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On December loth and nth, Mr. G. H. Carpenter, B.Sc. lectured, as 

 delegate from the Dublin Club, before the Clubs of Cork and Limerick 

 on the subject of " Irish Animals, Old and New." In Limerick the 

 meeting was held in the Town Hall, in Cork in the ball-room of the 

 Imperial Hotel, and there was a large audience at both places. 



The Limerick Club has just inaugurated a course of lectures on botany 

 by Dr.W. A. Fogert}^ which promises to be highly successful. The number 

 of applicants for tickets was almost inconveniently large, and if supple- 

 mented by field work in the spring, the course should be of much service 

 in arousing interest in the as yet imperfectly known flora of the district. 



The Cork Club also propose to hold courses of lectures early next year. 

 Miss Martin has undertaken a botanical series, while the secretary, Mr. 

 J. L. Copeman, will contribute discourses on insects. 



It is very desirable that our Clubs should possess herbariums easily 

 available, for purposes of study or comparison, to all their members. 

 The nucleus of such a collection was recently presented to the Belfast 

 Club by Miss S. M. Thompson, to whom it was originally given by the 

 late Mr. William Darragh, Curator of the Belfast Museum. The Collection 

 comprises 433 species, and was made by his son, Mr. John Darragh, one 

 of the original members of the Club, during the year ending March, 

 1865. It has therefore a certain historical interest, dating from the 

 second year of the Club s existence, when the presence and teaching of 

 Prof. Ralph Tate had aroused such a keen interest in the study of 

 natural history about Belfast — an interest which resulted in the 

 establishment of the first Irish Field Club. The practical value of such 

 a collection is shown by the constant reference made to it during the 

 monthly botanical meetings organized by the Rev. C. H. Waddell. 



NOTES. 



BOTANY. 



PHANEROGAMS. 

 Euphrasia Salisburg^ensis, Funk, in Co. Calway. 



In August, 1892, while botanising in the rough limestone country by 

 the south-eastern shore of Lough Corrib, near the little village of Men- 

 lough, we noticed a curious-looking Etiphrasia, and collected a few speci- 

 mens of it. These were sorted away and forgotten until recently, when 

 having occasion to turn through our E^iphrasia cover, we were struck by 

 their resemblance to Mr. Townsend's figure and description of ^. Salisbiir- 

 gensis in the November number oi t)ie /oiirnal of Botajty, We have for- 

 warded specimens to Mr. Townsend, who writes : — "they are more typical 

 than the Mayo plant gathered by Mr. Marshall, bracts narrower, teeth 

 longer, more patent and aristate. The finding of this species in another 

 county is a very valuable confirmation of Euphrasia Salisburgejisis, Funk, 

 being a native of Ireland." H. & J. Gro\"ES. 



