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THE MOSSES OF ESSEX :
*Funaria fascicularis Schimp.
" On the edge of a ditch running from a spring on the
forest between Snaresbrook and Shrub bush" (2) ! ;
near Chelmsford (7); Galleywood Common !! ; Kelvedon,
Langford, etc., on gravel and clay (8) ! ; Halstead (8)!
*F. hygrometrica Sibth.
"In garden, waste ground," Walthamstow (2) !; "on
a bank in the lane leading from Hoe Street to Mark-
house field," Walthamstow (2) !; Epping Forest)
abundant where fires have been (11) !; N. Essex (14);
near Chelmsford (7); Galleywood Common !!; Hatfield
Peverel !!; Kelvedon (8) !; Dovercourt (19); Saffron
Walden (9).
*var. calvescens Br. and Schimp.
Chelmsford !!
MEESIACEAE.
*Aulacomnium palustre Schwaegr.
"On the forest between Chingford Hatch and Wood-
ford Road" (2); "near Chingford Hatch with gemmae"
(2) !; in the moist parts of the forest, common (11) !;
Epping Forest (2) !; Theydon (15) ; Loughton !!;
Warley Common (8) !!; Galleywood Common (8) !!;
N. Essex (14); N. Weald !!; Linguard Common !!;
Woodham Walter (8) !; Tiptree Heath (8) !!; West
Bergholt Heath (8) !
This moss is a constant companion of most species
of Sphagnum in the county but appears to fruit but
rarely, the only fruiting specimen I have been able to
find having been collected by Mr. English in the bog
near the Wake Arms.
*A. androgynum Schwaegr.
"In the gravel pits near Forest House and on the bank
near Low Leyton" (2) !; Epping Forest, frequent in
hollows in the trunks of pollard hornbeams (10); side
of Theydon Road and Hill Hall Wood (11) !; N. Weald
!!; N. Essex (14); Writtle !!; Little Baddow Common
!!; Totham, on gravelly banks (8) !; inside an old de-
cayed willow trunk, Feering (8) !; near Wivenhoe (8) !
This moss is usually found bearing gemmae; very
rarely in fruit.