2 The Irish Nahiralist. January, 



iu exploring the alga-flora of that lake for the Royal Irish 

 Academy. The discovery of the pretty Pyrola secioida by Mr. 

 Tetley in Fermanagh is most welcome, especially in view of 

 the unsuccess of repeated attempts to confirm the only pre- 

 vious stations in Antrim and Derry. In the west, Mr. Grierson 

 has done good service in showing that another of our rarest 

 British plants, the Mediterranean orchid, Habe^iaria intada, is 

 not confined to the limestone pavements, as appeared to be 

 the case ; and Mr. W. A. Barnes has strengthened the claim of 

 Sisyrmchmm aiigtistifoihuti to be considered native by finding 

 it in wild ground on Lough Erne, a great extension of range. 

 Mr. Coote's report of the abundance of the Yellow Bird's-nest, 

 Hypopithys, that strange parasite, in his demesne in Roscom- 

 mon, is also welcome, in view of the extreme sparsity of the 

 plant in this country. Among critical plants, most valuable 

 work has been done by Rev. W. Moyle Rogers on the Brambles, 

 during a fortnight spent in the north-east. As a result, two 

 new forms, R. ci7ierosus and R.Lettii) are described, and much 

 clearing up of doubtful plants accomplished. One species, 

 R. viutabiliSy is added to the Irish list, trom both north-east 

 and south-west, but against this two north-eastern plants, 

 R. gratus and R.piibcscens, must, for the present at least, be 

 withdrawn. 



I now give a list of the new county records, arranged under 

 county-divisions, and shall then arrange these records under 

 species in the style of '* Irish Topographical Botany." 



2. Kerry n. — 



Rubus pUcatus. R. mutabills. 



R. pulcherrimus. 



6. WaTERFORD.— Primula veris. 



5. Ci^ARE.— 



Malva moschata. Pruiius Cerasus. 



J2. Wexford.— 



Atriplex farinosa. Lemua polyrhiza. 



13 Cari^OW. — Habenaria bifolia. 



18. King's County.— Ononis repens. 



19. Kii^DARE.— Botrychium Lunaria. 

 21. Dubinin.— Carex aquatilis. 



