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Stems and branches prostrate, pinnate, occa- 
sionally proliferous ; leaves spreading, 
complanate, ovate-lanceolate, slender- 
pointed, obscurely toothed ; nerveless or 
slightly two-nerved at base ; capsule 
small, pendulous; lid conical-apiculate. 
Inflorescence dioicous, . . . 3. P. elegaists. 
Inflorescence monoicous. 
Stem prostrate, sparingly branched; leaves 
ovate or ovate-lanceolate, two-nerved 
at the base, complanate, pale green; 
capsule oblong-cylindraceous, nearly 
erect ; lid acutely conical, . . . 4. P. deoticula.tum. 
Stems slightly creeping, with suberect 
branches ; leaves loosely imbricated, the 
upper subsecund, attenuate-subulate, 
entire, nerveless ; capsule ovate- cylin- 
drical; lid conical, apiculate, . . 5v P. ptjlchelltjm:. 
1. P. tmdulatum (Linn.). — Bryol. Europ., vol. v. Monogr., p. 
17, tab. 506. Schimp., Synops. Muscor., p. 586. Hypnum un- 
dulatum, Bryol. Brit., p. 405, tab. 24. [ Turner, Muse. Hib., p. 
154. Engl. Bot., tab. 1181. Hook, and TayL, Muscol. Brit., 
p. 153. 
Hab. Woods and banks. Frequent in most parts of Ireland, but 
seldom abundant. 
2. P. sylvaticum (JAmi.). — Bryol. Europ., vol. v. Monogr., p. 14, 
tab. 503. Schimp., Synop. Muscor., p. 585. Eabenhor., 
Bryothec. Europ., No. 448. Hypnum sylvaticum, Bryol. 
Brit., p. 406, tab. 24. H. denticulatum var. sylvaticum, 
Turner, Muse. Hib., p. 146, tab. 12, f. 1. 
Hab. Damp ground in woods, and about the roots of trees. Lug- 
gielaw woods, Wicklow ; woods at Killarney ; but not com- 
mon in Ireland. 
3. P. elegans (Hooker). Muse. Exot., tab. 9. P. Schimperi, Milde 
et Jur. in Rabenhor., Bryothec. Europ., ]^o. 588. Hypnum 
elegans, Wilson, Bryol. Brit., p, 408, tab. 59. 
Hab. Damp shady banks and rocks. Erequent at Killarney, Cro- 
magloun, and other places in Kerry ; also at Powerscourt 
Waterfall, Wicklow ; fruiting at Eagle's I^est, Killarney. G. 
E. Hunt (1872). 
