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slender vSeta of pale amber colour tinj^ed with red it ma}- readil}- be 

 separated from other species of the section to which it belongs. 

 Derriaghj' was one of Templeton's favourite localities, and the 

 exposed sandstone by the w-ayside there has been often searched 

 both by Mr. Stewart and myself. It seem? singular, therefore, that 

 the plant was not previously recognised. The stem is very short, 

 and in the absence of fruit the plant would be almost certain to 

 escape notice. 

 Barbula tophacea, Mitt., van acutifolla, Schp.— With IVebera 

 carnea on a steep clay bank b}' the Lagan canal at the first locks 

 above Lisburn, Co. Antrim. The t3'pe is rather common, but the 

 variet}', I think, has not before been noticed in Ireland. 



Welsla microstoma, CM.— In old gravel-pits about Ivisburn, both 

 in Down and Antrim, where it is usually associated with Phasatm 

 sulmlatuvt. lyiable to be mistaken for Weisz'a viridula, which it nearly 

 resembles, and is likely not uncommon. 



Welsla viridula, Hedw., var. subg-Iolisosa, Schp.— Bank by the 

 Lagan, about a quarter of a mile below Lisburn, Co, Dowm. In fruit, 

 May, 1900. The form of fructification differs widely from that of 

 normal W. viridit/a, the capsule (on a shorter seta) being sub-globose 

 with a much shorter lid. "Your IVeisia seems to agree very well 

 with the var. subglobosa, Schp. as described by Lirapricht. The 

 peristome teeth are red instead of pale, but I do not think this would 

 stand in the way of the identification. It is curious that the spores 

 seem larger in some of the varieties than in the type. This is the 

 case with the above variety (in which your plant agrees), and with 

 the var. densifolia. I do not think it has been recorded in Britain 

 before." Dixon in lit., 23 May, 1900. 



Encalypta vulg-aris, Hedw\--On limestone by the sea at Whitehead, 

 Co. Antrim. Seems to be rare in Ireland In the north there are 

 three other stations, in none of which has it recently been seen, so 

 I am informed by Mr. Stewart. 



Funaria fascicularls, Schp.— Sandy stubble fields at Blaris, Co. 

 Down. In no place did I notice more than a few stems together. 

 A rare species, which Moore has recorded from only two counties. 



Wetoera annotlna, Schwgr. — On crumbling red sandstone in the glen 

 near Derriaghy, Co, Antrim. With immature fruit in June, 1900. 

 Five stations have been placed on record for this plant in Ulster, 

 where it seems to be confined to Down and Antrim, and in two of 

 them (Templeton's) it has not recently been seen. Klsewhere in 

 Ireland it would also appear to be very scarce. The time for fruiting, 

 according to Mr Dixon, is summer, but it is a dioicous species and 

 very rarely fertile. Early in June the fructification of my plant was 

 vStill unripe. Templeton states that he obtained it in fruit in March, 

 1806, and again in April, 1809, which notwithstanding his characteristic 

 care and accurac}', causes some suspicion that a mistake may have 

 been made. Mr. Dixon informs me that most of the alpine plants 



