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2. P.Wilsoni (Br. et Schimp.). Bryol. Europ., vol. ii. Monogr., p. 
11, tab. 122. Gymnostomum Wilsoni. Hooker, in Bot. Miscel. 
1830, vol. I., p. 43, tab. 41. Suppl. Eng. Bot., tab. 2710. lla- 
benhor., Bryothec. Europ., jS^o. 806. 
Hab. Banks and tops of walls built of mud, especially near the sea. 
Howth, Killiney, and Bray Head. This plant, which has been 
recognised as Irish only within the last few years, may not be 
rare in similar places on the coast. Great and Little Islands, 
Cork, Isaac Carroll. 
3. P. Starlceana (C. Miiller). Synops. Muse. Mitten, in Journal of 
Botany," vol. ix., JN'o. 97. IN'ees et Hornsch . Bryol. Germ., 
tab. 36, f.2. Bryol. Brit., p. 98, tab. 14. BrioLItal., p. 582. Baben- 
hor,, Bryothec. Europ., JSTo. 831. Weissia Starkeana, Muscol. 
Brit., p. 79, tab. 14. Grimmia Starkeana, Turner, Muse. Hib., 
p. 26. Gymnostomum conicum, Schwaegr. Suppl., tab. 9. 
Hab. Banks and fields. Howth, Killiney, and near Clontarf, Co. 
Dublin. Kear Cork, Taylor. I^ear Youghal, Isaac Carroll. 
The variety ^. brachyodus^ Weissia afiinis, Hook and TayL, grows 
on the railway banks near the Killiney Station, Bray Eailway. 
Pottia minutula (Br. et Schimp.), is now considered a form of 
this moss, there being intermediate states connecting the normal 
form, which has a peristome of 16 teeth, through the variety 
yS. which has the teeth of peristome very short or without them, 
to the gymnostomoQs form of Pottia minuluta var. 7 conica. 
4. P. Heimii (Br. et Schimp.). Bryol. Europ. vol. 11. Monogr., p. 
12, tab. 124. Bryol Brit., p. 96, tab. 7. llabenhor., Bryothec. 
Europ., ]N"o. 401. Gymnostomum Heimii (Hedw.), Turner, 
Muse. Hib., p. 9. Muscol. Brit., p. 22. 
Hab. Banks and marshes near the sea. Marshy meadows near tlie 
K^orth Wall, and Portmarnock, Dublin. Westport, Mayo. Rare 
in the north ; frequent in the southern counties, Tayl. in PI. 
Hib. 
5. P. lanceolata (Miiller). Synops. Muscor.— Mitten in Seemann's 
''Journal of Botany," vol. ix., p. 3. Anacalypta lanceolata, 
Rohling. Moosgeschichte Deutschl. Kees et Hornsch., Bryol. 
Germ., tab. 36, fig. 3. Bryol. Brit., p. 97, tab. 14. Eabenhor., 
Bryothec. Europ., JN'o. 252. Gymnostomum intermedium. Tur- 
ner, Muse. Hib., p. 7, tab. I, fig. a. c. Weissia lanceolata, 
Muscol. Brit., Ed. 2, p. 80. 
II ab. Fields, banks, and waste ground where the soil is of a calca- 
reous nature. Erequent in many parts through the county of 
Dublin. It is one of the mosses which makes its appearance 
