i9i8. Notes. 163 



vey's eminence should not at least have thought his arguments worthy 

 of serious treatment, and wrote to J. D. Hooker, " I was not sorry for 

 a natural opportunity of writing to Harvey, just to show that I was not 

 piqued at his turning me and my book into ridicule, not that I think it 

 was a proceeding which I deserved, or worthy of him." — (" Life and 

 Letters of C. Darwin," ii., 314). 



Among some pamphlets from the library of Omeath House recently 

 acquired by the National Library of Ireland there is a copy of this 

 pamphlet, no doubt sent by the author to Mr. J. O. Woodhouse ; in it is 

 the inscription — " This is rubbish — merely got up to amuse an evening 

 meeting of a private Society. — W. H. H." It is worth nothing, then, 

 that our eminent Irish botanist did not in any way intend his brochure to 

 be taken serious'y, as Darwin seemed inclined to do. Possibly Harvey 

 regretted having written his essay at all, for we gather from an editorial 

 note in Darwin's " Life and Letters " that the copy sent to the author 

 of the " Origin of Species " was inscribed " With the writer's repentance, 

 Oct., i860." 



R. Lloyd Praeger. 



DubHn. 



BOTANY. 



Spiranthes Romanzoffiana in Co. Armagh. 



At a recent B. N. F, C. excursion Spiranthes Romanzoffiana was found 

 at Raughlan, on the Co. Armagh shore of Lough Neagh. On this pro- 

 montory the plant did not appear to be plentiful, as careful search in the 

 shore meadows only yielded two plants, the first of which was found by 

 Mr. S. M. Macoun. Some time ago Mr. N. Carrothers traced this plant 

 growing practically all the way between Ellis's Cut and Kinnagoe, a dis- 

 tance of about two miles, and in some of the meadows in large numbers. 

 This was recorded by Mr. Praeger {vide vol. xxii., p. 179). The Raughlan 

 station is some i| miles west of Kinnagoe, and from thence to the Co. 

 Tyrone boundary there are some twelve miles of shore line which should 

 repay investigation. 



Nevin H. Foster. 



Hillsborough, Co. Down, 



Sir Frederick Moore sent me last August a specimen of this plant collec- 

 ted in the cut-away bog at Brackagh by Mr. John S. W. Richardson. 

 This is my original station for the plant (/. AT., ii., 159), which at the time 

 it seemed better not to publish. Mr. Richardson saw six plants. 



R. Lloyd Praeger. 

 Dublin. 



