i9°7- Adams. — Irish Parasitic Fauna. 169 



Parasitic on one of the Erysiphaceae on stems and leaves of Ulex 

 eitropceus, which it covers with a felt of hyphse bearing pycnidia. 

 (Figs. 2, 3, and 4), July. On Great Sugar Loaf, Co. Wicklow. 



For his kind assistance in the identification of the species 

 of Claviceps and Cicinnoboms, I am deeply indebted to Mr. 

 A. D. Cotton, of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 



Royal College of Science. Dublin. 



OBITUARY. 



GREENWOOD PIM, M.A ., F.L.S. 



The announcement of the death of Mr. Greenwood Pirn, M.A., of 

 Easton Lodge, Monkstown, caused sincere regret to his many friends. 

 Mr. Pirn's name was familiar to all students of science, and especially to 

 those interested in botany, as for many years he had taken an active 

 part in promoting natural science teaching, and in encouraging and 

 helping all lovers of plant life. Mr. Pirn had a distinguished career in 

 Trinity College. He took first honors in classics, and at his final 

 examination he secured first place among the senior moderators in 

 natural science, and was awarded a large gold medal. On leaving 

 college he devoted himself to the study of Fungi, and soon became an 

 acknowledged authority on these difficult and intricate forms of vegeta- 

 tion. To him specimens came from all parts of Ireland for identification, 

 and his courtesy in answering his numerous correspondents was generally 

 acknowledged. When a comprehensive Guide to the Co. Dublin was 

 prepared, on the occasion of the visit of the British Association to 

 Dublin in 1878, Mr. Pirn undertook the list of Fungi, which list, as the 

 author points out, was the first published for Ireland since Wade tabu- 

 lated some fifty species in 1S04. This new list amounted to nearly 500 

 species, and the author subsequently added many more species to it. 

 Mr. Pim was also known as a science lecturer at the Royal Dublin 

 Society and other places. He was a prominent supporter of all local 

 natural history societies, such as Dublin Microscopical Club, Dublin 

 Naturalists' Field Club, &c, and in most of these at various times he 

 occupied high official position— President, Secretary, Treasurer, &c. 

 He was an enthusiastic gardener, and devoted much time and attention 

 to the many rare plants he had collected together in his garden at 

 Monkstown. His success in the cultivation of many groups of plants 

 reputed difficult to grow, such as the Oncocyclus Iris, was remarkable 

 and his collection of the newer varieties of water-lily was frequently 

 alluded to in gardening periodicals. 



W AlOOR}?, 



