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Hab. On trees usually, but sometimes on rocVs. Abundant in the 
woods at Killarney, where it fruits freely. On rocks near 
Malahide and near Dunsink, Dublin. Yery frequent on trees, 
but without fruit in most parts of Ireland. 
3. Z. conoideus (Dickson). Crypt. Fasc. 4, tab. 11, f. 2. Muscol. 
Brit., p. 123. Bryol. Brit., p. 193, tab. 21, 
Hab. Trunks of trees. Frequent in the woods at Killarney, fruiting 
freely there. Woods at Ballyfin, Queen's County ; woods at 
PowerscourtjWicklow; and woods at Eockingham, Eoscommon; 
also many other parts of Ireland, but not generally fruiting. 
Tribe 7. FuiirAEiE^. 
Sect. 1. Capsule entire without operculum. 
39. Ephemeefm. Hampe. 
Calyptra conico-campanulate. Capsule roundish, sub -acute at the 
apex, very shortly pedicellate, entire, not operculate ; columella 
none. Leaves soft, flaccid ; areolation loose, cellules rhomboidal. 
Male flowers gemmiform, at or near the base of the fertile stem. 
Diagnosis of Species. 
Leaves nerveless, lanceolate, serrated from 
the middle to the apex, . . .I.E. seeeatum. 
Leaves with slender nerve, reaching nearly 
or quite to the apex, serrated from the 
middle upwards, oblon go -acute, . . 2. E. coh^eens. 
1. -El serratum (Schimp.). Bryol. Europ., vol. i. Monogr., p. 3, tab. 
1. Synops. Muscor., p. 3. Eabenhor., Bryothec. Europ., No. 
159. Phascum serratum, Schreb., de Phasco., p. 9, tab. 2. 
Bryol. Brit., p. 26, tab. 5. 
Hab. On moist banks and places where water has stood during 
winter. About Belfast frequent, but rare elsewhere. 
2. E. cohcerens (Hedw.). Sp. Muse, tab. I, f. 1-6. Bryol. Europ., 
vol. I. Monogr., p. 4, tab. 1. Schimp., Synops. Muscor., p. 
4. Eabenhor., Bryothec. Europ., I^^o. 160. Phascum cohsB- 
rens, Bryol. Brit., p. 27, tab. 37. 
Hab. On wet shady banks. By the side of the Eiver Shannon, near 
Portumna, Gal way, 1865. 
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