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undulata, Dicranella heteromalla, Mnium hornum and Plagio- 
thecium elegans were the chief mosses. Above these woods 
was a quarry, and a soft, friable sandstone band was noticed, 
with Webera proligera on it. This moss seems to grow on 
these loose materials until the growth and the sand intermixed 
with it gets too heavy, and bring down the mass, which is, 
however, soon reproduced on the new surface by the immense 
quantities of gemmez produced on this plant. 
At Harden Moss the lower woods were entered, and some 
fine masses of Pterygophyllum lucens in- fruit were gathered, 
with Plagiothecium denticulatum, P. sylvaticum and P. undulatum 
On the moors above, Philonotis fontana and Dicranella squarrosa 
brought a lighter shade on the streamside, the peculiar capsules 
of Tetraphis brownianum were seen hanging downwards from 
dripping rocks, and on a peaty bank was Dicranella cerviculata. 
Soon a more montane type of mosses was reached, such as :— 
Oligotrichum hercynicum, Blindia acuta, Rhacomitrium fascicu- 
lare, R.aciculare, Zygodon Mougeoti ; and in the woods at the 
top-of the Clough, midst masses of Z. Mougeotit, a large tuft 
of the rare Fissidens osmundoides finished off the list. Alto- 
gether, forty-two species were collected. 
Funci.—Mr. W. E. L. Wattam writes :—Mr. C. H. Broad- 
head and Mrs. Whiteley were the chief contributors to this 
section, and several undetermined species were forwarded to 
Mr. Charles Crossland for determination. The following is a 
complete list of the fungi met with :— 
Ithyphallus impudicus (L.). Boletus. flavus With. 
Amanita vubescens (Pers.) Fr. B. chyysenteron Fr. 
Laccaria laccata (Scop.). B. luridus Scheff. 
Entoloma seviceum (Bull.). : Polyporus squamosus (Huds.) Fr. 
Galera hypnorum (Batseh). P. betulinus (Bull.) Fr. 
Stropharia semiglobata. (Batsci). P. varius Fr. 
Anellaria separata (L.). Polystictus verstcoloy (Huds.). 
Coprinus atvamentarius Fr. Stereum hirsutum Fr. 
Lactarius quietus Fr. Sepedonium chrysospermum Fr. 
Paxillus involutus |(Batsch). aise 
seOlrs 
The Manchester Museum has recently issued a useful “ General State- 
ment of the Work of the Museum ’ (10 pp.) ; a ‘ Catalogue of the Egyptian 
Antiquities of the Twelfth and Eighteenth Dynasties,’ by A. S. Griffith 
(Mrs. Johns; 76 pp., 1/6), and an * Outline Classification of the Animal 
Kingdom,’ by Prof. S: J. Hickson (30 pp., interleaved, 6d.)- The last 
named is.of particular value to museum curators. 
From the Norwich Museum we have received the Third Annual Keport 
of the Norwich Museum Association. This association was formed as 
an educational auxiliary to the museum, and is doing excellent work. 
Public lectures are given on such subjects as ‘ Aphides and how to keep 
them in check,’ ‘ Bees and their diseases,’ ‘The Pruning of Fruit Trees,’ 
various sections of the Museum collections, etc. 
Naturalist, 
