42 The Irish Naturalist. March, 



from a broad sinus ; in this way and other characters it differs from every 

 other British Lejuenea; it resembles L. hamatijolia, which was exhibited 

 for comparison ; it has the margin of leaves coarsely serrated which in 

 ovata are plain. Lejeunea ovata on account of the peculiar stipules, etc., 

 takes its place with about eighteen species of South American plants 

 under the name of Harpa-lejeunea. The specimens exhibited were bearing 

 the characteristic perianths, and were collected at Annascaul, Co. Kerry, 

 in June, 1898. It is very rarely found in this condition. There is a note in 

 Pearson's work on the Hepaticae of the British Isles, p. 43, relating to this 

 plant — " I have never met with perianths of this species, nor had Dr. 

 Spruce ; the description of the perianth is taken from the Synopsis 

 Hepaticarum." 



BELFAST NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 



November 19. — The Winter Session opened with a Conversazione, 

 held in the Carlton Hall, about 212 friends and members being present. 

 A large number of exhibits — zoological, botanical, geological, and archaeo- 

 logical — were on view. 



One of the most interesting exhibits showed the results of six months' 

 work by the Strangford Lough Survey Committee. It included geology, 

 botany, archaeology and zoology. The geological exhibit comprised a line 

 range of drift erratics from the various islands in the lough visited during 

 the summer session of 191 8. 



After tea the President, A. McI. Cleland, took the chair, and in the course 

 of his remarks said that some of their original members were still with them, 

 though the club was founded almost fifty-six years ago. During the 

 evening Joseph Robinson and A. McDowell were selected as ordinary 

 members, Geoffrey G. Quick and Kenneth J. Quick junior members of 

 the Club. 



December 17. — Charles Bulla gave an address entitled "The 

 Bronze Age in Ulster." The President (A. McI. Cleland) occupied 

 the chair. 



The paper dealt largely with burial customs during that period. Not 

 the least interesting part of the lecture was the criticism of the " urns " 

 contained in the Belfast Free Library Museum, with Lord Abercromby's 

 notes sent here for the better elucidation of our local collection, thus 

 making it of greater interest to visitors. In the discussion which 

 followed R. May drew attention to the fact that people expect to find 

 gold in the urns, and this was the reason they were often destroyed. A 

 whole cemetery of these urns was found near Moira some time ago, only 

 a few of which were rescued. Miss Andrews commented on the fact 

 that some of the pottery makers belonged to a " short " race. A hearty 

 vote of thanks was then accorded Mr. Bulla for his very interesting and 

 instructive lecture. The meeting terminated ^vith the election of Miss 

 G. Smyth, J^Iiss McKibben, and Miss N. Rodcn as associate members 

 of the Club, 



