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Hab. Bogs, rocks, and shady banks. JN^ear Bantry, in fruit. Miss 
Hutchins, 1808. Howth, D. Orr. Longli Bray, and Powers- 
court, Wicklow ; Gap of Dunloe, in fruit, 1865; Kylemore, 
Connemara. Cork, Isaac Carroll. 
9. C. torfaceus (Br. et Schimp.). Bryol. Europ., vol. i., Monogr., 
p. 5, tab. 91. Bryol. Brit., p. 89, tab. 40. Dicranum flexuosum, 
Hedw., Sp, Muscor., tab. 28. Bryum fragile, Dickson, Fasc. 3, 
p. b,Jide Smith, in Engl. Bot., text to tab. 1491. 
Hab. Shady banks among grass and heath, margins and sides of 
drains, cuts in deep turf bogs. Erequent in most parts of 
Ireland. 
15. DicRANODON^TiuM. Bruch et Schimp. 
Calyptra cucuUiform, not fringed at base. Capsule on an elongated 
arcuate pedicel, elliptic-oblong, smooth and thin in texture ; 
lid conico-subulate. Peristome single, of 16 teeth, cloven to the 
base and trabeculate. Leaves subulate-setaceous, with broad 
prominent nerves ; areolation narrow, larger at the base. Inflo- 
rescence dioicous. 
1. D. longirostre (Br. et Schimp.). Bryol. Europ., vol. i., tab. 88. 
Bryol. Brit., p. 86, tab. 39. Bidymodon longirostrum, Web. 
et Mohr. Dicranum flexuosum, Bridel., Bryol. Univ. 1, p. 
111. 
Hab. Shady banks and crevices of rocks. O'Sullivan's Cascade, and 
Cromagloun, Killarney; Glenmalur, Wicklow ; Benbulben, 
Sligo. Barren in all these localities. 
16. DiSTiCHiUM. Bruch. et Schimp. 
Calyptra cucullate-rostrate. Capsule pedicellate, oval, or cylindrical, 
erect or cernuous. Peristome single, of 16 teeth, partially cloven 
and perforated. Leaves distichous, subulate-setaceous; areola- 
tion dense above, cells at base enlarged and diaphanous. In- 
florescence monoicous. Distinguished chiefly by the distichous 
leaves. 
Diagnosis of Species. 
Capsule erect, ovate-oblong, . . . 1. D. capillacexjm. 
Capsule cernuous, or almost horizontal, . 2. D. inclinatum. 
1. B. capillaceum (Br. et Schimp.). Bryol. Europ., vol. ii. Monogr., p. 
4, tab. 193. C. Miiller. Synop.Musc. l,p. 40. Bryol. Brit., p. 104. 
tab. 20. Cynodontium capillaceum, Hedw. Sp. Muscor., p. 57. 
Trichostomum capillaceum, Engl. Bot., tab. 1152. Didymodon 
capillaceum, Muscol. Brit., p. 119. 
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