194 The Irish Naturalist. October, 



In the glen the following interesting plants were observed: — 

 Rubus saxatilis, Pyrola minor in several places (already re- 

 ported from Glenariff by Rev. S. A. Brenan), Sedum rupcslre 

 — growing on natural rocks, far from cultivation, and looking 

 native — Epilobium a?igusti/olium and Beech Fern, luxuriant in 

 many places. 



On the boggy mountains surrounding the upper glen some 

 interesting plants were observed. Vaccinium Oxycoccus (Cran- 

 berry) — first found in this neighbourhood, some years ago, by 

 the Rev. S. A. Brenan, and noted by me in several places — 

 was this year remarkable for an extraordinary morbid 

 development of its young shoots. Specimens having been sent 

 to Mr. Greenwood Pirn, the strange growth was found by him 

 to be due to a microscopic fungus, Calyptospora g&ppertiana, 

 which is common in America on Vaccinium Vitis-idcea. Here, 

 too, Cat ex irrigua was first discovered in Ireland by Miss E. 

 D'Arcy, as already recorded in the September issue of this 

 Journal. 



On Slievenanee I found Salix hcrbacea growing in consider- 

 able quantity about some rocks near the little cairn at the 

 north end of the summit. This plant was found here by Mr. 

 Templeton, as reported in Flora Hibernica, but does not seem 

 to have been noted in the locality since. On an old disused 

 road, high up on the side of Trostan, Anthemis nobilis (Cha- 

 momile) grows in some abundance. 



Perhaps it may be of interest to mention that in Glen 

 ballyemon, not far from Retreat, I found Lastrea Oreopteris 

 and L. <z?nula, two ferns which, though not exactly rare in 

 Ireland, are far from common in Co. Antrim. 



Belfast. 



