66 The Irish Naturalist. [March, 



Botanical and Geological Sections.— 2 ist January.— A joint 

 meeting of the two sections was held, with an interval for tea and 

 conversation between. Mr. R. Ll. PRAEGER, Presidentof the Dublin 

 Club, read a paper on Missing Plants of the North-eastern Flora. 

 He reviewed the species, some fifty in number, which in Flora of the 

 North-east of Ireland (1888) were "reported missing" — i.e., had not been 

 seen in the district recently, many of them not for half a century. A 

 fair proportion of these, he pointed out, had been since refound by the 

 labours of local botanists, but many still remained to be re -discovered. 

 Some of them, possibly, were gone for ever, owing to drainage and 

 reclamation. The species referred to were as follows : — Lough Neagh 

 plants — Lathyrus pahtstris, Carex elongata, C. Buxbaumii, *C. filiformis, 

 Calamagrostis stricta, Tolypella nidifica. Plants chiefly of the Lough Neagh 

 basin — Subidaria, Rhamnus catharticus, *R. frangula, Stum latifolium, 

 *Cladium, * Carex stricta, Lastrea Thelypteris, Pilularia globulifera. Marsh and 

 lake plants — *Elatine Hydropiper, Epipactis palnstris, Cephalanthera ensifolia, 

 Potamogeton plantagineus,*Eleocharis uniglumis, * Carex teretiuscula, * C. limosa. 

 Peat-bog plants — *Drosera intermedia, Andromeda, * Vaccinium Oxy coccus, 

 *Utricularia intermedia, Eriphorum latifolium, * Lastrea spinulosa. Mountain 

 plants — Pyrus Aria, Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi, Pyrola secunda, Taxus, *Festuca 

 sylvatica, Polypodium Dryopteris. Meadow plants — *Leontodon hirtus, L. 

 hispidus, Gentiana Amarella, * Orchis pyramidalis. Wood and hedgerow 

 plants — * Hypericum hirsutum, Adoxa, * Calamagrostis Epigejos, % Poa nemoralis. 

 Seaside plants — Geranium sanguineum, Trifolium striatum, Chenopodium 

 rubrum. Those marked with an asterisk have been refound in the dis- 

 trict since Flora N. E. I. was published. Specimens of the plants were 

 shown, and their characters and likely localities for their re-discovery 

 pointed out. 



Later in the evening Miss S. M. Thompson read a paper on glacial 

 geology, with special reference to recent work in Spitzbergen, and Mr. 

 Praeger contributed a paper on glacial fossils, pointing out what we 

 may learn concerning the conditions prevailing during the Ice Age from 

 the character, distribution, and condition of the molluscan remains 

 found in the deposits. 



Dubinin Naturalists' Field Club. 

 January 10. — Annual General Meeting. The President, R. Lloyd 

 Praeger, B.A., B.E-, in the chair. The reports of the secretaries and 

 treasurer for 1898 were adopted on the motion of Dr. A. H. Foord, 

 seconded by Mr. L. Shackleton. The officers and committee for 1899 

 were elected as follows: — President, R. LI. Praeger, B.A., B.E. ; 

 Vice-President, J. F. Palmer; Hon. Secretaries, Prof. T. Johnson, 

 D.Sc, F.L.S., and Dr. N. H. Alcock ; Hon. Treasurer, H. K. Gore 

 Guthbert ; Committee, G. H. Carpenter, B.Sc, Prof. G. A. J. Cole, 

 F.G.S., G. P. Farran, Miss Hensman, J. N. Halbert, H. Hanna, M.A., 

 Miss Mahaffy, Dr. C. J. Patten, H. J. Seymour, B A., Miss Singleton, 

 Mrs. Tatlow, Miss M'Intosh, B.A. 



