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elegant Moss, marked by its pale green patches, and orange 

 or reddish capsules when mature, which contrast finely with 

 the scorched ground on which it is usually found growing 

 very luxuriantly. Prom this circumstance it is called in 

 France la Charbonniere. It is generally distributed over 

 the globe. 



2. FuNARiA MiJHLENBERGii, Turu. {Dr. Muhlenberg's 

 Cord Moss.) Stems short ; leaves concave, ovate, suddenly 

 acuminated, serrated, the nerve disappearing below the 

 point; seta straight. — Engl. Fl. p. 52; Milll. Spi. pt. 1. 

 p. 109. 



Among rocks in a calcareous soil ; frequent in the south 

 of England and Ireland. Fr. Spring. 



3. FuNAUiA HiBEiiNiCA, Hook. {Ifisk Cord Moss.) 

 Stems elongated; leaves plane, ovato-lanceolate, gradually 

 acuminated, serrated, the nerve disappearing below the 

 point; seta straight. — Engl. Fl. p. 53; Milll. Sj/n. pt. 1. 

 /;. 110. 



In shady places on sandy soil. First discovered by 

 Drummond on the thatched roof of a cottage at Blarney, 

 near Cork. Fr. Spring. Closely allied to the preceding, 

 and both are regarded as mere varieties of E. hygrometrica 

 by the author of " Musci," in ' Flora Hibernica," where an 



