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mark it distinctly. It is placed by Miilier in the natural 

 family LeucohryacecB, and he says, in viewing the leaves at 

 an acute angle the prismatic colours are developed. 



b. Leaves furnished with a nerve. 



* Leaves apiculate, or piliferous. 



5. DicRANUM LATiFOLiUM, Hcdw. [Broad-Uaved Fork 

 3I0SS.) Stems short; leaves oblong, concave, entire, apicu- 

 late, or piliferous ; capsule erect, ovato-oblong ; lid rostrate. 

 — Efig. FL p. 37. Trichostomum latifolium, Miill. Syn. pt. 

 1. p. 5S8. 



Banks in Ireland, four miles from Dublin, on the road 

 to Woodlands; near Aberfeldy, Scotland. Tr. Summer. 

 Found throughout Europe, in subalpine districts. Some- 

 times quite piliferous. 



■^"^ Leaves not ajdcidate. 

 t Nerve very Iroad. 



6. DiCRANUM LONGiPOLiUM, licdw. {Long -leaved Fork 

 Moss.) Stems elongated ; leaves very long, subulato-seta- 

 ceous, falcato-secund, serrulate, their nerve very broad ; cap- 

 sule oblongo-ovate, nearly erect ; lid rostrate. — Eng. Fl. p. 

 37; Mull. Spi.pt. I. p. 374. 



On Ben Voirlich and Ben-y-gloe, Scotland ; wet rocks,- 

 Gleumalur, co. Wicklow, Ireland. Fr. Autumn. The fruit. 



