76 THE MOSSES AND HEPATICS OF STAFFORDSHIRE. Hall Dale. — E. streptocarpa Hedw. Frequent on stone walls ; Wren's Nest ; Arley Wood ; Alton Towers, &c. Grimmia apocarpa L. Frequent on walls and rocks. Secldey Wood, Kinfare, &c. — Var. gracilis N. & H. Rocks by the Severn, Arley. — Var. rival aris Brid. Boulders in Severn, Arley ; Eiver Hamp's Water-houses ; Dove Dale. — Var. pumila Schp. Axe Edge End. — G. pulvinata Dill. Throughout the county. — Var. obtusa Brid. Rare, Ramshorne Common, Cotton, Rushton. A very small fruited form is abundant on stone walls, EUaston, Rushton. — G, trichophylia Grev. Wall-tops, Morridge Top, Axe Edge End; Cotton ; Biddulph, Ordesley. — (r. ovata W. & M. Lane from Ramshorne to Alton Towers. Racomitrium aciculare L. Local. Mow Cop ; Roaches, R. G. Limestone rocks, Dove Dale! Rev. A. Ley. Stream near Flash; River Dane, near Dane Bridge. — Var. denticulatum B. & S. Stream near Flash, with the type. — R. heterostichum Hedw. Walls near Tettenhall ; Wrottesley. — Var. alopecurum Huebn. Wrottesley ; rocks above Quarnford ; near Froghall. — R. fasciculare Schrad. Mow Cop; Roaches, R. G. Walls near Tettenhall; Axe Edge End ; near Dane Bridge ; boulder, Chillington Park. — R. lanuyi- nosum Hedw. Dove Dale! R. G. Axe Edge End; near Flash; Oakamore ; Alton ; Weston Park. — R. canescens Hedw. Mow Cop ; Roaches!, R. G, Alton; Ramshorne; Flash. — Var. eiicoides Schrad. Blackheath ; near Froghall. Ptychomitrium polyphyllum Dicks. Mow Cop ; Dove Dale ! R. G. Tettenhall ; walls near Seckley Wood. Zygodon viridissimus Dicks. Rare, walls near Barton-under- Needwood ; Arley Wood. — Z. Stirtoni Schpr. Dove Dale, Rev, A. Ley ! Ulota crispa Hedw. Trentham ; Dove Dale; Wetton, R. G. Orthntrichum cupulatum. Hoffm. Trentham ; Cheddleton, R. G. In river. Manifold, near Wetton, Rev. A. Ley ! Dove, Dove Dale. — Var. nudum Dicks. Weaver Hills. — 0. anomalum B. & S. Hill above Caldon ; Dove Dale. — 0. saxatile Brid. Hill above Caldon ; Dove Dale ; Mill Dale ; Weaver Hills. — 0. affine L. Dove Dale ; tree-roots by the Trent, near Barton ; banks of Severn, near Arley ; Seckley Wood. — 0. Lyellii H. & T. On willow-trunk by the Severn, Areley. — 0. stramineum Hornsch. Tree-root, Dove Dale, Rev. A. Ley — 0. diaphanum Schrad. Stoke-on-Trent, R. G. Trees by the Trent, Alrewas. — 0. Sprucei Mont. Rare, tree-roots and trunks by Severn, Arley. — (>. rivulare Turn. On boulders in the Severn by Seckley Wood ; Dove, Dove Dale. Splachmim ampuUaceum L. Bog above Hednesford ; Alsager Heath, R. G. Ephemerum serratum Schreb. Field at Hamstead; Great Barr. Physcomitrella patens Hedw. Hamstead ; pool in Tixall Park ; Pottal Reservoir, abundant. Physcomitrium sphcericum Schwg. Very rare, Pottal Reservoir, with klattne liydropipei'j hitherto recorded from Cheshire only, as British. — P. pyriforme L, Stoke, R* G. Aldridge ; Hamstead ; Pottal, &c.
