1908. Notes, 205 



interesting to note the discovery of what Mr. H. N. Dixon, who kindl}- 

 examined the specimens, considers to be normal Z>. tortile, in tw^oconnties 

 of Ulster, In May, accompanied by my friend the Rev. C. H. Waddell, 

 I gathered a fair sized tuft of it on sandstone at Scrabo Hill, Co. Down ; 

 and in July I received a miscellaneous parcel of mosses picked amongst 

 the sand-dunes at Rosnowlagh, in Co. Donegal, by the Rev. W. F. 

 Johnson and his wife, amongst which I detected a small tuft of this 

 plant. These two localities being so far apart, one on the N.W. coast 

 and the other almost on the N.E. coast of Ulster, encourages one to hope 

 that D. tortile will be discovered in some of the other counties of 

 Ireland. 



H. w. Lett. 



Loughbrickland. 



Wood Betony in Co. Wexford 



On July 31st I found this rare plant, Stachys Betonica, growing in some 

 abundance in the lane leading from Killowen to Ballykelly between this 

 townland and New Ross. It is, I believe, nearl}' twenty years since 

 was last recorded from this county in other localities. 



G. E. H. Bakrett-Hamii.ton. 

 Kilmanock, Waterford. 



Plantago media in Co. Down. 



Last June, Miss Florence Wilson, who resides at Belvoir Park, sent me 

 a plant for identification. I recognised it as Plantago viedia. I went to 

 examine the locality, and found several specimens within a very restricted 

 area. It would seem to be fairly well established there, and evidently 

 has been there for some vears. 



W. P. Carmody. 



Knockbreda, Belfast. 



ZOOLOGY. 



The Crayfish in the Shannon. 



The freshwater Crayfish, though known to be plentiful in a few of 

 the eastern counties of Ireland (Cavan, Dublin, Kildare, and Wicklow), 

 does not appear to have been recorded from elsewhere in the country, 

 have seen it in the Shannon at Castleconnell, Co. Limerick, and DoonasSj 

 Co. Clare, where it occurs abundantly. 



R. A. Phii,i,iPvS. 



Cork. 



