K)^:;. I.EE — Irish Sphagna. rig 



list of Irish Sphagna, named on the Warnstorfian system, 

 has hitherto been pubhshed. The desirabihty of having 

 such a working record is obvious, and, although the material 

 for its preparation is as yet scanty, perhaps the contempla- 

 tion of its blanks may prove an incentive to Irish bryologists 

 to make further additions. No botanist whose attention 

 has once been directed to the singular beauty of Sphagna, 

 either in the field or under the microscope, will be likely to 

 forego the pleasure and interest to be derived from their 

 study. Mr. Wheldon, who has examined many Irish 

 specimens, speaks of the possibility of very considerable 

 additions, both to the number of records and the knowledge 

 of the life history of the group, and remarks [in lit.) that 

 "the situation of Ireland, its longer isolation from the 

 Continent, its peculiar climate, and certain differences 

 which distinguish its higher flora from that -of the larger 

 island, all point to the probability of interesting results 

 from a careful exploration of the Sphagna. The lowland 

 bogs, now very rare in England, should be especially and 

 carefully investigated, from which valuable observations 

 are to be anticipated.'' 



The subjoined list is based mainly on specimens identified 

 b}^ Mr. Wheldon, to whom I am much indebted for his 

 courtesy in assisting me in the preparation of thjs record, 

 and permission to make use of his material. In every 

 instance in which a collector's name is given, Mr. Wheldon 

 has seen and examined a specimen. The record's without 

 detailed authority have been collected from published lists 

 by him, and are regarded as probably reliable. In the 

 case of a few of the old collective names such as " S. acuti- 

 folium'' " 5. subsecundum," etc., it would be desirable to 

 have them verified. 



S. fimbriatum Wils. — 20, 30 (Tetley), 33(Tetley), 34, 35 (Hunter), 39. 

 var. intermedium Russ. — 34 (Lee), 

 var. tenue Grav. — 38 (Waddell). 

 S. Girgensohnii Russ. — 20, 34, 38 (Lett and Waddell), 39. 

 S. Russowii W. — 34, 39. 



S. fuseum v. Klinggr. — i or 2' (Knight), 18, 32, 33 (Tetley). 34, 39. 

 var. medium Russ. . . 



f. fuscescens, sub-f. drepanoeladum W. — 18 (Lett), 

 sub-f. heterocladum W.— 39 (Lett). 



