68 The Irish NaluralisL March, 



Zannichellia palustris.— Pools, Canon Island. 

 Carcx extcnsa.— Abundant in a salt marsh, Deer Island; shore, 

 Rmeanna Point. 

 C C. divulsa.— Coney Island; Feenish. 



C C. paradoxa.— On the marshy southern shore of the lake at 

 Dromoland. 



C. teretiuscula. — Finlough. 



C. Hudsonii.— Dromoland ; Ballycar Lake. 



C. filiformis.— Dromoland; Ballycar^ &c. 



C. muricata.— Banks of the ArdsoUus River. 



Sesleria cosrulea. — Crags above Finlough. 



Koelcria cristata.— Deer Island; Coney Island? Feenish ; Inish- 

 tubbrid, tSic. 



Clyceria plicata. — Near Derrj'geena Lake : Gortgloss Lake. 

 C C. festucaeforinis. — Sand Island ; Rat Island. 



C Atropis Foucaud I.— Abundant in flower on Inishmacnaghtan out- 

 side the embankment : Ing Point and Deer Island. 



Fcstuca IVIyuros. — Walls near the pier, Killadysert. 



Bromus sterilis. — Coney Island. 

 C Triticum pung:ens. — Inishloe; Sand Island; Rat Island ; Coonagh 

 Islands; Inishcorker; Inishmacnaghtan. 



Lepturus filiforiTiis. — Shore, Rineanna Point. 

 C Hordeutn secali num. -Marshy meadows, Deer Island; west of 

 Killadysert, and near the pier, Killadysert. 



Cystoptcris fragilis. — Walls of the park at Paradise. 



Polystichutn aculcatu in.— Frequent near Killadysert. 



Polypodium vulgare, var. serratum. — Coney Island. 



Ophiogrlossum vulg^atum. — Near Gortgloss Lake. 



Chara polyacantha. — Ballycar Lake. 



National Museum. Dublin. 



NEWS GLEANINGS. 



G-eological Honours for Dublin Naturalists. 



Our heartiest congratulations to Professor G. A. J. Cole, who at the 

 anniversary meeting of the Geological Society, on P'ebruary 19th, was 

 awarded the Murchison Medal for his valuable researches in Irish 

 geology. 



We are also delighted to record that Dr. R. F. ScharfF, of our National 

 Museum, was for the second time chosen to deliver the Swiney Lectures 

 on Geology in London. His course, given in November to large 

 audiences, dealt with the history of the American Fauna. 



