24 The Irish Naturalist* January, 



The most important other contributions relate to the 

 counties of Limerick, Westmeath, and Fermanagh. As re- 

 gards the first, Miss Charlotte O'Brien has during the summer 

 sent up to Miss Knowles at the National Museum a large 

 set of plants, including manv additions to the flora. Most of 

 these specimens I have examined. From Westmeath Miss 

 Reynell has contributed a reliable list, including many new 

 records ; while in Fermanagh the welcome explorations of 

 J. T. Abraham and F. R. M'CuUagh have resulted in the 

 addition to the flora of many interesting species, of which I 

 have seen specimens by the kindness of W. N. Tetley. In 

 Meath, W. A. Barnes has sought out diligently missing plants, 

 and brought me a good number of additions. To Miss Knowles 

 I am indebted for laying out for my inspection a number of 

 plants from the National Herbarium, which appeared to con- 

 stitute new county records. I have also to acknowledge 

 welcome assistance given by Mrs. Gibbon, J. E- Grubb, and 

 C. H. Waddell (Waterford), Miss Armitage and R. D. O'Brien 

 (Limerick), P. H. Grierson (Clare and Cork), Mrs. Frank Joyce 

 and W. L- Waithman (Galway), Stanhope Kenny (Fast Ma^'o), 

 the Hon. Mrs. Wynne (Sligo), G. R. Bullock-Webster and 

 Mrs. Clements (Leitrim), Miss Rosa Kane (Monaghan), W. N. 

 Tetley and W. West (Fermanagh), Mrs. Leebody (Donegal), 

 N. H. Foster and S. A. Moore (Down), Mrs. Frizell and C. J. 

 Lilly (Antrim) ; and from the sister island C. P. Hurst, H. J. 

 Riddelsdell, and A. Somerville have sent me notes on Irish 

 plants collected by them. 



Though the number of new county records in 1902 far 

 exceeds that recorded in 1901, rare plants are not so con- 

 spicuous as in last year's list, and we have not so notable a trio 

 to record as Pyrola scauida, Spiranthes Romanzoffiajia, and 

 Carex irrigua. The best plant of the year is Nitella mucro7iata^ 

 new to Ireland, and known from only half a dozen stations in 

 Great Britain. Two of Mr. Scully's Kerry Hawkweeds, H. 

 cerinthifonne and H. rigidicvt, represent great extensions of 

 range, having been previously known in Ireland from the 

 north-west only. The addition of two alpine Saxifrages to 

 the flora of Fermanagh is an item of interest, as also the verifi- 

 cation of Wade's 1804 record of D?yas odopetala. The finding 

 of new and satisfactory stations for Teesdalia ?ntdicanlis and 



