1902. Notes. 219 



Poa nemoralis near Lisbum. 



This slender and graceful Poa grows abundantly in sandy soil, under 

 beech trees on a bank by the Dublin road, about half a mile from Lis- 

 burn, County Antrim. Though accepted as native, it appears likely 

 that it may not be so in some of the places from which it has been re- 

 ported. In a Belfast seed-list I have seen its name advertised as that of 

 a grass recommended for growing in shrubberies ! In the present locality 

 it has been noticed for the last three or four seasons, and that it is truly 

 native there I think there cannot be any reasonable doubt. 



J. H. Davies. 

 Lisburn. 



Brachypodium pinnatum, Beauv., in Co. Cork. 



On August 7th last, while on a visit to Courtmacsherry, I found this 

 handsome grass growing abundantly along the edge of the cliffs in that 

 neighbourhood. This is its second known station in Ireland, and repre- 

 sents a considerable extension of range, the other locality being near 

 Tramore, Co. Waterford, where I discovered it in 1898. It is undoubtedly 

 native in both localities. 



R. A. PHII.UPS. 

 Cork. 



Botanical Exchange Club. 



We have received the Report for 1901 of the Botanical Exchange Club 

 of the British Isles, which contains, as usual, notices of a few Irish 

 species. A departure is made in the reproduction (from the Memoirs of 

 the Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc, vol. xi,vi., No. i, pp. 1-8), of two 

 excellent photographs of Diotis caiididissima growing at Lady's Island 

 Lake, Co. Wexford. In the publication last-mentioned these photographs 

 illustrate a paper by Mr. Cecil P. Hurst on the " Range of DioHs candi- 

 dissima Desf., in England and Wales, and in Ireland," to which we are 

 glad to draw attention. 



Irish Plant Records. 



In the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, vol. xxiv., Section B, 

 No. 2, Mr. Praeger publishes a paper " Gleanings in Irish Topographical 

 Botany," consisting mainly of notes of varieties, hybrids, and aliens, 

 made in connection with the field-work carried out for " Irish Topo- 

 graphical Botany." The distribution in Ireland of various critical groups 

 is here given for the first time — Eitphrasia, for instance, to the extent of 

 over 150 records, and Rosa canina. The Characece^ also, and Alchetnilla 

 vulgaris, are treated in great detail. The paper contains new records for 

 some rare or unrecorded plants, such as Nasturliiitn barbarcedes, Cerastitun 

 triviale var. holoUeoides, Stellaria umbrosa, Rhinanthus sienophyllus, Schur., 

 /uncus diffusus, Potamogeton Bennettii (one other British station), and various 

 hybrids of Rubus, Salix, Sec 



