8 MUSCI. [Phascum. 



5. P. axillare. DICKS. Leaves lanceolato-subulate, straight, 

 their nerve disappearing below their summits, capsules axillary 

 by innovations of the stem. Dicks. Cr. Fasc. 1. p. 2. t. \.f. 3. 

 Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 7. t. 5. 



On banks near Belfast. Templeton ; rare in Ireland, The leaves 

 are neither so setaceous or so rigid and shining as in the preceding. 



6. P. patens. HEDW. Stem short ; leaves broadly lanceolate, 

 serrated, their nerve disappearing below their summits. Hedw. 

 St. Cr. v. 1. 1. 10. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 7. t. 5. 



On banks near Belfast. Templeton]; rare in Ireland. In a dry state 

 the leaves are no longer patent, but appear much waved : they are re- 

 ticulated with very large cells. 



7. P. muticum. SCHREB. Stem very short ; leaves broadly 

 ovate acuminate, serrate, connivent, their nerve reaching to 

 their summits. Schreb. de Phasco t. \.f. 11-14. Muse. Brit. ed. 

 2. p. 8. t. 5. 



On moist banks not uncommon. It varies in size, yet some of the 

 minutest growing near the sea at Dunkerron have one or two serratures 

 near the summit of the leaves. It grows scattered and solitary. The 

 calyptra remains adhering closely round the lid, and is consequently 

 not one fourth as broad as the full grown capsule. The German P. 

 Florkeanum differs by its acuminate entire leaves, which too are re- 

 flexed at the margins ; the capsule is smaller, and not entirely concealed 

 in the leaves. 



8. P. cuspidatum. SCHREB. Leaves ovato-acuminate, erect, 

 entire, their nerve reaching or exceeding their summits. Schreb. 

 de Phasco t. 1. /. 1. Muse. Brit. p. 8. t. 5. 



On banks, common. The nerve of the leaf continued and becoming 

 diaphanous, constitutes the P. piliferum of Schreber, and when the 

 seta is curved to one side the P. curvisetum of Dickson. 



9. P. rectum. Withering. Stem short ; leaves ovate, mucro- 

 nate ; capsule globose nearly erect. With. Bot. Arr. ed. 4. p. 

 771. t. 18./. 1. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 10. t. 5. 



On banks and hedges, common. 



10. P. curvicollum. HEDW. Stem short; leaves narrow- 

 ovate acuminate ; capsule globose, seta curved. Hedw. St. Cr. 

 v. 1. t. 11. Muse. Brit, ed, 2. p. 11. t. 5. 



On banks near Dublin : more rare than the last. 



3. SPHAGNUM. Linn. 



Receptacle pedunculated. Capsule sessile, without a peris- 

 tome. Calyptra irregularly torn. 



Plants of very wet situations, pale ; the leaves with large cells, which 

 are reticulated, soft and flaccid. The lid flat. The seeds large, ob- 

 tusely angular. 



1. S. obtusifolium Ehrh. Branches tumid; leaves ovate, 

 obtuse. Ehrh. Crypt. No. 241. Muse. Brit. ed. 2. p. 13. /. 4. 



