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NOTES. 



BOTANY. 



Kerry Plants. 



I A Vae /ouniai of Botany ^or ^e-pi^mher, Mr. H. Stuart Thompson has a 

 short article on plants observed recently in Kerr}-, and Rev. E. S. 

 INIarshall contributes a note on Saxifraga Geiuii X serraiifolia. 



Sisyrinchium angustifolium at Lough Erne. 



This plant is plentiful on the east shore of Upper Lough Erne, town- 

 laud of Derrydoon, about three miles from Crom Castle, three miles 

 S.W. of Newtownbutler, and between four and five miles of the Derr}-- 

 vore shore on west side, its original station. 



N. CaRR OTHERS. 

 Belfast. 



Pyrola secunda refound in Antrim. 



The unexpected sometimes happens in the domain of botany as well as 

 in other spheres. Many botanists have for a generation or two back 

 made strenuous efforts to refind the Serrated Winter-green, Pyrola 

 secunda, L., atErrigal Banks, Co. Derry, where it was discovered by the. 

 late Dr. David Moore, in 1835. The definiteness of the Garvagh locality 

 has had a peculiar fascination for local botanical explorers ; and this 

 season Errigal Glen was once more ransacked without success by a 

 Kilrea botanist. Dr. Moore likewise recorded the plant from three 

 localities in the East Antrim hills, between Ivarne and Glenarm, one of 

 these localities being the well-known Sallagh Braes. There the much- 

 sought-for Pyrola was at last refound, on Saturda}', August. J3, after an 

 interval of over 70 years from its first discovery. The Belfast Naturalists' 

 Field Club having arranged for a full -day excursion to vSallagli Braes ou 

 the date mentioned, I was asked by the Secretaries to write a note for the 

 day's programme on the flora of the district to be visited. In complying 

 with this request I made special mention of Pyrola secunda and the de- 

 sirability of a big effort to verify Dr. Moore's record. I also offered a 

 prize to the member who first succeeded in refindiug the plant. The 

 result was a triumphant success. To Mr. Arthur W. Stelfox belongs the 

 honour of being the first member to "spot" the long-lost treasure. It 

 occurs, quite sparingly, in two or three places on the cliffs, not on the 

 Braes proper but on the northern face of Knockdhu, closely associated 

 with Dryas octopctala and Epilobium angtistifoliinii. The plants seen were 

 mostly in fruit. I am indebted to Mr. Stelfox for a very healthy-looking 

 and characteristic specimen, for herbarium purposes. Local botanists 

 have every encouragement now to make a serious effort to re-discover 

 the plant in its other Antrim localities. 



W. J. C. T0MI.INSON. 



Belfast. 



