. Alstonfield, Rev. A. Ley, Cotton; Barton; Dimmings Dale, &c. — A. fiuviatile Swartz. Stream, Trentham Park ; Blithfield Park. — A. ripanum L. Frequent, Norbury Park, &c. — Var. longifolium Dill. Sherbrook Valley ; Tutbury ; Barton ; Aqualot Mere. Hypnum aduncum Hedw. Sherbrook Valley ; Morridge Tops ; near Cloud. — Var. Kneiffii Bry. Eur. Near Alstonfield, Eev. A. Ley. Norbury Park. — H. exannulatum Guemb. Sherbrook Valley; Mor- ridge Tops ; Hollinsclough. — H. vernicosum Lindb. Sherbrook Valley ; bog near Milf ord. — H, Cossoni Schpr. Sherbrook Valley. — H. revolvens Swartz. Sherbrook Valley ; Seckley Wood ; Flash. — H.fluitansh. Sherbrook Valley; near Leek; Flash. — Var. sm6- mersum Schpr. Sherbrook Valley. — H. uncinatum Hedw. Black- heath, Winkshill ; hill above Flash ; Foyt, near Froghall. — H.fili- cinum L. Alstonfield, Rev. A. Ley Sherbrook Valley; Seckley Wood; Trentham; Norbury. — H. commutatuin Hedw. Sherbrook Valley ; Seckley Wood ; Baggeridge Wood ; Dove Dale. — H. fal- catum Brid. Sherbrook Valley ; Dove Dale. — H. virescens Boul. In Dove, Dove Dale. — H. rugosum Ehrh. Dove Dale ! Rev. W. H. Piirchas. Hall Dale, abundant. — H. cupressiforme L. On rocks and trees, frequent. — Var. tectorum Schpr. King's Bromley; Blith- field ; Seckley ; Chartley Moss ; Codsall. — Var. ericetorum Bry. Eur. Seckley Wood ; Swynnerton Old Park. — Var. filiforme Bry. Eur. Seckley Wood; ArleyWood; Norbury Park; Milford. — Y&r. elatum Bry. Eur. Tettenhall Koad, near Wolverhampton ; Sherbrook Valley ; near Froghall ; Yeatsall, near Rugeley. — H. resupinatum Wils. Alstonfield, Rev. A. Ley ! Near Wolverhampton ; Seckley Wood ; Ellaston. — H. Patientice Lindb. Seckley Wood ; Rams- horne; Winkshill; Ipstones; Dointon, near Stowe. — H. molluscum Hedw. Frequent on marl and limestone. Dove Dale, R. G. — Var. fastigiatum Bos well. Dove Dale ; Axe Edge End ; Mill Dale. This seems very much like the var. erectiim Bry. Eur. — H. palustre L. Dove Dale, Rev. A. Ley I Kinver; Seckley; Dane Bridge; Flash, &c. — Var. suhsphcBrocarpon Bry. Univ. Winkshill, with type. — LI. ochraceum Turn. Streams near Flash; Mayfield; near Dane Bridge ; Roaches; Oakamore. — H. chrysophyllum Brid. Hamstead; Ru shall ; Sedgeley; Newborough; Weaver Hills. — Var. erectum Bagnall. Dove Dale ; Mill Dale. Growing in large matted tufts ; stems erect, subpinnate ; branches long, erect ; leaves slightly toothed at the base ; basal cells yellowish opaque ; perigynal leaves somewhat squarrose. — H. polymorphum Hedw. Sedgeley Limestone Quarry. — H. polygamum, B. & S. Marsh near Norbury ; near Gnosall. — Var. stagnatum Wils. Pool in Norbury Park. — H. stellatum Schreb. Ape's Tor, Rev. A. Ley Sherbrook Valley; Dove Dale. — H. cordi- folium Hedw. Sherbrook Valley ; Big Moss, near Norbury; Brindley Valley. — H. giganteum Schpr. Sherbrook Valley. — H. cuspidatum L. Frequent throughout the district. — H. Schreberi Ehrh. Gospel End ; Cannock Chase ; Newborough, &c. — H. purum L. Frequent
