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ONCOPHORrS. 
Oncophorus striatus, Lindb. 
(Ehabdoweissia fugax, Hedw.) 
Slievenabrock, black rocks on Slievenamaddy, Carlingford Moun- 
tain : H. "W. L. Eare. J. Templeton records this as 
Grimmia striata from the Monrne Mountains. 
Oncophorus crispatus, Lindb. 
(Rhabdoweissia denticulata, Brid.) 
The Black Stairs on Slieve Donard, Slievenabrock : H. W. L. 
Two Mile River on Carlingford Mountain : Rev. C. H. 
Waddell. Yery rare. 
CERATODON, 
Ceratodon purpureus, Brid. 
This is the most ubiquitous and frequent moss found in the dis- 
trict. Very common and abundant from the sea-level, among 
the sand-dunes of Newcastle, to the highest point of Slieve 
Donard : H. W. L. 
POTTIA. 
Pottia truncatula, Lindb. 
Carlingford Mountain, banks of the Shimna River near IS'ew- 
castle: H. "W. L. Warrenpoint: Rev. C. H. Waddell. 
Although recorded from so few localities, this moss is 
common throughout the district. 
Pottia littoralis, Mitt. 
Carlingford Mountain : Rev. C. H. WaddelL Yery rare. 
Pottia intermedia, Fuernr. 
On the roadside near Kilmore Church close to Crossgar : H. W. L. 
Rare, but probably overlooked by Co. Down moss collectors. 
Templeton notes this plant, under the name Gymnodomum 
ohtusum, as "common on ditches near Killyleagh," which 
place is not far from the Crossgar locality. 
