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*Agropyron Hackelii, mihi, (junceum x repens). — Raven Point, 

 Co. Wexford. 



Asplenium Ad lantum -nigrum, L. — Ascends to i,Soo feet in Kerry. 



Osmunda regal is, L. — Ascends to 1,200 feet in Kerry. 



Chara connlvens, Braun, and C. canescens, Loisel.— Both oc- 

 curred in the station given by the Rev. E. S. Marshall in Wexford ; 

 the former also at Lady's Island Lake. 



C. aspera, Willd.— Lady's Island Lake. 



Oxford. 



IRISH SOCIETIES. 



DUBLIN NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 



December 8.— Excursion to the Botanic Gardens, Glas- 

 nevin. — Under the guidance of Mr. F. W. Moore, A.L.S , a party of 

 members and visitors inspected the Gardens. Special attention was 

 directed to the exotic plants in the houses. 



December ii. — The second business meeting of the session 1906-7 

 was held in the Royal Irish Academy. The President (C. B. Moffat) in 

 the chair. Prof. G. A. J. Cole, F.G.S.. the Club's delegate to the Cor- 

 responding Societies Committee of the British Association, presented his 

 report on work of the Committee at the York Meeting in 1906. He drew 

 special attention to the proposal for a photographic survey of the United 

 Kingdom, and suggested that the visit of the British Association to 

 Dublin in 1908 should be marked by the exhibition of a local collection. 

 The following members took part in a discussion that followed : — Prof. 

 Carpenter, R. Lloyd Praeger, F. W. Gunn, A. Roycroft, and I. Swain. 

 The proposal for a local survey was referred to the Committee. I. Swain 

 then read a paper on " Irish Carboniferous Fenestellidse," which was 

 illustrated by lantern slides and specimens. The paper was discussed 

 by Prof. Carpenter and Prof. Cole. 



January 5. — Visit to the Collection of Irish Geological 

 Survey, National Museum.— A party of members and visitors as- 

 sembled at 1 p.m. in the Geological Survey Gallery to hear H. J. Seymour, 

 B.A., F.G.S., give an account of the method of arrangement of the fossils. 

 Mr. Seymour pointed out the improvements that had been introduced 

 into the collection during recent years. 



January 8. — The Annual General Meeting was held in the Royal Irish 

 Academy. The President in the chair. The Report and Statement of 

 Accounts for 1906 were submitted and adopted. Votes of thanks to the 

 Royal Irish Academy and the Dublin press were passed. The President 

 then announced that the Committee had appointed the following 

 members to inquire into the subject of a photographic survey of the 

 Dublin District : Professor Cole, Mr. Seymour, and Dr. Pethybridge. J. 

 B. BuTLER suggested that a section for the study of Marine Biology be 

 instituted. The President announced the following as constituting the 



