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4b. B. norveg'lca Gunner, (B. Halleriana Hedw.). 

 Shady rocks— very rare. Fr. Summer {Berk.). 

 Antrim— At Colin Glen near the top; D.M. Colin Glen; Flor. Eib. 

 Glenarm, and Carnlough ; W. Thompson (not recently seen in 

 any of above stations). 



Sect. IV. — Fhilonotis. 



5. B. fontana (Linn.) Swartz. 



By springs, and in wet rocky places— common. Fr. June — Aug. 



6. B. calcarea Br. et Schimp. 



Swampy ground in the hills— not common. Fr. July and Aug. 

 Down— Old quarry at Kilwarlin, with stems nine inches in length ; 



H.W.L. and C.H.W. 

 Antrim — Upper end of Colin Glen, and damp places on Belfast hills ; 

 S.A.S. 



BREUTEXiZA Schimper. 



1. B. ctarysocoma (Dicks.) Schp. (Bart, arcuata Eedw.). 

 Heaths, and stony places — common ; ascending to 2000 feet. Fruit 

 very rare. 



** Abundant in fruit by the river which flows through Glenchain, Co. 

 Deny" ; D.M. Found also in fruit near Carrickf ergus ; D.M. [spec, 

 in herb.). A single stem in fruit, in November, near Kostrevor ; 

 C.H.W. 



SERIES II. Order XX. M N I A C E JE . 



SPK.S:ROCEPBAIiVS Necker. 



1. S. palustrls {Linn.) Lindb. (Aulacomnion Schag.). 



Wet heathy, and peaty ground — frequent, and locally abundant. Fr. 



May and June. Ranges from near sea level to 1600 feet. 



Down— Slieve Croob, Moneyreagh, and Conlig ; S.A.S. Slieve Com- 

 medagh, and Deers' Meadow ; H.W.L. Rostrevor wood, 

 Kilbroney bog, and on Slievenabrock ; C.H.W. 



Antrim — In the bogs ; Templeton. Bog at Duneane, marshy heaths on 

 Black Mountain and Cave Hill, also plentiful at Kings' moss, 

 Carrickfergus commons, Sallagh Braes, Slemish, and Rath- 

 lin; S.A.S. 



