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attention, it would in all likelihood escape observation. The plant 

 so far as I know, is new to the Irish list, and is rare in England, 

 having been noticed there only in two localities, Hurstpierpoint 

 ( written), and Sevenoaks (Holmes). 



Bartramia ithyphylla, Brid.— vSandy bank. Avonmore, Lisburn, Co. 

 Antrim. A characteristically montane species, of by no means 

 frequent occurrence, growing here in a distinctly lowland locality. 



Philonotis calcarea, Schp.— Dripping rocks by the Ulster Canal, 

 Benburb, Co. Armagh. 



Webera annotina, Scliwgr. , for which a locality was given in former 

 notes, proves to be pretty widely diffused about Lisburn. Along the 

 sand}' banks of the Derriaghy streamlet it has been traced for a 

 distance of nearly a mile, and I have also gathered it in various 

 places on the Co. Down side of the River Lagan. 



Wcbcra Tozcri, Schp. {Epiptoygium Tozeri, Lindb., of Braitliwaite's 

 Br. iM. Fl.)— On soft sandstone by the side of a streamlet, where it 

 crosses the road below Derriaghy-Miltown, Co. Antrim. Of ex- 

 amples of this which I forwarded to Mr. Dixon he writes : — "Your 

 moss is undoubtedly Webera Tozeri, and is very interesting, as it must, 

 I think, extend its range very considerably northward. I do not, 

 at any rate, know of its existence except in the most southern coun- 

 ties of England and Ireland: and, I think, on the Continent it is not 

 known so far north. It is curious that it is on just the same soft, 

 red, sandy rock that it affects in the south of England." According 

 to Dr. Moore its only other Irish station is at the side of the River 

 Lee at Cork ('1840). By the disco ver}- of the plant in Co. Antrim 

 its limit is, therefore, extended from lat. 52^*^ to lat. 54p- In the 

 present locality it does not grow on any part of the rock that is fully 

 exposed to the light, being confined to a small area, shaded by the 

 drooping stems of Aldica tmijlora from an overhanging bank. The 

 red sandstone at this place is bryologically most interesting, pro- 

 ducing as it does, in addition to the species under notice, several of 

 our rarer mosses : Dicraiidla crispa, D. rufescens, Fissidens virididus, 

 Jortida 7narginaia (the only Irish station), Barbida tophacea var. 

 acutifolia, IVeisia tenuis, IVebera annotina^ and Hypnufn polyganutyn., 

 which are to be seen growing within a few paces one from another. 



Bryiiiii fillformc, Dicks. — On rocks in the stream flowing past the 

 Wooden House, near Annalong, Co. Down. 



B. ruJOens, Mitt. — Sandy soil in bare places amongst grass in the 

 third field on the right-hand side of Longstone Lane, Lisburn, Co. 

 Antrim, with immature fruit, 12th April, 1901. A scarce Brytim, 

 allied to B. erythrocarpum, for which there is no prior Irish record, 

 and which in England has been found only in Sussex and North- 

 amptonshire. In the field, when in fruit, its loose straggling habit 

 is a character by which it may be recognised. 



Mnium affine, Blaudow {M. cuspidatufu, Neck.). Damp ground 

 amongst grass in a gravel pit near Fairy Well, Lisburn, Co. Antrim. 

 Another species, which although common in England is, according 

 to published records, rare in Ireland, and it is one not very likely to 



be overlooked. 



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