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NOTES. 



BOTANY. 



Further extension of the range of Glyceria festucaeformis. 



Among some critical plants recently re-examine(1,\vhich were collected 

 by Mr. S A. Stewart and myself in 18S9-90 during our examination of 

 the Mourne Mountain district in Co. Down, I find two fine specimens of 

 this grass, gathered by me on the shore between Kilkeel and Annalong 

 in July, 1890, and labelled " G. maritima}" .The coast here is stony for 

 many miles, the result of the cutting back of a high bank of glacial 

 detritus. As at the other Irish Sea station for the grass, near Cloghey, 

 it is unfrequented, and its flora unusuall}'' free from chances of contami- 

 nation. The existence of this station extends the range of G* 

 festucaeformis over thirty miles south-westward along the coast. Besides 

 providing a further proof that the plant is native in Ireland, it furnishes 

 another hint as to a possible much wider extension of range. 



R. L1.0YD PraEGER. 



Typha angustifolia in Clare. 



Last July Mr. W. F de V. Kane sent me several interesting plants 

 from the neighbourhood of Ennis, notably Typha angustifolia. and in 

 reply to enquiries, has forwarded particulars as to their distribution and 

 habitat, with a map. Of T. angustifolia he writes: — "There are three 

 lakes in which it is found ( Ballybeg Lake, Killoue or Newhall Lake, 

 and Edenvale Lake]. The chief locality for the 7y//^a is the shore and 

 marshes at the side and end of B llybeg L., where it is in vast quantities." 

 This is an interesting extension of range, as the plant was not known 

 south of Dublin (where it has been long extinct) till it was found in 

 Kilkenny a few 3'ears ago. The seven other counties in which it grows 

 are all in the northern half of Ireland. Mr. Kane's other finds include 

 Saxifraga hypnoideSy Cornus sanguinca (both on limestone rocks), and 

 Verbe}ui officinalis, all formerly recorded in Clare only from the north, 



R. Lloyd Praeger. 



Hypopithys multiflora in Ulster. 



Mr. N. Carrothers, of Belfast, has added this rare and interesting plant 

 to the flora of the northern Province. On July 15 last he discovered a 

 colony of it in Ely Lodge demesne, on Lower Lough Erne, and kindly 

 forwarded me a specimen. It is previously on record from only seven 

 botanical divisions, namely- Kerry N., Limerick, Galway S.E., Kildare, 

 Dublin, Roscommon, and Sligo. The Kildare and Dublin records are 

 very old, and in need of confirmation. 



R. L1.0YD Praeger. 



Dublin. 



