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Head^ Caernarvonsliire, Mr. AYilson; rocks in co. Kerry, 

 Ireland. Fr. May and June. 



10. DiDYMODON BRACHYDONTIUS, Wils. MSS. [S/iarj)- 

 toothed JDidi/modon.) Stems short, scarcely branched ; leaves 

 widely spreading, linear, with plane margins, bluntish, entire ; 

 the nerve excurrent and slightly recurved towards the apex ; 

 capsule oblong-ovate ; lid rostrate ; peristome very short. — 

 Engl. FL p. 30. Trichostomum mutabile, Iliill. Si/ii, pt. 

 l.p.'ill. 



In the same localities as the preceding species. Fr. June. 

 Two Continental varieties of this species are enumerated by 

 Miiller, viz. hremfoUum and cingustlfoUum. Closely allied 

 to the preceding. Botli are found in the south of Europe, 

 chiefly on rocks on the Mediterranean coast. 



11. DiDYMODON CAPiLLACEUS, Schrad. {Fine-leaved Bi- 

 dymodon.) Stems elongated, csespitose; leaves nearly dis- 

 tichous, subulato-setaceous ; capsule erect, ovato-cylindra- 

 ceous ; lid conical. — Engl. El. p. 30. Distichium capilla- 

 ceum. Mull. Syn. jit. I. p. 40. 



Banks and rocks in mountainous districts ; Ben Bulbeu, 

 near Sligo. Fr. Spring. An elegant species, with stems 

 varying in length according as it grows in wet or dry situa- 

 tions. 



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