iy^ The Irish A^ahi> a list. [July, 



about half an inch long he o1)li^in<^]y returned to me, and pointed 

 out characters by which the speciCvS might be known. So much 

 interest was aroused l)y his kind information that T revisited the 

 locality, when I had the satisfaction of finding it with fruit. It is 

 more robust than A. serpens, with broader leaves, more distant and 

 subsquarrose, and spreading when dr}'. A plant of continental dis- 

 tribution, it was first described as British in a recently published part 

 of Dr. Braithwaite's '' British Moss-P'lora.' At that time it was 

 known only in one locality in Sussex (Mitten, 1893), but has since 

 been met with in other English counties. 



Amblystcgrium varlum, Lindb.— Stony and peaty ground, close bj- 

 the sea, about half a mile east of Kilroot, Co. Antrim, April, 1900. 

 In my quest for the preceding species another Amblystegiiun was 

 noticed differing alike in habit of growth and general aspect both 

 from A. serpens and A, Jiiraizkannvi. On subsequent examination this 

 proved to be the present species, A. variian, and is also an addition to 

 the Irish moss-flora. 



Amblystegrium irriguum, B. and S. — On decayed wood in the over- 

 flow^ stream from the reservoir, Magheraleane, Lisburn, Co. Antrim. 

 There seem to be only two other Irish stations known for this 

 plant. Mr. Stewart informs me that he has "found it only in 

 Drumbo Glen, Co. Down, where it was fruiting in summer of 1887, 

 but it was omitted from ' Flora N.E.I ' through an oversight." 

 Moore knew of it only in Roscommon. Perhaps not so rare as 

 appears, since it might be overlooked when not in fruit. 



HypnuiYi revolvens, Sw. — Boggy places on White Mountain, Co. 

 Antrim. Though noting this plant for only three counties Moore was 

 probably correct in writing " not rare in Ireland." In North-east, 

 we have no mention of it for Derry, but it is frequent amongst 

 the Mourne Mountains, and has also been found near Carrickfergus. 



Lisburn. 



