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Mr. W. J. D'C. WheeIvER exhibited portion of the cranium of a Bear 

 found fifteen years ago in a cave in Sligo. He gave a short account of 

 the history of its discovery originally, and the manner in which it came 

 into his possession. Mr. Wheeler pointed out peculiar markings on 

 the side of the skull, due to the washing of small stones over the 

 exposed surface for a considerable time. The question of species was 

 gone into, and it is supposed that the remains of Irish Bears had an 

 ancestral stock from Vrsitsferox (Grisly Bear). 



Mr. Wheeler quoted the writings of many able authorities, including 

 the late Dr. Valentine Ball, Dr. Carte, Mr. W. Thompson, and Mr. 

 Wilde. Mr. Praeger spoke on the paper, and congratulated Mr. Wheeler 

 on his interesting communication. 



The Rev. W. F. A. Ellison, Victor E. Smith, and S. H. Pethebridge, 

 were elected members of the Club, and three candidates were nominated 

 for membership. 



NOTES. 



BOTANY. 



PHANEROGAMS. 



Stachys Betonlca, Benth., in Co. Armagh. 



It may be of interest to note that I saw this plant growing last summer 

 in North Armagh. I do not give the exact locality, as there seems to be 

 a danger of its becoming extinct. It was not on the old rath at Crowbill. 



W. F. Johnson. 



Poyntzpass. 



Winter Flowering of Corydalis claviculata. 



Notwithstanding the present frost and snow, Corydalis claviculata is 

 already (February 2) in flower, the young shoots are six to twelve inches 

 long, beautifully green and graceful as they are before me in a plate of 

 water, the delicate tendrils arching and stretching out for support. The 

 plant grows in the clefts of the Old Red Sandstone (which is mostly 

 conglomerate rock here) on the Co. Waterford hills near Carrick-on-Suir, 

 500 to 600 feet over sea level. 



J. Ernest Grubb. 



Carrick-on-Suir. 



Scirpus Savii, S. and M., growing inland. 



In 1894 I gathered this plant at the S.W. base of the Great Sugarloaf, 

 Co, Wicklow, by the edge of a pool at about 700 feet elevation. S. Savii 

 plant appears so rare away from tidal influence, or at any rate away from 

 sea-level, that this station may be worth recording. 



R. I,i,oYD Praeger. 



