Hepaticcs of the Km^s and Qtieen's Counties. 69 



Cephalozia sphagfiii (Spruce on Cepkalozia), Jungennania Sphagni, Dicks., 

 Crypt, Brit. ( 1 785). Bogs amongst Sphagnum in both counties— plentiful. 

 *C. lammersiana, Huben.— y?<;z^. bkuspidata 7 tdiginosa Nees, Eur. La- 

 berm II. 253, et (exparte) 7 7 obliquata Nees I. C. 254, J. biaispidata 

 B. Bot. t. 2,239— Wet places, Ard bog, King's Co.— C. D. R., 1890-91. 

 Marshy place, side of a stream, Slieve Bloom mountains, Queen's Co. 

 — D. McA., 1 89 1. 



Good authorities consider this to be the dioecious and perfect form of 

 the following: — 



C. bicuspidata, Iv. Hook, Brit. Jung, t 11. — Damp banks, plentiful in 

 both counties. 



var *setulosa, Spruce. — Pusilla, foliis parvis, lobis subapiculatis, 

 perianthiis ore truncato setulosis (setis 2-3 cellulas longis) brac- 

 tearum laciniis lato-subulatis acuminatis utrinque 1-2 spinis.Ard — 



bog, King'sCo C. D, R., 189 1. This form is new to the Irish 



Flora. 

 *C. connivens, Dicks. — Damp bank, Ard bog, C. D. R., 1890-91. Bog on 

 Welsh Island, King's Co.— D. McA, 1891. 



var,— Larger and with longer hair, points to the leaves, than in 



the normal state. — C. D. R., 1891. Rare or overlooked in Ireland. 



*C. catenulata, Hubener. — Damp bank, Ard bog, amongst the larger 



Hepaticae. — C. D. R.— 1891. [1891. 



*C. divaricata,',Smith. — Ard bog, amongst the larger Hepaticae. — C. D. R., 



Lophocolea bidentata, Lim. — on decayed wood and on damp banks, 



plentiful in both counties. 

 Chiloscyphus polyanthos, Corda.— Side of a stream on the Slieve 



Bloom mountains. — D. McA.— 1891. 

 Kantia trichomanes, Dicks— Plentiful on damp banks, very fine on Ard 



bog.— C. D. R., 1891. 

 *K. argfuta Mont. (Ivind.)— E. Bot. tab., 1875. Dioecious.— Stems elon- 

 gated near the apex, with smaller and more remotely placed leaves, 

 often tipped with gonidiferous gemmae. Leaves roundish, oblique, 

 apex bidentate, fragile, divergent, under leaves (stipules), deeply bifid 

 segments subulate. 



Amongst Sphagnum, Ard bog. King's Co., C. D. R., 1891. Side of a 

 stream on the Slieve Bloom Mountains, on moist clay, D. McA. 1891. 



Dr. Moore in his work on " Irish Hepaticae," p. 632, writes: — " Hab. on 

 wet banks very rare in Ireland. The few Irish specimens known were 

 collected at Luggielaw, Wicklow, creeping over the stems of Nai'dia com- 

 prcssa, Dr. Lindberg detected them among my specimens when examining 

 them." 



Since the publication of this valuable work in 1876, I know that the 

 plant has also been gathered in Killarney by R. W. Scully, Esq. ; Lough- 

 bray, Co. Wicklow, amongst Sphagnum D. McA., 1878; and at Killakee 

 Glen, Co. Dublin, growing amongst Rhynchosiegium swartzii D. McA., 

 September, 1890. 



Saccogyna viticulosa, Mich.— Ard bog. King's Co., C. D. R. 1890.— 



Slieve Bloom Mountains, Queen's Co., D. McA., 1891. 

 Trichocolea tomentella, Ehrhart.— Bog near Geashill, King's Co., 



D. McA., 1891. 

 Blepharostoma setacea, Web. — Ard bog. King's Co., C. D. R., 1890, 



near Cappard, Queen's Co., 1891, 

 Scapania, undulata, Dumort. — Wet rocks bed of a stream, Slieve 



Bloom Mountains, D. McA., 1891. 

 Diplophyllum albicans, Linn.— Common in both counties. 

 Plagfiochila asplenoides, Linn. — Damp bank Slieve Bloom Mountains, 



D. McA.; 1891. 

 P. spinulosa, Dicks. — Slieve Bloom Mountains, near Clonaslee. C. D. R., 



1891. 



