i<P7 M'Ardle. — Musci and Hepaticcc from Co. Mayo, t; 333 



I had to light matches, large masses of Conocephalus conicus 

 flourished, and pushed its fronds into ever) 7 moist crevice. 

 Among the mosses, Amblystegium serpens was everywhere, and 

 I also collected three species of Eurhynchium — E. pumilum, 

 E. Teesda/ez\ and E. tcncllum ; the latter was conspicuous by its 

 yellowish soft silky tufts. Some interesting collecting was 

 done in the neighbourhood and around the shore of L,ough- 

 nafooey and along the banks of the Finny River, up to the 

 waterfall and along the mountainous rocks which backup the 

 lough on to the rugged pass. I spent a day about Curranamona, 

 where I gathered the curious Andreea crassinervia on the rocks. 

 There was very little to be found. It is possible to detect 

 this plant in the field with the help of ah ordinary pocket- 

 lens on account of the leaf blade being suddenly narrowed 

 from above the wide base almost to the nerve in the upper 

 half. 



On this delightful excursion, which was mostly in wild 

 and rocky mountain recesses where the moss flora is often 

 poorly represented, I gathered thirty-eight species and five 

 varieties of Hepaticae, and sixty-four species and four varieties 

 of Musci. The identification of some of the forms is often 

 difficult, but becomes a pleasure when one has the assistance 

 of H. N. Dixon, F.L-S-, of Northampton, to whom I offer 

 my best thanks. 



MUSCI. \ 



Sphagnum cymbifolium, Ehrh. — Bogs on the shore of Loughna- 

 fooe}\ Heaths along the shore of Lough Corrib near Ballard. 



S. papillosum, Lindb.— On peaty banks among rocks, waterfall at 

 Curranamona, Loughnafooey. 



S. tcncllum, Ehrh. — Ou heaths among rocks, Loughnafooey, very 

 scarce. Dr. Moore, in his Report on the Mosses of Ireland, 1 

 records this plant from Glenmalure, Co. Wicklow, and from 

 Brandon, Co. Kerry. He writes " rare in Ireland." 



S. acutifolium, Ehrh.— Marsh at Curranamona, Loughnafooey. 



Andreaea crassinervia, Bruch.— On rocks, Carriclc Hill, Currana- 

 mona. Differs from A. Rothii only in the stronger nerve, the limb 

 of the leaf very narrowly contracted from just above the expanded 

 base, the lamina in the upper part extremely narrow, sometimes 

 ceasing below the apex, so that the nerve is slightly excurrent. 



1 Proc. R, I, Academy (2), vol i., ser< ii., p. 135. . ' . 



