202 DICRANACEJS, 



Sandy banks— extremely rare. Fr. May and June (B.M.F.). 

 Antrim — Ditch banks near the Belfast Bot. Gardens, fruit extremely rare ; 

 T. Drummond, Musci Scoiici, vol. 3. Ditch bank at Cran- 

 more (Drummond) ; Flor. Hib. On sandy banks near the 

 Botanic Gardens ; Moore, Froc. Ji.I.A., 1872. Belfast 

 [Drummond] ; Brit. Moss Flora. 

 First found in Britain, by Drummond, at Belfast, the only Irish locality, 

 and has not been seen in Ireland for more than 50 years. 



2. I>. pusillum (Sediv.) Timm. 

 Sandy banks — very rare. 



Antrim — Fields beyond the Botanic Gardens ; T. Drummond, Musci 

 Scotici, vol. 3. Near Belfast, Templetoii, afterwards Drum- 

 mond ; Flor. Hib. In the late Mr. Templeton's garden at 

 Cranmore ; Moore, Froc. R.I. A., 1872, (spec, in Herb. Coll. 

 Sc. Dublin). Near Belfast [Drummond) ; Brit. Moss Flora. 



First found in Ireland by Templeton, from whose collection Drummond, 

 no doubt, derived his information. 



3. D. bomomallum (Hedw.). Hampe. 



"Wet rocky or gravelly banks, and by streams — frequent. Fr. July — 



Oct. 



Down— Deers' Meadow, Slievemeel Beg, and TuUybranagan ; H.W.L. 

 Woods at Narrow- water and Bostrevor, also on iSlieve Donard, 

 and in Tolly more Park ; C.H.W. 



Antrim — Sparingly on sandy bank between Stranmillis road and the Lagan, 

 but most abundant on decomposing mica schist by the stream 

 on Brean Mountain above Bally castle ; S.A.S. 



Derry — Ness Glen, and mountains and glens in Derry, and by the Cooks- 

 town road near the foot of Sawel ; Templeton, 1809. Slieve- 

 gaUion, Mullaghmore, and Sluggada Mountain ; S.A.S. 



4. !>• flexlcaule (^Schleich.) Hampe. 



Dry basaltic rocks, and coast sandhills ; rare and barren. 

 Down — Plentiful on sandhills at Bally kinler ; S.A.S. 

 Antrim— Basalt rocks of SaUagh Braes ; H.W.L., and C.H.W. 

 Derry — Abundant on sands at Portstewart; S.A.S. Sandhills at 

 MagilUgan (G. V. Craxg) ; C.H.W. 



Var. /} DENSUM Br. ^ Schimp. 

 Antrim— Peaty heath on the northeast side of Divis Mountain ; C.H.W. 



Sect, II. — Dicranelkce. 



