1^4 ^^^^ Irish Naturalist, August. 



Occurrence of Asplenium septentrionale in Co. Down. 



On the occasion of the Belfast Field Club's excursion on June 8th to 

 Saintfield {supra, p. 150), when a visit was paid to the demesne of 

 Rowallane, Mr. W. H. Phillips, our veteran Irish fern-lover, discovered 

 a clump of this fern, unknown as a native of Ireland, on a wall there, 

 near the stables. The occurrence ' is interesting as a case of natural 

 sowing, but no claim could be based on it for the addition of this species 

 to the indigenous flora of Ireland. Mr. Armytage Moore, the owner of 

 Rowallane, grows many alpine plants, and has a nursery garden close by 

 the place where the fern grows ; it is probable that the spores came 

 from specimens imported with foreign plants. The well-known case of 

 Lastrea rigida at Townley Hall appears to be a similar instance. 



Dublin. R. Lloyd Praeger. 



Cybele Hibernica — A Correction. 



As I hear from Mr. Colgan that there is no prospect of a new edition 

 of " Cybele Hibernica," may I be permitted to correct an error in that 

 of 1898, where. Index of Authors, p.xxvi., a paper is wrongly attributed 

 to me, " On the Occurrence and Geological Relations of certain Ferns 

 in the County of Donegal. — Dublin Nat. Hist. Soc. Proc, iv., p. 247, 

 1865 "} The actual author of the paper was the late William Harte, 

 C.E., M.R.I. A., long the County Surveyor for the Eastern Division of 

 County Donegal, a trained geologist and an ardent naturalist, who took 

 a particular interest in the study of the Ferns and Mosses. He belonged, 

 I think, to a Munster family. 



Kilderry, Londonderry. W, E. Hart. 



An Irish Herbalist. 



Under the title of "An Irish Pharmacopoeia" M. D. Haviland 'pub- 

 lishes in Knowledge for May some notes on vegetable remedies in use in 

 Irish country districts. 



South Kerry Plants. 



To the Journal of Botany for June, Rev. E. G. Marshall contributes a 

 paper on plants of the Dingle peninsula, mainly Saxifrages. Among 

 these he describes as a new hybrid 5. Getim var. serrata x umhrosa var. 

 serratifolia. It seems doubtful that any Irish botanist who has observed 

 the many and indefinite intermediate forms of the two species in question 

 will be willing to follow the author into such refinements as this. 



