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ner, or, as Mr. Turner well observes, so as to resemble an 

 expanded rose. We are indebted for our fructified speci- 

 mens to Mr. Drummond, who found them near Cork. We 

 know not if they have been found in that state any where 

 else in Britain. 



13. Br. capillare ; stems short ; leaves obovate, twisted when 

 dry, entire, their nerve produced into a hair-like point, their 

 margins slightly thickened; capsule oblong, pendulous. 

 (TAB. XXIX.) 



Br. capillare. Linn.Sp. Pip. 1586. Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 120. EngL 

 Bot. t. 2007. Schwaegr. Suppl. t. 74. Moug. et Nestl n. 33. Br. stel- 

 lare. EngL Bot. t. 2434 ? Dill. Muse. t. 50./. 67- 



This has been often, we believe, taken for Bryum cce~ 

 spiliclum \ but the greater length of the capsule, the obo- 

 vate leaves, twisted when dry, together with the hair-like 

 point formed by the excurrent nerve, will always distin- 

 guish it. 



We think the Bryum stellare of EngL Bot. belongs to 

 this species. It does not accord with the true stellare, 

 which has not, that we are acquainted with, been yet found 

 in Britain. 



4. Br. ccespiticium ; stems short ; leaves ovate, acuminated, 

 entire or very obscurely serrated at the points, the margins 

 slightly recurved, the nerve reaching to or beyond the point; 

 capsule between ovate and pyriform, pendulous. (TAB. 

 XXIX.) 



et. major. 



Br. caespiticium. Linn. Sp. Pip. 1586. Turn. Muse. Hib. p. 120. 

 EngL Bot. t. 1904. Br. Wahlenbergii. Schwaegr. Suppl. t. 70 ? Mnium 

 lacustre. Schwaegr. Suppl. t. 77' Bryum erythrocarpum. Schwaegr. 

 Suppl. t. 70? Dill. Muse. t. 50. f. 66. 

 ft. minor. 



Br. bicolor. Dicks. Plant. Cr.fasc. 4. p. 16. Turn. Muse. Hib. p. II. 

 /. 2. EngL Bot. t. 1601. 



HAB. Banks, walls and roofs of houses, very common. 

 " Admodum polymorpha species pro solo natali. Viginti 

 ad minimum habitu si\mmopere diversas formas, a variis 

 pro novis speciebus transmissas, habemus, quae in genere 

 foliis magis ininusve erectis, latioribus, angustioribus, ut 

 mox ovatce, mox lanceolatae formae magis accedant, acumine 

 et apiculo diversissimae longitiidinis, seta longiore brevioreve, 

 etiam sporangio et operculo parum ab invicem recedunt ; 

 sed firmos limites nullos hasce discernendi invenimus ; nee 

 dubiis speciebus perplexissimum genus augere cupivimus." 

 In all these remarks of the excellent Mohr we are disposed 



