A CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF THE COUNTY. 233
proves on re-examination to belong to H. falcatum,
This species must for the present therefore be expunged
from the list.]
Sub-genus Drepanium
H. cupressiforme Linn.
An exceedingly abundant and very variable species.
On trees in the forest very common (2) !; "on forest
near the bog and near the gravel pits" (2) !; wood,
near Hale End (2) !; Epping Forest (11) !; Monk
Wood (13); Leyton !!; Theydon !!; Carpenter's Wood,
Southend (16) !; N. Essex (14);. Chelmsford (7) !!;
Norton Heath !!; Mill Green !!; Kelvedon (8) !; Haze-
leigh (13); Chauntrey Wood, Witham (8) !; Tiptree
(8) !; Feering (8) !; Hatfield Forest (13); Saffron
Walden (9).
var. resupinatum Schimp.
"In a wood near Hale End, Walthamstow" (2) !; on
the Forest (2) !; N. Essex (14); Hatfield Forest (13);
nr. Quendon (2) !; Mill Green !!
var. filiforme Brid.
"Trunk of a tree, Epping Lower Forest" (11);
Saffron Walden (9).
var. ericetorum Br. and Schimp.
N. Essex (14); Tiptree (8) !
var. elatum Br. and Schimp.
Maldon (19).
H. molluscum Hedw.
Epping Forest, Theydon and Coopersale. This pretty
moss cropped up after the lopping in quantity: the
third year after it had entirely disappeared (11) !;
nr. Chelmsford (7); Rivenhall (8) !; Hatfield Forest
(13); Saffron Walden (9).
Sub-genus Calliergon.
H. stramineum Dicks.
Walthamstow, near the Rising Sun; a very curious
form (?) differing from the fell plant of the North of
England in its loosely arranged, less appressed leaves !!;
Woodham Walter Common (8) !; West Bergholt
Heath (8) !