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NOTES. 



BOTANY. 



Pleospora herbarum on Clover. 



I found great quantities of Trifolhun minus growing at St. John's Point, 

 Co. Down, last July, so altered in appearance that I thought it must be 

 one of the rarer maritime species. It was s^nt to the National Museum, 

 and Prof. Johnson says the fungus with little black fruits which have so 

 altered its appearance is Pleospora herbantm Pers. 



C. H. WADDEI^Iy. 



Saintfield, Co. Down. 



Maidenhair Fern in north-east Gal way. 



Mr. \V. S. Waithman has sent me specimens ot Adiantum Capilhis- 

 Veneris collected by him on the limestone pavements east of Galway. 

 This forms an interesting extension of range, the nearest stations being 

 Ballyvaughan on the south and Roundstone on the west. 



R. Lloyd Praeger. 

 Dublin. 



Polystichum angulare var. acutilobum in Co. Cork. 

 Among some plants sent to me by Mr. R. A. Phillips is a fine frond of 

 this famous variety, gathered by him at Glanmire in 1891. 



R. Liv. Praeger. 

 Dublin. . 



Malaxis paludosa in Donegal. 



Mrs. Leebody has favoured me with a sight of a specimen of the Bog 

 Orchis, collected near Slieve Snaght, on August 27, by Dr. T. V. 

 Campbell. Mr. D. C. Campbell, who visited the locality under his 

 brother's guidance in search of more of it on vSeptember 4, writes to Mrs. 

 Iveebody : — " The Malaxis was found among Sphagniun moss in one of the 

 tiny runnels among the heather. It was not on Slieve Snaght, but on 

 the rising ground that leads up to it, about three-quarters of a mile from 

 Drumfries Station, a little above the stream. I should say the spot is 

 about 500 feet above sea-level, and about 150 feet above the cultivated 

 land around." Dr. Campbell's find forms a very interesting addition to 

 the flora of Donegal. The only previous Ulster stations are several in 

 Antrim (last seen by S. A. Stewart in 1878), and one in Armagh (not seen 

 for at lea?t forty years). 



' .' j^ Li^oYD Praeger. 



