1900.] Daviks. — Soi}?c Mosses from North-East Ireland. 1 75 



distributed as W. amiotiua with fruit seem to he IV. comimiiata. I 

 have not seen examples of the plant recorded from the Mourne 

 Mountains by Canon Lett. It might be well to re-examine the 

 specimens gathered on Slieve Donard, on the chance of their proving 

 to belong to IV. covmnitata., a rare moss not known to occur in 

 Ireland. 



Bryum murale, Wils. — Wall at " The Plantation," Lisburn, Co. Down, 

 and bridge over Lagan at Lambeg, Co. Antrim. Apparently rare 

 wnth us, but more likely that sufficient care may not have been used 

 to separate it from nearh' related species. 



Brachythccium salebrosum, B. and S.— Boggy ground in a field 

 on the left hand side of road from Lambeg village to Derriaghy, Co. 

 Antrim. An addition to the North-eastern list. In his ■' Synopsis," 

 under B. Mildeamim, of which Hypnuiii salebrosum is cited as a 

 synonym, Moore gives only three stations for the species, and notes 

 it as " very rare in Ireland." 

 Eurhynchium, praelongum, B. and vS., var. Stokesii, Brid. — 

 Foot of Beech trees in the wood at Ballymacash, Co. Antrim. Not 

 before recorded for the North, and appears to be uncommon in 

 other parts of Ireland. Interesting as having been first described 

 and figured as a separate species by Dawson Turner in " Muscologise 

 HiberuicEe " (1804) from specimens gathered hy Dr. Stokes at Lough 

 Bray. Turner, however, expressed a doubt of its being entitled to 

 specific rank, and it seems right that it should have been reduced to 

 the position of a variety. 



Eurhynctiium pumilum, Schp.— Sandy banks in the wood bj- the 

 roadside at Ballymacash, Co. Antrim. From the scant}- records we 

 have for this plant it seems to be rare in Ireland, but it is more 

 likel}', I think, that it has been overlooked. It is usually barren, 

 and, in the absence of fruit, not easily distinguished in the field. In 

 the locality now given it is very abundant, covering a high sandy 

 bank for a distance of many yards. I was successful in finding 

 several tufts with perfect fruit in April. The fruit-stalk being very 

 short, the capsules are only slightly exserted above the dense 

 cushiony ramifications, and not readily detected. 



Eurhynchium murale, Milde. — Damp walls about Lisburn in both 

 Down and Antrim. It seems a mistake to suppose this species has 

 any special preference for calcareous districts. Common in England. 

 I vsuspect, from what I have seen of it here, it will be found less rare 

 in Ireland than the few stations recorded have led one to suppose. 



Amblystegium Juratzkanum, Schp. — Stony and peaty ground by 

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

 New to the Irish flora. Amongst some tufts of a Bryum of doubtful 

 species collected at Kilroot that I had sent to Mr. Dixon, he informed 

 me that he had met with a few short stems winch he considered 

 might safely be referred to this species. The}- agreed well with 

 specimens of Juratzka's own gathering of the plant. A fragment 



