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Blasia pusilla, Linn. Amongst the Cephalozia I detected a few stems of 

 Scapania umbrosa, Schrader, which must grow in some quantity at this 

 station. These are rare and interesting liverworts, probably new to the 

 locality. Amongst the mosses the best finds were Orthotrichum crispicm, 

 Hedwig, and Hypnum scorpioides, Linn. From the road near St. Patrick's 

 Bridge we ascended Carlingford Mountain ; piloted by Mr. Lloyd Praeger, 

 we kept close to the course of a small stream. Amongst the rocks in 

 sheltered places he pointed out to us the rare Polypodium Phegopteris, L., 

 Hymenophyllum JVilsoni, Hook., &c. At the summit we had the benefit of 

 Professor Cole's excellent lecture on the geology of the district ; the spot 

 was well chosen, as it presented ample material for demonstration. 

 Amongst the liverworts collected was a fine purple form of Scapania 

 nemorosa, Dumort. This plant is often referred to Scapania undulata, L., 

 wrongly, I think ; or there may occur purple forms of both species. 

 Riccardia multifida grows sparingly in boggy places. On the last day of 

 the excursion we descended the steep slopes of Ferry-hill, and crossed at 

 Narrow- water to Major Hall's demesne. On the side of a bank near the 

 pathway I gathered Nardia cremdata, Smith, A', hyalina, Lyell, and the 

 obtuse-lobed form oijunger mania turbinata, Raddi. The total number of 

 mosses collected or noted by me is 26 ; amongst the scarcer in the 

 district I may mention Tortulafaltax, Hedwig, on a bank by the roadside 

 near Newry ; Amblysteginm serpens, Dill, and Sphagnum rubeiium, Wils. on 

 Carlingford Mountain. Of Hepaticae I gathered 20 species ; I have 

 mentioned those which I believe are rare or new in the district. These 

 numbers fall short of what one would expect for three days' collecting. 

 I noted that on Slieve Gullion trees and wood of any sort are very 

 scarce ; it is on the fallen and decaying logs in sheltered, moist spots 

 that the rarest liverworts and mosses luxuriate, and there we find them 

 so abundant in the moist warm glens of the counties of Wicklow and 

 Kerry, where in the same space of time I could at least have collected 

 two-thirds of the known Irish liverworts and mosses. The labours of 

 Mr. Templeton, of Belfast, and Dr. D. Moore amongst cryptogams in the 

 northern counties are well known ; it only remains for me to notice those 

 of the present da)*. It is worthy of note that the copious and complete 

 lists of these plants published from time to time by Mr. S. A. Stewart, 

 of Belfast, the Rev. H. W. Lett, of Loughbrickland, and the Rev. C. H. 

 Waddell, of Saintfield, Co. Down, show these three workers to be 

 possessed of rare discriminating power, to acquire so large an amount 

 of knowledge under such natural difficulties of climatal conditions of 

 plant-life. — D. M'ArdeE, Glasnevin. 



A Moss (Hypnum confervoldes, Brld.) new to Ireland.— 



Amongst a day's gatherings of Mosses and Hepatics made by me in 

 August, 1893, in Altadore Glen, Co. Wicklow, I have found some fine 

 patches of Hypnum confervoides, Brid., which is, in the words of Dr. 

 Braithwaite, who confirms the find, "a good addition" to the Moss 

 Flora of Ireland. So far as I am aware there is no previous notice of 

 this plant having been found in the island. — H. W. LETT, Loughbrick- 

 land. 



ZOOLOGY. 



PYCNOGONIDA* 



Pailene forevirostrls, Johnst, and Ammothea echlnata, 

 Hodge, In Dublin Bay.— A collection of marine invertebrates, got by 

 Dr. Scharffatthe North Bull, after the severe gales of December last, 

 included female specimens of these two pycnogons. They have not 

 before been obtained on the Irish coast, though recorded from the shores 

 of Norway, Holland, France, and Great Britain, the latter species 

 occurring also in the Mediterranean. — GEO. H. CarpenTER- 



