Botany. 135 



Deer's Meadow in the Mournes ; among heather in bog at 

 Creevy, near Saintfield ; and ( Jlenmakerron. 



H. illecebrum De Not. — Very rare, on top of Black 

 Mouniain, and on rock at foot of north end of Sallagh 

 Braes. 



Eurhynchium Stokesii (Turn.) — Frequent in woods 

 at Saintfield, and elsewhere. 



E. speciosum Schhnp. — Rare; Rathlin ; Glenarm ; 

 Knockagh ; and Drumbo Glen. 



E. crassinervium B. and S. — -Rare, and not found off 

 the limestone; on blocks in Cave Hill deerpark, and Cam- 

 money : not found in Co. Down. 



E. Teesdalii Schimp. — Colin Glen; Woodburn, Many- 

 burn. 



Hyocomiun flagellare B. and S. — Glenariff; Tolly- 

 more Park ; very luxuriant but barren. This beautiful 

 species is a great ornament to the clear mountain rivulets of 

 the Mournes. 



Rhynchostegium murale Hedw. — Frequent near Bel- 

 fast. Not found in Co. Down. 



Brachythecium salebrosum Hoffm. — Derriaghy; 

 Narrow-water ; and Moygannon Glen, near Rostrevor. 



Pterogonium gracile Swartz. — Rare. Ballygally 

 Head ; Grogan's Glen. 



Pterygynandrum filiforme Hedtv. — Recorded many 

 years ago from Tollymore Park, but not found recently. 



Fontinalis squamosa L. — In the river at Rostrevor. 



Cryphaea heteromalla Mohr. — Widespread but not 

 abundant. On trees at Drumnabreeze ; Magheralin ; and 

 Cave Hill. 



Leucodon s,z\nvo\<\&'S, Schtvaegr. — Very rare. Lambeg, 

 not found recently. 



Hedwigia imberbis Spruce. — On basalt at Fair Head 

 and Ballygally. Not found in Co. Down. 



Rarer Bog Mosses — Sphagnace.^. 



The true Bog Mosses, or Sphagnacece, are numerous in 

 our bogs, marshes, woods, and wet spots on the mountains, 

 but have not been as yet thoroughly examined. 



