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FUNGUS FORAYS. 
The annual foray of the “Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union” will be 
held on Sept. 14th and 15th. The head-quarters will be at 
Malton ; the first day will be devoted to an investigation of the 
woods on the Howardian tract, and on the second day the woods 
in the neighbourhood of Coxwold will be worked. The specimens 
will be named and arranged for exhibition in the Assembly Rooms 
at Malton. Dr. Cooke and other mycologists will be present, and 
the secretaries extend a cordial invitation to mycologists from all 
parts of the country, who will be “ put up ” at Malton. Intend- 
ing visitors are requested- to communicate at an early date with 
W. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., Sunny Bank, Leeds. 
The dates for the forays of the “Essex Field Club,” Herts, &c., 
are not yet fixed. 
MUSCINEiE. 
Bibliography. 
The British Moss Flora. R. Braithwaite , M.D. , 303, Clapham 
Road, London. Fam. XV ., Bryacece , II. 
In the number just issued the author describes the mosses of 
the old genera, Webera, Zieria , and Bryum , including twenty-five 
species of the last-named genus only. The name Webera is re- 
placed by the older name Pohlia , and Zieria by Plagiobryum. 
The genus Pohlia is divided into two sections : — I. Eupohlia, 
containing the species with a long-necked capsule and rudimentary 
cilia. II. Lamprophyllum , with glossy leaves, a short-necked 
capsule, and well developed cilia. Bryum Schimperi, Wils. (or 
Bryum catenulatum, Schimp. Syn.), is raised to specific rank 
under the name of Pohlia commutata Lindb., and Webera Ludwigii 
/3 grqcilis is also raised to specific rank under its varietal name. 
Webera Tozeri of Schimp. Syn. becomes Epipterygium Tozeri , 
Lind. 
The genus Bryum is divided into three sections : — I. Sclero- 
dictyon, including the species with adpressed leaves and the upper 
cells linear. II. Cladodium , leaves erecto-patent, endostome 
adherent to peristome, and cilia abortive. In this B. cernuum , Br. 
and Sch., becomes B. pendulum, Schimp., and B. uliginosum is 
changed to B. cernuum , Lind. Changes of name are always to be 
regretted, but especially when, as in this case, it only adds to 
previous confusion. B. pendulum having, according to the 
author’s synonymy, been used as an earlier name for B. filiforme , 
Dicks., and B. bicolor , Dicks., whilst B. cernuum, Br. and Sch., 
has long been the recognized name for B. pendulum, Schimp. 
