Moore— 0?i the Mosses of Ire land. 
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Hab. Marshy and boggy ground. In a bog near Killiney, fruiting 
Tayl. in Fl. Hib. ; marshy ground near Black Castle, Wicklow ; 
on the shores of Lower Lake, Killarney; shores of Lough 
Corrib, Galway. E-are in Ireland. 
Sect. Sylocomium. Bryol. Europ. 
Distinguished principally by the large size of the plants, and by their 
irregularly and distinctly pinnated stems, which for the most 
part are ascending, by the leaves on the stems and branches 
being squarrose or spreading on every side, or partly secund, 
and by the short roundish capsule with short lid. 
Diagnosis of Species. 
a. Stems villous. 
Stem tripinnate ; leaves ovate or elliptical, 
acuminulate, concave, two-nerved at the 
base, margins recurved, . . . 66 H. splendens. 
Stem erect, arched ; leaves squarrose, broadly 
ovate, abruptly acuminate, concave, 
serrated, shortly two-nerved, . . 67. H. beevieostre. 
Stem pinnate, arched ; branches subfascicu- 
late ; leaves thickly set, cordate-acumi- 
nate, subplicate, shortly two -nerved at 
base, 68. H. elagellare. 
aa. Stems not villous. 
Stem erect, subpinnate ; leaves squarrose, 
striated, cordate-acuminate from an am- 
plexicaul base, serrulate, two -nerved, . 69. H. triquetetjm. 
Stem partly erect, elongated, irregularly 
pinnate, leaves recurved, squarrose, 
subsecund, lanceolate-acuminate, con- 
cave, serrated, striated, . . . 70. H. loreum. 
Stem partly erect, irregularly pinnate ; leaves 
squarrose, crowded, much recurved, 
ovate-acuminate, serrated, two-nerved 
at the base, 71. H. squarrosum. 
