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Adams acted as conductor. The woods surrounding Howth Castle proved 

 a suitable hunting-ground, and although it was rather late in the season, 

 still a good many species were collected. The following species were found — 

 Nectria cinnabarina,Hypholoma fascicularis. Shaggy Ca.ps{Coprinuscomatus), 

 Fly Agaric {Amanita muscaria), Jew's Ear {Hirneola Auricula-judcB), 

 Dryad's Saddle {Polyporus squamosus). Sycamore Leaf-blotch {Rhytisma 

 acerinum) Candle-snuff Fungus {Xylaria Hypoxylon). In the pasture 

 field a few specimens of the Common Mushroom {Psalliota campestris) 

 were obtained. Pieces of wood were found coloured bluish-green by 

 Chlorospleniiim aeruginosum, and the alga Chroolepus aureus was 

 observed. A considerable number of doubtful species were sent away for 

 identification. When the party had reached the Cromlech, a violent shower 

 passed over which had the effect of bringing collecting operations for a 

 time to a standstill although no rain fell in Dublin. The party shortly 

 after returned to town by the 5.0 p.m. train from Howth. 



NOTES, 



BOTANY. 



Donegal Plants. 



It might be of interest to mention that at Killybegs, Co. Donegal, 

 during the last week of October, I counted y2 species of plants in flower 

 within two miles of Roshin ; also that last summer I have seen another 

 field fairly full of Sisyrynchiitm an giisti folium, some two miles from the 

 previously recorded locality. (See I. N., xviii., 222, xx., 64.) 



Chris. A. Cheetham. 

 Farnley, Leeds. 



Plants from Western Ireland. 



Professor Hugo Gliick, the well-known authority on water-plants, who 



visited Ireland last August, has sent me some notes on plants observed by 



him, from v/hich I extract the following : — At the N.W. corner of Glenda- 



lough Lake (close to Recess Station), and just south of Weir Bridge, there is 



an unusually rich aquatic vegetation, which includes Suhidaria aquatica, 



Helosciadiiim inundatum, Lobelia Dortmanna, Littorella lacustris, Alisma 



ranunculoides (f. zosterifolius Fries), Eriocaulon septangulare, Pihilaria 



glohutijera (f. natans Merat), Isjetes lacustris, and I. echinospora. On both 



sides of the River Shannon, above Athlone, were noted Callitriche autum- 



nalis (new to Westmeath and Roscommon), Helosciadiiim inundatum var. 



Moorei, and Alisma ranunculoides var. repens Cavini ; the last also at 



Claremorris and f. zosterifolius Fries of the same species at Craigga More 



Lcugh, Connemara. Isoctes echinospora was found in Sraheens Lough, 



Achill Island. 



R. Lloyd Praeger. 

 Dublin. 



