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Puccinia uliginosa, Juel. in Ireland. 



The secidium or cluster-cup stage of this fungus was found on 

 Parnassia palustris on 14th June in the marsh beside Leixlip station, Co. 

 Kildare. It has not, so far as known to me, been previously found in 

 Ireland. 



J. Adams. 

 Royal College of Science, Dublin. 



Orchis pyramidalis in Co. Down. 



""Last year I recorded (/. A 7 "., p. 218) a new station in Down for Oreliis 

 pyrawidalis, namely: — "the sand-hills, a short distance west of Rath- 

 mullan Point," However, on July 27 of the present year, Mr. N. 

 Carrothers was botanizing in the same locality, and after meeting with a 

 solitary specimen in exactly the same station, he worked over the dunes 

 westward, and soon came across a fine colony, numbering in all about 20 

 plants. The locality is about midway between Rathmullan Point and 

 Ringsallin coast-guard station. 



W. J. C. TOMLINSON. 



Belfast. 



Galium sylvestre in North Ireland. 



That Galium sylvestre, recently detected in Co. Down, can now with 

 certainty be numbered amongst Ulster plants, is not without some in- 

 terest, more especially so as concerns phytolithological considerations. 



It was met with on a grassy bank at Lenaderg, where it occurs in some 

 quantity, spread over a space of several square yards. In view of its 

 marked preference for limestone, the plant was entirely unexpected at 

 this place, the subjacent rock being Lower Silurian, but the dryness of 

 the situation is in a measure indicated by the presence of predominating 

 Hieracium pilosella. Seen in previous years, it was cut down with the 

 grass amongst which it grows, before its time of flowering, and was then, 

 without proper examination, passed over as a depauperated state of 

 another species. This year, however, climatic conditions were such that 

 the scythe was not used until late in Jul}', before which time our plant 

 had matured, and when observed in flower was at once recognised as G. 

 sylvestre 



