Moore — On the Mosses of Ireland. 345 
2. 8. recurvata. (Br. et Schimp.). Bryol. Brit., tab. 15. Weissia, 
recurvata Bridel., Bryol. TJniv. 1, p. 332, Muscol. Brit., Ed. 2, 
p. 16, tab. 15. 
Hab. On old red sandstone rock, Brandon, Co, Kerry. Taylor in 
Flor. Hib. Very rare in Ireland, 
6. DiCEANELLA. Scbimp. 
Plants small, stems gregarious. Leaves subulate or lanceolate- setaceous, 
serrulate at the apex; areolation uniform at base. Peristome 
single, of 16 bifid teeth. Capsule more or less cernuous. Inflores- 
cence dioicous. 
Diagnosis of Species. 
* Leaves squarrose or spreading on each side of the axis, more or less 
crisped in drying. 
Plants large, leaves squarrose, . . . I . D. squarrosa. 
Leaves not squarrose, plants very small. 
Monoicous, capsule erect, oval, striated, . 2. D. ceispa. 
Capsule cernuous, ovate, substriated, substru- 
mose, . . . . . . . 3. D. Geevilleana, 
Dioicous, capsule gibbous, distinctly stru- 
mose, . . . . . . 4. D. ceeviculatum. 
'^^^ Leaves turned to one side, more or less crisped in drying. 
Capsule obliquely cernuous, not strumose, . 5. D. sfbulatum. 
Capsule obliquely furrowed, fruit stalk pale, 6. D. heteeomallum. 
Capsule oblong, slightly oblique and incurved, 7. D. vaeixjm. 
Capsule erect, ovate truncate, . . . 8. D. eufescens. 
1. I), squarrosa {^GYdm^.). Synops. Muscor., p. 71. Briol. Ital., p. 
642. Dicranum squarrosum, Schrad. Journ. — Muscol. Brit., 
Ed. 2, p. 98. Bryol. Brit., p. 68, tab. 17. 
Hab. In vret places by the sides of streams, and on wet banks. Of 
frequent occurrence in Ireland, but nowhere very common. It 
bears fruit in Kelly's Glen, Dublin. 
2. J), crispa (Schimp.). Synop. Muse, p. 69, Rabenhorst, Bryothec. 
Europ., !N^o. 49. Dicranum crispum, Hedw., st. cr. vol. ii. 
tab. 32. Turner, Muscol. Hib., p. 65. Muscol. Brit., Ed. 2, p. 99. 
Bryol. Brit., p. 70, t.' 17. 
Hab. On moist banks in the more hilly parts of the country. Dunbul- 
logueGlen, near Cork. (Mr. D. Murray), Fl. Cork. In fine fruit 
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