BOTANY MONOCOTYLEDONES (continued) GRAMINEAE (continued) [Bromus secalinus, L. ZA. Casual] racemosus, L. ? IA, 2 A* ? [iA-6] commutatus, Schrad. 2 A [IA, IB, 2B, 5, 6] mollis, L. i A 6. b. glabratus, Doell. Brachypodium gracile, Beauv. IA-3, 5, 6 pinnatum, Beauv. I A, 28-4, 6 b. pubescens, Syme. 2B, 4 Lolium perenne, L. iA-6 [var. italicum, Braun. Escape] Agropyron caninum, Beauv. IA-2A [3], 6 MONOCOTYLEDONES (continued') GRAMINEAE (continued} Agropyron repens, Beauv. I A 6 var. barbatum 2B Nardus stricta, L. IB, 2 A [IA, 3] Hordeum nodosum. iA-6 murinum, L. IA-6 GYMNOSPERMIA CoNIFERAE [Taxus baccata, L. Planted] Pinus silvestris, L. 2A [iA-6. Planted] CRYPTOGAMIA VASCULARIA PTERIDOPHYTA FlLICES Pteris aquilina, L. I A 6 Blechnum spicant, With. IA-ZB, 6 Asplenium Adiantum-nigrum, L. [IA-ZA, 6] [ viride, Huds. 2A. Error] - Trichomanes, L. IB-ZB [3] - Ruta-muraria, L. IA-ZB [3, 6] Athyrium Filix-foemina, Roth. IA-ZA, 3, 6 'Ceterach officinarum, Willd. 2A Phylitis Scolopendrium, Greene. IA-3, 5, 6 Cystopteris fragilis, Bernh. IA-IB. Extinct? Polystichum lobatum, Presl. IA-ZB b. aculeatum, Syme. IA-2B, 6 [ angulare, Presl. IA-2A] [Lastraea Thelypteris, Presl. 3. Extinct] Oreopteris, Presl. IA-ZA Filix-mas, Presl. IA-6 spinulosa, Presl. IA ZB [3], 6 dilatata, Presl. IA-3, 6 Polypodium vulgare, L. IA-3, 5, 6 [Osmunda regalis, L. 2A. Extinct] PTERIDOPHYTA (continued) FILICES (continued) Ophioglossum vulgatum, L. IA-3, Botrychium Lunaria, Sw. 1A-2B EQUISETACEAE Equisetum maximum, Lam. I A, 2A-3, 6 arvense, L. IA-6 silvaticum, L. IB, 2A palustre, L. IB, 2B [IA, 2 A, 5, 6] limosum, Sm. I A 3, 5, 6 var. fluviatile (L) IB, 2B, 6 hyemale, L. IB, 2 A LYCOPODIACEAE [Lycopodium Selago, L. 2A. Extinct] [ inundatum, L. 2A. Extinct] - clavatum, L. ZA MARSILEACEAB Pilularia globulifera, L. IB CRYPTOGAMIA CELLULARIA MUSCINEAE MUSCI (Mosses) There are 567 species and sub-species of true mosses in Dixon's 2nd edition Handbook of British Mosses. The appended list contains 217 species and sub-species found in Leicestershire and includes 35 additions to the one in the Flora of 1886. Nottinghamshire has 207 known species and sub-species, so that as regards ' native ' flowering plants and mosses the number is remarkably similar, a difference numerically of 8 species only. Lincolnshire is known to have 196 species and sub-species of mosses; Northants 225. Warwickshire is known to have some 20 or more species than Leicestershire ; possibly this excess is due to more thorough search. Derby- shire is far richer in mosses, and has had much more attention from bryologists than any of the other counties mentioned. There are 40 Warnstorfian species of Sphagnum in Britain, 9 in Leicestershire, 10 in Lincolnshire, n in Nottinghamshire, 4 only in Northamptonshire; Derby- shire has many more, and further north-westwards there are 30 in Lancashire, a similar number 47
