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Capsule roundish, large ; lid conical ; calyptra 
lobed at the base, . . . . 3. P. piteifoeme. 
1 . P. ericetorum (Br. et Schimp.). Bryol. Europ., vol. in. Monogr., 
p. 13, tab. 300. Bryol. Brit., p. 273, tab. 7. Gymnostomum 
fasciculare, Hook, et Tayl. Muscol. Brit., Ed. 2, p. 24. Entos- 
thodon ericetorum, De Sfotr., Briol. Ital., p. 454. Eabenhor., 
Bryothec. Europ., l^o. 22. 
Hab. On heaths and on damp ground. Glenmacnass and Glencree, 
Dublin; Luggielaw and other places Wicklow; Connemara; 
also in the southern counties, but not very frequent. 
2. P. fasciculare (Br. et Schimp.). Bryol. Europ., vol. m. Monogr., 
p. 13, tab. 301. Bryol. Brit., p. 274, tab. 52. Gymnostomum 
fasciculare, Hedw. Sp. Muse, tab. 4. Entosthodon fascicularis, 
De Kotr. Briol. Ital., p. 453. Eabenhor., Bryothec. Europ., No. 
353. 
Hab. Clayey fields and damp ground. ]S"ot very common in Ireland. 
In The Glens," and near Belfast, Co. Antrim; Cork and 
Eermoy, Isaac Carroll. 
3. P. pyriforme (Br. et Schimp.). Bryol. Europ., vol. ni. Monogr., 
p. 2, tab. 299. Bryol. Brit., p. 275, tab. 7. Gymnostomum 
pyriforme. Turner, Muse. Hib., p. 11. Engl. Bot., tab. 413. 
Hab. Damp ground where water has stood during winter ; also on 
moist banks. Frequent in many parts of Ireland. Yery fine 
on the Murrough of Wicklow. 
43. BAETEA.MTDULA. Br. et Sch. 
Calyptra small, cucuUate, fugacious. Capsules more or less cernuous, 
on curved footstalks, globose, smooth, of thin texture, mouth 
small. Peristome none, lid disciform. Leaves lanceolate, den- 
ticulate ; areolation loose, composed of oblong hexagonal cellules. 
Sporangium united to columella, as in the genus Hymenosto- 
mum. 
1. B. Wilsoni (Br. et Schimp.). Bryol. Europ., vol. iv. Monogr., 
p. 3, tab. 315. Engl. Bot. Suppl., tab. 2919. Bryol. Brit., 
p. 276, tab. 52. 
Hab. On loose black peaty earth among heath. On Connor-hill, 
near Dingle; W. "Wilson, 1829. Knockavohila Mountain, 
near Kenmare. Dr. Taylor. 
