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Hab. Tops of walls and waste places. Common near Cork, Isaac 
Carroll. On walls near Dublin, D. Orr. At Castle Taylor 
and Cengs Galway. In pots among the plants in Glasnevin 
Botanic Garden, probably conveyed with peaty soil from the 
mountains. 
18. B. intermedium (Bridel). Bryol. Univ. 1, p. 632. Bryol. 
Europ., vol. IV. Monogr., p. 47, tab. 356. Bryol. Brit., p. 237, 
tab, 49. Webera intermedia, Scliwaegr. SuppL, tab. 75. Ea- 
benhor., Bryothec. Europ., No. 1030. 
Hab. Tops of walls, banks, and gravelly places. Sand-hills oppo- 
site Malahide, and on walls near Dublin. Cork, Isaac Carroll. 
Probably common. 
19. B. himum (Schreb.). Sp. Elor. Lips., p. 83. Bryol. Europ., 
vol. IV. Monogr., p. 56, tab. 363. Bryol. Brit., p. 238, tab. 
49. B. ventricosum, Dicks. PL Crypt. Ease. 1, p. 4. Hook, 
and Taylor, Muscol. Brit., Ed. 2, p. 205. 
Hab. Wet, marshy, and , boggy places. This fine large species 
is common in Ireland, and it sometimes appears so like 
B, pseudotriquetrum, that it is only by the inflorescence it can 
be satisfactorily distinguished. 
20. B. torquescens (Br. et Schimp.). Bryol. Europ., vol. iv. 
Monogr., p. 49, tab. 358. Bryol. Brit., p. 239, tab. 49. 
Rabenhor., Bryothec. Europ., No. 331. 
Hab. On walls and rocks. On the top of a wall near the entrance 
gate to Sheep-hill Demesne, D. Orr; also at Ashtown, Dublin; 
near Cong, Galway. This handsome and very distinct species is 
rare in Ireland, although plentiful in the above localities, 
where it ripens fruit freely. 
21. B. capillare (Hedw.). Sp. Muse, p. 131. Bryol. Europ., 
vol. IV. Monogr., p. 60, tab. 369. Bryol. Brit., p. 242, tab. 
29. Engl. Bot., tab. 2007. Hook, and Taylor, Muscol. Brit., 
p. 200. 
Hab. Walls and rocks. This is one of the commonest mosses in 
Ireland, varying considerably in appearance, according to the 
nature of the places where it grows. The variety yS. majus of 
Bryol. Europ. is the common form in Ireland. 
22. B. Donianum (Greville), in Linn. Soc. Transact., vol. xv., 
p. 345, tab. 3, f. 6. Bryol. Brit., p. 211, tab. 49. De Notr., 
Briol. Ital., p. 391. Schimp. Synops. Muscor., p. 373. B. 
platyloma, Bryol. Europ., vol. iv. Monogr., tab. 58, p. 366, 
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