410 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 
Hab. Sandy banks. By the River Lee, above the county gaol, 
Cork, Isaac Carroll. The male plant only of this species 
has yet been collected in Ireland. 
23. B. ccBspititium (Linn.) Sp. PL, p. 1586. Bryol. Europ., vol. 
IV. Monogr., p. 70, tab. 375. Eryol. Brit., p. 243, tab. 29. 
Turner, Flor. Hib., p. 120. Engl. Bot, tab. 1904. Hook, and 
Tayl., Mnscol. Brit., p. 291. 
Hab. Walls, rocks, and waste ground. Everywhere abundant 
throughout Ireland; but frequently associated with similar 
kinds, from which it is distinguished chiefly by the larger 
mouth of the capsule and dioicous inflorescence. 
24. B. erythrocarpum (Schwaegr.). Suppl., tab. 70. Bryol. Europ., 
vol. IV. Monogr., p. 72, tab. 376. De JN^otr., Briol. ItaL, p. 
398. Eabenhor., Bryothec. Europ., l^o. 244. B. sanguineum, 
Bridel, Bryol. Univ., 1, p. 971. Bryol. Brit., 243, tab. 50. 
Var. ^. murorum, Schimp., Synops., p. 363. Bryum murale (Wils.), 
Hobkirk, Synopsis of the British Mosses, p. 118 (1873). 
Hab. Heaths and dry banks. Frequent in Ireland. On the hill 
of Howth, where this plant grows in profusion, several plants 
were once found bearing two capsules on the same pedicel, a 
very unusual monstrosity among mosses. Yar. /3. near Killar- 
ney, G. E. Hunt. 
25. B. atropurpureum (Web. et Mohr), Ind. Muse. — Bryol. Europ., 
vol. IV. Monogr., p. 73, tab. 378. Bryol. Brit., p. 244, tab. 50. 
B. bicolor, Turner, Muse. Hib. (partly). Eabenhor., Bryothec. 
Europ., ]Sro. 87. 
Hab, Banks and waste places. On the hill of Howth. Very fine near 
Seven Churches, Wicklow; Cork, Isaac Carroll; and many 
other places in Ireland. The dark purple colour, which this 
pretty little species often assumes, leads to its detection, where 
otherwise it would be passed over. 
26. B. julaceum (Smith). El. Brit., p. 1357. Engl. Bot., tab. 
2270. Bryol. Europ., vol. iv. Monogr., p. 79, tab. 382. Bryol. 
, Brit., p. 246, tab. 28. Hook, and Taylor, Muscol. Brit., p. 
197. Eabenhor., Bryothec. Europ., ]^o. 243. Webera julacea, 
De mtr., Briol. ItaL, p. 416. 
Hab. Marshy places by the sides of streams and on wet rocks. 
Erequent about Cromagloun and other places near Killarney ; 
Maam Turc, and elsewhere in Connemara; Cahir Eeeks, 
Tipperary. Isaac Carroll. Lough-Bray and Powerscourt 
Waterfall, Y/icklow Earer in the northern counties. A variety 
with the nerve of the leptf excurrent, forming a short reflexed 
point, was found near Kenmare by the late Dr. Taylor. 
