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NOKTHAMPTONSHIEE MOSSES. 

 By H. N. Dixon, M.A., F.L.S. 



I AIM al)le to record the following additions to the Northampton- 

 shire Moss-flora, made since last year (see Journ. Bot. 1884, 235- 

 237). B. = barren ; f. = in fruit. New species recorded: — 



Systegium crispum Hedw. Kingsthorpe. 



Weissia cirrhata Hedw. Harleston Firs ; Eush Mills. 



Campylopus Jiexuoms Brid. Harleston Firs (b.). 



Pottia intermedia Turn. Kingsthorpe ; Yardley Chase (R. 

 Eogers). — P. lanceolate Dicks. Kingsthorpe; Newnham, &c. 



Bidymodon smuosiis Wils. Rush Mills (b.). 



Ditrichum flc.vicaule Schwg. Wittering (b.). 



Trichostonmm topJuiceum Brid. Wausford, limestone-quarries. 



Barbula aloides Koch. Kingsthorpe; Wansford; Castle Ashby, 

 &c. (R. Rogers). — B. lamellata Lindb. Kingsthorpe. — B. riyidida 

 Dicks. Frequent (b.). — B. Hornschachiajia Schultz. Newnham (b.). 



Ceratodun coniciis Lindb. Duston (f.) ; Kingsthorpe, in fine 

 fruit, 1885. 



Vlota crispa Hedw. Salcey Forest ; Ashton. 



Orthotrichuvi ohtusifoliion Schrad. Ash tree, Kettering, April, 

 1885 (b.). — 0. pumihon Swartz. Same tree as the last, Kettering, 

 April, 1885. — 0. teneUum Bruch. Great Houghton ; Wittering, &c. 

 — 0. leiocarjmm B. & S. Salcey Forest, &c. 



Webera anvotivaHedw. Kingsthorpe; Harleston; all barren. 



Bryiim hinmm Schreb. Frequent in bogs. — B, murale Wils. 

 Harleston. — B. roseum Schreb. Northampton (b.). 



Mniwn affine Bland. Harleston Firs (b.); Castlethorpe (b.). 



Catharinea Dixoni Braithw. ms. Northampton, April 3rd, 1884 

 (b.) ; (see Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 169). 



Neckera ptumila Hedw. Salcey Forest (b.). 



Homalia trichowanoides Schreb. Frequent. 



Tlmidium ahletimtm L. Wittering (b.). 



Camptothecium lutescens Huds. Wittering ; King's Cliffe ; both 

 barren. 



Sderopodium ccEspitosum, Wils. Kingsthorpe (b.). 



Brachythecilun albicans Neck. Harleston Heath, abundant (b.). 



Eurhync/mun Teesdalii Sm. Kingsthorpe, Nov., 1884. 



Hypnnm revolvens Swartz. Wittering Marsh.- — H. coiinnutatuiit 

 Hedw. Wittering, abundant in bogs. — H. palustre L. Kingsthorpe. 



New varieties : — 



Barbula muralis var. icstiva Brid. Althorp. — B. fallax var. 

 brevifolia Wils. Duston (b.j. 



Atriclmm undulatnm var. abbreviatum (Bry. Brit.). Broughton. 

 Polytrichum commune var. periyoniale Schpr. Kingsthorpe. 

 Amblystegium serpens var. majus Brid. Near Castlethorpe. 



The following have been found in fruit : — 



Barbula recurvifolia Schpr. In fine fruit at Floore House, 1884. 

 — B. latifolia B. & S. Fruiting on several trees in the Nene Valley. 

 Harleston ; Kingsthorpe ; Castlethorpe. 



