Moore. — On the Mosses of Ireland. 
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9. T. cuneifolia (Dickson). Bryum cuneifolium Dicks., Plant, 
Crypt. Brit., Ease. 3, p. 7. Turner, Muscol. Hibern. Spicil., p. 
51. Muscol., Brit., Ed. 2, p. 59. De JS'otr., Syllab., ^o. 223. 
Muscol. Ital. 1, p. 28, tab. 10. Bryol. Brit., p. 128, tab. 12. 
Babenhor., Bryothec. Europ., ISTo. 821. Barbula cuneifolia, 
Scbimp., Synop. Muscor., p. 182. 
Hab. On banks and on the ground, generally near the sea. I^orth 
side of the Hill of Howth, D. Orr. IN'ear Bantry, Miss Hutchins, 
El. Hib. On the side of the public road near Portarlington, 
Queen's County, July, 1862. This plant is rare in Ireland, 
and has not yet been observed in the northern or western 
counties. 
10. T. VaUiana {^ohvliz). Eecens. 222, tab. 34, f. 34. Del^otr., 
Muse. Ital. 1, p. 27, tab. 8. T. oblongifolia, Bryol. Brit., 
p. 129, tab. 43. Far. ^, sulflaccida^\JA-Rdi\)QT^. Barbula Vah- 
liana, Bryol. Europ. vol. ii. Monogr., p. 33, tab. 157. 
Hab. On mud banks near Dublin, Drummond, 1829. Near 
Bray, D. Orr, March, 1851. T^ear Blanchardstown, and other 
places near Dublin. The variety /3. sulflaccida is the plant 
which grows mostly about Dublin, but the plant found at 
Bray has the firm leaves of the normal state of the species, 
only the mucros at their points are shorter than those of foreign 
examples. 
11. T. muralis (Timm.). El. Megapel., p. 220. Turner, Muscol. 
Hib., p. 50. Muscol. Brit., Ed. 2, p. 55. Bryol. Brit., p. 130, 
tab. 12. Barbula muralis, Bryol. Europ., vol. ii. Monogr. 
p. 35, tab. 159. 
Hab. Walls and banks. The commonest species of Tortula in this 
country, varying greatly in size and general appearance, 
according to the habitats where it grows. 
12. T. mguiculata (Hedw.). — De N'otr., Syllab., No. 932. Briol. 
Ital., p. 548. Muscol. Brit., Ed. 2, p. 57. Bryol. Brit., p. 24, 
tab. 12. Turner, Muse. Hib., p. 45. Barbula unguiculata, 
Bryol. Europ., vol. ir. Monogr. p. 18, tab. 142-143. 
Hab. On walls, rocks, and earth-banks. One of the commonest 
of all mosses in Ireland, varying considerably in size and 
general appearance, according to the nature of the localities 
where it grows. 
13. T. fallax (Hedw.).— De Notr. Muse. Ital., 1, p. 58, tab. 
29. Bryum imberbe, Huds., El. Angl., Ed. 1, p. 409. 
Barbula fallax, Hedw., Stirp. Crypt. 1, p. 62, tab. 24. T. 
fallax, Muscol. Brit., Ed. 2, p, 60.' Bryol. Brit., p. 123, tab. 
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