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2. M. AFFINK. 
3. M. PUNCTATUM. 
4. M. HORlfUM. 
Inflorescence Synoicons. 
Fertile stems erect, sterile shoots procnm- 
bent; leaves elliptic, obovate, decur- ' . ' " 
rent at base, cuspidate, serrated ; cap- 
sule ovate, subpendulous, . . . 5. M. cuspid atum. 
Fertile stems decumbent at base ; barren 
shoots spreading or decumbent ; leaves 
ovate- oblong, obtusOj bordered, bluntly 
dentated ; capsule oval, subpendulous ; 
lid apiculate, . . . . . 6. M. rosteatum. 
Leaves ovate acute ; perichsetial leaves lan- 
ceolate, all doubly serrated and mar- 
gined, nerve excurrent ; capsule oblong- 
pendulous, . . . . . . 7. M. SEERATUM. 
1. M. undulatum (Hedw.). Sp. Muse, p. 195. Bryol. Europ., 
vol. IV. Monogr., pp. 20, 21, tab. 389. Bryol. Brit., p. 256, 
tab. 30. Bryum ligulatum, Engl. Bot., tab. 1449. Muscol. 
Brit., p. 207. 
Hab. Woods and damp shady banks. Not unfrequent in Ireland, 
but rarely fruiting. 
2. M. affine (Blandow). Muse. Exsic. — Bryol. Europ., vol. iv. 
Monogr., p. 30, tab. 397-399. Bryol. Brit., p. 253, tab. 51, 
Rabenhor., Bryothec. Europ., i^o. 328. Bryum affine, Hook., 
in Engl. EL, vol. v. Wilson, in Engl. Bot. SuppL, tab. 2739. 
Hab. Woods, banks, and sand-hills. Abundant on sand-hills near 
Dunfanaghy, Donegal, 1868. Woods at Castle Taylor, Gal- 
way, 1869. 
Stems radiculose, erect ; sterile shoots pro- 
cumbent; leaves of fertile stem ovate- 
lanceolate, decurrent ; upper leaves ellip- 
tic-oblong, apiculate, bordered, serrated ; 
fruit stalks aggregated, 
Leaves obovate -rotundate, narrowed at base, 
margined, entire ; capsule oblong-pen- 
dulous, ...... 
Stems elongated on the erect barren shoots ; 
leaves lanceolate- acute, border cartila- 
ginous, denticulated, nerve scarcely per- 
current ; capsule oblong-pendulous ; lid 
mucronulate, . . . . . 
