ITS MOSSES.
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well shown on the mounting card. For purposes
of identification Mr. English has prepared a very
beautiful series of dried specimens, which may be
obtained from him at Epping. He has also fur-
nished me with the following list of the more
important of the mosses which he has collected in
the Forest, with their localities. I append it for
the benefit of the numerous class of students who
make these plants the object of, and the excuse
for, winter rambles.
Sphagnum rubellum. Forming rosy tufts, on the margin
of boggy places. By the side of Copped Hall Lodge
Road.
Dicranella heteromalla. This little gem of early spring,
with its hair-like foliage and glowing orange fruit, grows
under oaks and by the side of old gravel-pits.
Dicranum scoparium. A pretty light green plant, with
foliage slightly curved, in dense masses, as soft as a
cushion.
Leucobryum glaucum. Glaucous green, quite a departure
from the usual run of mosses, appearing like mounds
rather than moss ; rarely found in fruit. In and near
Monk Wood.
Ceratodon purpureus. Most abundant by the side of the
Theydon Road on old charred mounds where the heather
has been burned.
Funaria hygrometrica. On charred places where fires have
occurred.
Philinotis fontana. A curious forked plant; very local;
grows in a bog by the Wake Arms, Theydon Road,
and Loughton Road.
Bryum argenteum. A pretty silvery plant. On banks near
Theydon.
Mnium undulatum. Moist places. Epping Lower Forest.
Mnium hornum. Sometimes called Swan's Neck Moss,
from the curvature of the upper part of the fruit-stalk.
Aulacomnium palustre. Damp and boggy places.
Tetraphis pellucida. On old stumps and damp places.
Close by Ambresbury Bank.
Polytrichum commune. In bogs.
Polytrichum juniperum. Gravel-pits by Wake Arms.
Thuidium tamariscinum. Very handsome, bright green,
fern-like.