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A HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE THE MOSSES (Musci) The moss flora of Berkshire is but imperfectly known except for that portion included in the Ock and Isis district, which have been investigated by my lamented friend the well known bryologist Mr. Henry Boswell, and a detailed list of the species observed is given in my Flora of Oxfordshire. In our neighbourhood Bagley Wood was also investigated by Mr. W. Baxter, and this wood is especially rich in species, while Mr. H. E. Garnsey of Magdalen College has also inves- tigated the bryology of this neighbourhood. Pleuridium nitidum Pogonatum nanum subulatum aloides alternifolium Polytrichum juniperinum Weisia microstoma piliferum viridula commune Dicranella heteromalla Antitrichia curtipendula Dicranum palustre Neckera pumila scoparium complanata Campylopus flexuosus Homalia trichomanoides turfaceus Thamnium alopecurum Leucobryum glaucum Isothecium myurum Fissidens exilis Camptothecium lutescens taxifolius Brachythecium glareosum bryoides velutinum Phascum serratum rutabulum Leptodontium flexifolium Eurhynchium striatum Tortula fallax praelongum Ulota intermedia pumilum Orthotrichum affine Rhyncostegium confertum Lyellii Hypnum aduncum leiocarpum cordifolium Bartramia pomiformis cuspidatum Mnium hornum Hylocomium splendens punctatum Sphagnum recurvum Philonotes fontana cymbifolium Aulacomnion palustre subsecundum Atrichum undulatum The neighbourhood of the Hinkseys, Wytham, Kennington and the Boar's Hill range afford in addition to some of the above : Systegium multicapsulare Tortula Hornschuchiana Dicranella varia revoluta Phascum muticum var. sardoa (Br. Sch.). Wytham cuspidatum convoluta Fissidens viridulus sinuosa var. fontanus subulata inconstans, Schimp. Sunningwell marginata Pottia minutula latifolia intermedia bevipila lanceolata _ intermedia Trichostomum rubellum ruralis luridum _ pap jll osa Tortula cavifolia, very common on the lanceolata oo ' Ite Grimmia apocarpa ri ida orbicularis vinealis _ p u l v i na ta 64