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49. II. Jlagellare. — The scabrous seta is an important char- 

 acter which has been hitherto omitted by recent describers^ 

 though recorded in English Botany. It is difficult to sup- 

 pose that this Moss is entirely confined to the British islands; 

 3'et it certainly does not occur in the collection of Mougeot 

 and Nestler. tf. umbratum, Ehrh. No. 3-29 of that work, is 

 with much difficulty distinguishable from H. brevirostrum, 

 Einh. No. 423, having like it, a smooth seta. H. umbra- 

 tum^ Sm. Fl. Brit, p. 1298, is probably the same Moss as 

 No. 329, of Mougeot and Nestler; and if so, Sir J. E. Smith 

 has improperly quoted it in Engl. Bot. 



50. H. lariclnum, Hook. Br. Fl. v. ii. p. 87, and Snppl. to 

 FngL Bot. t. 2760. — This is unquestionably H. Blandovii^ 

 Schwaegr. Suppl. t 142. The locality at Tunbridge Wells is 

 somewhat doubtful; but on Knutsford Moor, in Clieshire, it 

 may still be found rather plentifully, bearing fruit freely in 

 April and May. 



51. H. blandum. — With equal certitude this Moss may be 

 referred to //. illecebrum, L,in. (not H. illecebrwn, Hedw.^ 

 which is H. Bosch', Schivaegr. Suppl.)* 



52. H. crassinervium. — Since the discover}' of this Moss in 

 Ireland, it has been found by the writer near Matlock in 

 Derbyshire, at Beaumaris in Anglesea, and near Ingleton in 

 Yorkshire, always, or usually at least, growing upon calca- 

 reous rocks. 



53. H. Cfsspltosum. Wils. MSS. — This yet unpublished 

 species, nearly allied to H. blandum, but with an erect cap- 

 sule, and secund foliage, though rather abundant near War- 

 rington, has not been elsewhere observed. The fruit ripens 

 in November. 



54. H. fiuviatile, Swartz; Hediv. Sp. Muse, t. 81.— This 

 Moss, not yet admitted into the published list, was found near 

 Bangor by the writer in 1828, when it was confounded with 



* The following memorandum was made by Dr Arnott, thirteen years 

 ago, on the editor's copy of the Muscat. Brit. " H. illecebrum, Schw. 

 is H. iUecebrum, E. Bot. t. 2189, has serrated leaves, and with it II. 

 biandum is identical. It is figured by Vaillant in his Flor. Pai?."— Ed» 



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