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5. us.—Beset with stout rigid or bristly erect hairs. (Hairs 
neither flattened nor appressed as in strigosus). 
6. Strigosus.—Rough and almost prickly, on account of the strong, 
arp, rather flattened hairs which lie along the surface in 
the same direction). 
Serres II, 
. Holosericeus.—Soft to the touch, with a close covering of very 
short silky hairs not distinctly vais to the naked eye. 
(Hairs eae and less distinct than in velutinus 4 
. Velutinus.—Covered with a close silky coating of short fine hairs, 
erect and of even bs a (Hairs erect and not unevenly 
appressed, as in seric 
8. Sericeus. S Coversd d with petal pressed, fine, straight, silky hairs. 
ire not entangled, and not so fine or long as in arach- 
noideu. 
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ase 
$ Se kacideu .—Covered with very long, soft, white, somewhat 
viscous hairs, stretched and entangled like a cobweb. (Hairs 
less numerous, much longer, and finer than in tomentosus). 
Tomentosus.—Covered with not very long cottony hairs, more or 
less felted together. Ag shorter and forming a less thick 
cov than in lanatus.) 
, Lanotis Covered wie Tong hairs, loosely curled together like 
wool, 
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jor) 
I have ventured to offer these remarks with less expectation 
than desire that botanists may think them worthy of such 
criticism or discussion as might lead to greater uniformity eer 
precision in this section of glossology. 
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE MOSSES. 
By H. N. Drxon, M.A. 
— there seems to be no record hitherto of the mosses of this 
unty, it seemed worth while to publish this as a bestsntinary 
lit, although being the result of little more than half a yea 
tk, and that, with a few exceptions, confined to the district 
Within a few miles of Northampton, it should not be long before it 
is very Saal enlarged. It will be seen, for instance, that the 
phagna, and indeed the bog-mosses generally, are totally u 
represented, nothing of the nature of oe having come under m 
notice. I am indebted to Mr. J. E. Bagnall for having most 
kindly pias all the s ‘pecies which seemed to require con- 
ae or which I was unable to identify. (N.B—b. = barren, f, = 
Weissia viridula Brid. Brampton 
Dicranella varia Hedw. at bo common. Zardley § Chemie: 6 — 
D. rufescens Turn. Rare. Harleston Firs (o¢).—- 
Hedw. Common. 
