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data by its much larger size, tufted growth, dioecious inflorescence, 

 and the female flowers terminating long branches. — C. curvifolia 

 Dumort. On rotting trunks ; very rare in this part of Ireland. 

 D. McA. & F. W. M., 1879. — C. connicens Dicks. Damp shady 

 places on wet peat-moss and decayed wood, and mixed with the 

 larger Hepaticaz : rare or overlooked. — Var. «, conferta minor. On 

 decayed wood, Dr. Moore. — Var. /3, sphagnorum Hook. — G. catenu- 

 lata Huben. In damp shady places on decayed wood. — Var. pallida 

 Spruce. On rotting wood and turfy banks ; rare. This form is 

 new to the Irish Flora, D. McA., 1879. 



Loplwcolea bidentata Dumort. Plentiful on damp banks and 

 decayed wood. 



Harpanthus scutatus Spruce. On moist ground, and on damp 

 shady rocks, in dense compact tufts. Stems a quarter of an inch 

 in length, filiform ; apex ascending, rarely branched ; rootlets 

 numerous, white, proceeding from the bases of the under leaves, 

 which are conspicuous, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, and slightly 

 toothed at the base, connected by one side with the adjoining leaf ; 

 leaves imbricated, smaller at the apex and base of shoots, distant 

 below, secund, connivent towards the apex, roundish, ovate, con- 

 cave, sharply bidentate, sinus lunate, margins entire, the dorsal 

 decurrent for a short distance; of a pale olive colour. On moist 

 banks and amongst mosses ; a rare and local plant. 



Kantia trichomanes B. Gray. Common on wet shady banks ; 

 rare in fruit. — K. arguta Lindb. On wet banks amongst Sphagnum, 

 D. McA., 1878. 



Saccogyna viticulosa Dumort. Plentiful in damp places. 



Trichocolea tomentella Dumort. Dr. Moore, fide Carrington in 

 Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. vii. p. 453. This has not been found amongst 

 our numerous gatherings in this locality. 



Herberta adunea Dicks. Boggy places and on wet rocks. 



Blepharostoma trichophylla Dumort. On turfy heaths and amongst 

 Sphagnum. A pretty and well-marked plant ; rare in this locality. 

 — B. setacea Mitt. Abundant on peat in shady places. 



Scapania subalpina Dumort. Plentiful by the margins of streams 

 and on stones, where it is often submerged. — Var. undidifolia. 

 Common in wet places, often in the bed of the mountain streams. 

 Stems more slender, having copious radicles, leaves broader than 

 in the type and more spreading. — S. undulata Dumort. Plentiful ; 

 margins of the mountain streams and in boggy places. — Var. 

 parpurascens Hiib. — Var. major Carrington. — S. irrigua Dumort. 

 Damp banks and in marshy places ; a scarce plant. Dr. Moore ; 

 D. McA. & F. W. M., 1889. — S. resupinata Dumort. Among the 

 moist rocks in shady places, D. McA. & R. W. S., 1889. — S. 

 nemorosa Dumort. Plentiful on damp shady banks. — Var. pur- 

 purascens Hook. This may be a variety of S. undulata, but we find 

 so many forms of both species that it is difficult to say which it 

 belongs to. — S. umbrosa Dumort. Plentiful in moist shady places, 

 on decayed wood. Dr. Moore & S. 0. Lindberg, 1873 ; D. McA., 

 1887-89. — S. curta Dumort. Moist banks ; rare. 



Diplophylhvm albicans Dumort. Abundant on moist banks, &c. 



