26 TJic Irish Naturalist. February, 



The increase in vertical range in the Serra da Estrella 

 of certain species which exhaust their upward range in 

 Kerry is shown in the following table : — 



Viola palustris 

 Ilex Aquifolium 

 Pyrus Aucuparia 

 Drosera rotundifolia ^ 

 Epilobium palustre 

 Conopodium denudatuiii 

 Carum verticillatum . . 

 Wahleiibergia hederacea 

 Arbutus Unedo 

 Sibthorpia europaea . . 

 Simethis bicolor 

 Cystopteris fragilis 

 Osmunda regalis 

 Juniperus nana 



There is one noteworthy defect in this Report — the total 

 absence of any reference to Ireland, although the general 

 European distribution of each species is given in the 

 Catalogue. x\t a first glance it would seem that the fre- 

 quently recurring word " Inglaterra " is intended, in a slip- 

 shod way not unusual with Continental writers, to include 

 the British Isles. Further examination, however, shows 

 that this explanation is hardly admissible, since under 

 Juniperus nana, " Escocia " and " Inglaterra " are dis- 

 tinguished. In the distribution of Simdhis hicolor and 

 Arbutus Unedo not even Inglaterra is mentioned ; so one is 

 forced to conclude that the author was quite ignorant 

 of Irish botany. This defect must detract from the value 

 and interest of this excellent report for the compatriots 

 of Dr. Henriques, though of little consequence to Irish 

 botanists. 



Sandycuv'C, Co. Dublin. 



i According to Dr. Henriques this species occurs in all tiucc Alpine 

 Zones wherever Sphagnum grows {Em iodos os logares onde vive Sphagnum) 



