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SERIES II. Order XII. TORTUX.ACEJ&. 



Sect. I. — TortulecB. 



EPBEMERUm Eampe. 



1. E. serratum Rampe. (Phascum Schreb.). 

 Sandy ground— rare. " In fructification nearly all the year" Templeton, 

 Down— Damp bank in the Newcastle sandhills ; S.A.S. 

 Antrim— In the garden at Cranmore, and in a dry sandy pasture field near 

 Seymour Hill, also in a field near Lambeg moss, 1801, and in 

 clover ground at Malone, 1805 ; Templeton. Fields now occu- 

 pied by the Belfast Botanic Gardens ; T. Lrummond. 

 Frequent about Belfast ; Moore, op, cit. 



PHASCUM Linn. 



1. P. acaulon Linn. (P. cuspidatum Schreb.). 

 Sandy fields, and sandy or gravelly waste ground — not uncommon. Fr. 

 Dec. — March. 

 Down — Gravel pits north of Giants' Ring, hedge banks at Belmont, and 



pasture field at Sydenham ; S.A.S. Drumcro ; C.H.W. 

 Antrim— Found on the flower beds at Cranmore, and on sandy soil in 

 several places in Malone; Templeton, 1801.* Sparingly on 

 Rathlin Island ; S.A.S. 

 Var. /3 PILIFERUM Schreb. 

 Antrim — Very fine on crumbling basalt rocks at Blackhead ; S.A.S. 

 Sandy bank by the sea at Ballygally ; C.H.W. 

 * Named P. muticum by Templeton, but as he does not record the 

 present species, but remarks that he considers P. cuspidatum, and P. 

 muticum to be one, it may be concluded that he did not distinguish 

 between them. 



POTTZA Ehrhart. 



1. P. Helmll {Sedw.) Fuern. 



Rocks, and banks near the sea — not common. Fr. April and May. 

 Down — Rocks by the shore south of Newcastle, and among rocks above 

 high-water mark at Bangor, also on the sides of drains in 

 Ormeau Park ; S.A.S, 

 Antrim — Among stones by the quay at Carrickfergus, and on rocky sea- 

 shore of Rathlin Island ; S.A.S, 



