Hedwigia.} MOBCI. " 



On clay banks and moist pastures, common. The nerve of the leaf 

 is excurrent ; the capsule with an apophysis. 



8. G. conicum. Schwaegr. Leaves oblongo-ovate, acute, 

 the nerve excurrent, their margins entire ; capsules ovate ; lid 

 conical. Schwaegr. Svpp. I. p. 26, t. ix. Muse. Brit. ed. 2, p. 

 23, t. 7. 



On banks near Cork. Mr. James Drummond: near Dublin, and 

 at Dunkerron, County Kerry. 



9. G. fasiculare, Hedw. Leaves oblongo-acuminate, nearly 

 plane, serrate, marginate, capsule pyriform; lid convex, sub- 

 mammillate. Hedw. sp. t. 4, f. 5—9. Muse. Brit. ed. %p. 23, 

 t.7. 



On wet banks, common. 



10. G.pyriforme, Willd. Leaves oblongo-spathulate, ser- 

 rated, capsule obovate, pyriform ; lid convex, shortly rostrate. 

 Willd. Prod. Fl. Berol. n. 896. Mtisc. Brit. ed. 2, p. 24, t. 7. 



On moist banks. 



11. G. tenue, Schrad. Stem very short; leaves oblong, 

 concave, rather obtuse, erect, their nerve not percurrent ; cap- 

 sule oblong ; lid short, conico-acuminate. Schrad. Samml. n. 

 3 1 . Muse. Brit. ed. 2, p. 24, t. 7. 



On old red sandstone in a stream on Brandon hill, county Kerry. 

 The mouth of the capsule is furnished with an annulus. 



12. G. microstomum. Hedw. Leaves broadly subulate, their 

 margins involute above, flexuose, crisped when dry, capsule 

 ovato-elliptical, contracted at the mouth; lid subulate, incurved. 

 Hedw. St. Cr. v. III. t. 30. Muse. Brit. ed. 2, p. 25, t. 7. 



Maritime dry banks. Very nearly allied in appearance to Weissia 

 controversa, of which Mr. W. Wilson is inclined to make it a variety. 

 I have not yet been able to find any vestige of a peristome m our 

 plant, as it grows in maritime situations. 



6. Hedwigia. Hooker. 



Seta lateral. Mouth of the capsule naked. Calyptra dimidiate. 



1 H cBstiva Hook. Stems tufted ; leaves lanceolate, twisted 

 when dry ; capsule oblong ; lid elongate, subulate. Hooker. 

 Eng. Flora, vol. 5, part 1, p. €8. Gymnost. astivum Hedw. 

 Sp. Muse. til,/. 4—7. Muse. Brit. ed. 2, p. 18, t. 6. 



Near Bantry. Miss Hutchins. Exterior leaves of the perichae- 

 tium short, broadly ovate acuminate, the interior longer, with longer 

 squarrose acuminations, all of them clasping; paler than the cauhne 

 leaves, which too are twisted in different sets about the stem. 



7. Anictangium. Hedw. 



Seta terminal. Mouth of the capsule naked. Calyptra campa- 



nulate. 



