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3. B. brevlfolla [Bichs.) Lindb. (Trich. tophaceum Brid.). 

 "Wet rocks, and dripping stony banks — frequent. Fr. Oct.— Jan. 



Ranges from sea leyel to 1500 feet. 



Down — "Wet rocks by Spinkwee River, and at Groomsport, also near the 

 sbore below Bangor, and in Cregagh Glen ; S.A.S. Moy- 

 gannon Glen, Annalong, Bloodybridge, and Tollymore Park ; 

 H."W.L. "Wet rocks in railway cutting at Dromore, and on 

 clay at MagheraUn ; C.H."W. 



Antrim^Rocks at Redbay cave, and on the ''organ" at Giants' Cause- 

 way ; Templeton, 18H. Moist banks near Dunluce ; D.M. 

 The Glens of Antrim ; Moore, op. cit. Colin Glen, Crow 

 Glen, Glendivis, and Woodbum, also on vertical limestone 

 rocks at "Whitehead, and rocks by streams at Glynn, Glenariffe, 

 andRathlin; S.A.S. 



Derry — Rocks by the sea at Portstewart, and boggy rocks at summit of 

 Benbradagh ; S.A.S. 



4. B. fallax Hedwig. 



Damp clay banks, and waste ground in moist places — very common. 

 Fr. Oct.— Feb. 



Yar. y B. brevifolia {Sm.) Brid. 

 Down— "Wet places by stream in Cregagh Glen ; S.A.S. Railway cutting 

 near Dromore ; H."W.L. 



5. B. spadlcea Mitten. (Didymodon rigidull'S Brid.). 



"Wet banks, and rocky margins of streams— rare. Fr. Sept. — Nov. 



{B.M.F.). 



Down —Newcastle {Lett) ; Brit. Moss Flora. 



Antrim— Near Belfast ; Templeton, 1S07. Moist banks near Belfast ; T. 

 Drummond, Miisci Scotici, vol. III. On stones in stream at 

 lower end of Carr's Glen, basalt rocks in south "Woodbum, and 

 in Rathlin Island ; S.A.S. Belfast {Steivart), and Fairhead 

 {Lett); Brit. Moss Flora. Colin Glen; C.H."W. Mr. 

 "Waddell's specimen is probably the right plant, but wants 

 mature fr\iit to give entii'e certainty. 



Derry— [Occurs, no doubt, in this county, but has not yet been collected. 

 Mr. Lett finds it in Loughery demesne, which is over the 

 border in Co. Tyrone.] 



6. B. rlgldula {Eedw.) Mitten. 



Damp rocks, especially limestone — not common. Fr. Nov. — Feb. 

 Ranges from near sea level to 1500 feet. 

 Down— On the rocks by the pen weir above Belvoir, and walls of Belvoir 



demesne ; Templeton, July, 1807, Serb. Self. Mtts. 

 Antrim — Limestone rocks near Belfast ; T. Drummond, op. cit. Bankis 



