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IRISH MOSSES. 



[February, 



on the basaltic rocks in the neighbourhood of the Giant^s Cause- 

 way^ where it is plentiful. Hypnum moniliforme seems to inhabit 

 only one district in Connemara, where it grows on almost every 

 large rock, though never yet found in fruit there. Distichum 

 inclinatwn and Diphyscium foliosum appear to be confined to 

 the west and north-west counties. 



Species which are not in ' Flora Siher- 

 nica,' hut are noticed in ' Bryologia 

 Sritannica ' as Irish. 



Oedee— BRYACE^ 



Section I. — Aceocaepi. 



Dicranodontium longirostre, Ei*. and 

 Sell. Habitat, Cromagloun Wood, 

 neai' Killamey. Found by Dr. Tay- 

 lor, 1841. 

 Campylopus densiis, Scb. Habitat, near 

 Bantry. Found by Miss Hutchins, 

 1808. Howtb, Mr. Orr, 1856. 

 Campylopus setifoUus, Wilson. Habi- 

 tat, near Dunkerron. Dr. Taylor. 

 Campylopus longipihis, Br. Habitat, 



Howtb, Lougb Bray, etc. 

 Didymodon recurvifoUus, Taylor. Ha- 

 bitat, near Kenmare. Found by Dr. 

 Taylor, 1842. 

 Didymodon luridus, Hornscbueh. Ha- 

 bitat, near Cork. W. Wilson, Esq., 

 1829. 

 Tortula anibigua, Br. and Sch. Habi- 

 tat, on tbe tops of mud walls near 

 Dublin ; very common during Marcb 

 and April. D. M. 

 Tortilla ohlongifolia. Hook, and Wilson. 

 Habitat, near Dublin. Mr. Drmn- 

 mond, 1829. Tbis was tbe only ha- 

 bitat known for this rare species in 

 the British Islands up to the present 

 year, 1856, when it was rediscovered 

 by Mr. David Orr, near Bray, where 

 I have since seen it growing in consi- 

 derable quantities. 

 Encalypta ciliata, ITedwig. Habitat, 

 Benbradagh Mountain, near Dvmgi- 

 ven, Co. Derry, where I found it plen- 

 tifully in 1835. 



Species ivhich are not noticed in ' Bryo- 

 logia Sritannica,'' nor in ' Flora Hi- 

 hernica^ as Irish. 



Oedee— BRYACE^. 



Section I. — Aceocaepi. 



Fhascum hryoides, Dickson. Habitat, 

 Howtb, very sparingly, growing on a 

 wall-top with Pottia crinita. Mr. D. 

 Orr. I have since seen it there. 



Ficranum fuscescens, Turner. Habitat, 

 near Luggelaw, Co. Wicklow. Col- 

 lected in 1852 by Mr. Orr and myself. 



Ficranum majus, Turner. Habitat, 

 Lough Bray and Killarney. 



*Fottia crinita^ Wilson. Habitat, 

 Howtb, in one spot only, whence Mr. 

 Orr brought it to me last March, and 

 where I collected it since. 



Fhahdoiveissia denticulata, Br. and 

 Sch. Habitat, Slemish Moimtain, Co. 

 Derry. This species is probably in- 

 cluded in Dr. Taylor's hst, under the 

 name of Weissia striata, along with 

 Rhahdotveissia fugax, Br. and Sch. 



* Trichostomum jlexicaule, Br. and Sch. 



Habitat, Portmarnock Sands, where it 

 grows plentifully, but always barren. 



Tortula aloides, Br. and Sch. Habi- 

 tat, clay fields, near Dubhn, frequent. 

 This moss, and also Tortula ambigua, 

 Br. and Sch., are no doubt mixed up 

 with Tortilla rigida, Schultz, by Dr. 

 Taylor in 'Fl. Hib.,' though very 

 distinct species from it. 



Tortula latifolia, Br. and Sch. Habi- 

 tat, on trees, about Glasnevin. First 

 observed by Mr. D. Orr, 1856. 



* Tortula lavipila, Brid. Habitat, on 



trees, near Dublin. 



