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Of the /unaria or Cord Mosses, -: fasciculare and F. calcarea 
fruit in April and May. / mucrostoma is very rare, occurring only 
at Maresfield, Sussex. 
Exntosthodon Templetont, found in the crevices of rocks ; fruits in 
July; and #. ericetorum, the narrow-leaved Fork Moss, fruits in 
March and April. 
The genus Physcomitrium, or Bladder Moss, is named from 
gvsky, a bladder and purprov, calyptra P. pyriforme, the common 
Bladder Moss, frequenting moist banks and ditches. Fruiting in 
April and growing in more or less extensive patches, the stems are 
from three lines to % in. long ; lower leaves distant, ovate-lanceo- 
late ; upper leaves larger and wider, acuminate, denticulate ; areolz 
oblong-hexagonal, large ; nerve ceasing near apex; capsule erect ; 
roundish, pyriform ; lid conical; calyptra pale, divided at the base 
into several segments. 
P. sphericum, the dwarf Bladder Moss, was found in Sept., 1834, 
by Mr. Wilson. 
WILLIAM STANLEY. 
( Zo be continued. ) 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
ALL Notes and Queries should be sent to Mr. George E. Davis, 
The Willows, Fallowfield, Manchester, before the 16th of 
each month. 
Errata.—Page 160, line 8, for “handle” read “handles.” 
suHGO;) .5, 22, for “spherical” read: ‘sub-spirale 
We HO2) 45) 14, for Pig, ca:s.¢2 “lhe hooks@umie 
caudal disc may often be seen,” read 
“ Fig. 53 5 e, (the hooks of the caudal 
disc may often be seen).” 
3 £64, 5, 9; for “ovary” read “ wavy.” 
Also on page 176, line ro, after ‘““when mounted in,” add 
“water, or 147 when the mounting medium is” glycerine, &c. 
A New Microscope Stanp.—On our last visit to London, 
Messrs. Watson of Holborn showed us a new stand which they 
had just exhibited before the members of the Royal Microscopical 
Society. It is founded on Bulloch’s Biological Microscope, to 
which the Editor gave special prominence in “ Practical Micros- 
copy.” This new stand deserves to be seen by all intending 
purchasers. 
