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Leaves imbricated, adpressed, slightly se- 
cund or sub-falcate, ovate -acute ; nerved 
nearly to the apex; capsule tumid, 
round or roundish- ovate, . . . ST.H.subsph^rocaepum. 
Stem shortly creeping; branches sub-erect ; 
leaves imbricated, ovate-rotund, apicu- 
late, alar cells very large, fulvous ; cap- 
sule short, wide-mouthed, annulate, 
cernuous, . • . . . . 38. H. etjgyrifm. 
Dioicous. 
Stem sub-erect, sometimes elongated, spar- 
ingly branched ; leaves secund, occa- 
sionally falcate, ovate-lanceolate, con- 
cave ; nerve forked, extending to one- 
third the length of the leaf; basal cells 
large, pellucid, 39. H. ochraceum. 
36. S. {Limnolium) palustre (Linn.). Bryol. Europ., vol. vi. 
Monogr., p. 2, tab. 574, 575. Briol. Ital., p. 161. Hypnum 
palustre, Schimp., Synops. Muscor, p. 634. Bryol. Brit., 
p. 370, tab. 26. Muscol. Brit., Ed. 2, p. 185. 
Hab. On stones and rocks in streams. Erequent in most parts 
of Ireland. It varies considerably in size, form of leaves, 
length of nerve, and shape of capsule. 
37. J?! {Limnohium) subsphcerocarpum (De JS'otr.). Briol. Ital., 
p. 162. L. palustre, var. ^. Bryol. Europ., vol. vt. Monogr., 
p. 3, tab. 575, fig. 1-5. Schiiup., Synops. Muscor., p. 635. 
Hypnum palustre, var. 7, subsphsericarpon, Bryol. Brit., p. 370. 
Hab. On stones in streamlets, flowing from the . hills between Cus- 
hendall and Ballymena, Antrim ; near Carrickfergus, Rev. C. A. 
Johns. 
38. H. {Limnohium) eugyrium (Schimper). Kabenhor., Bryothec. 
Europ., JN'o. 650. Hypnum palustre, var. ^. Wilson. Bryol. 
Brit., p. 370, in part. 
Hab. On rocks in the stream below Tore Waterfall, and on rocks 
in a stream flowing from Purple Mountain to the Upper 
Lake, between 0' Sullivan's Cascade and Lady Kenmare's 
Cottage, Killarney. 
39. H. {Limnohium) ochraceum (Turner). Bryol. Europ., vol. 
VI., Suppl. tab. 580. Eabenhor., Bryothec. Europ., ^0. 844. 
Hypnum ochraceum, Turner, in Herb. — Bryol. Brit., p. 400, 
tab. 58. 
