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Equisetum varlegratum var. majus, Syme.— Abundant on the 

 stony shores of I^ough Talt. 



Lycopodium Selagro, Linn.— This species, rarely met with in abund- 

 ance in east Ireland, occurs in profusion in the high-lying wet bogs 

 N.B. of Easky lough. 



L. clavatum, Linn. — Sparingly on the grassy hill-slopes west of 

 Lough Talt, at 600 feet. 



I am indebted to Mr. Arthur Bennett for assistance in 

 determining some of the critical species observed, and to 

 Messrs. H. and J. Groves for naming a few specimens of 

 Chara gathered. These latter all belong to the common 

 species C.fragilis and C. 'vulgaris which occur in all twelve of 

 the Irish botanical districts. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Prof. R. Tate's Visit to Belfast. 



Allow me to correct an erroneous impression which is conveyed by the 

 note in November number of the Irish Naturalist respecting Prof. Ralph 

 Tate's recent visit to Belfast. Prof. Tate did not honour Belfast Natural- 

 ists' Field Club by a visit, or, to put it plainly, the Club did not seize 

 the opportunity to honour itself by receiving its distinguished founder 

 when he revisited Belfast. Prof. Tate was invited by a former President of 

 the Club, Mr. John Anderson, j.p., F.G.S., one of the original members; 

 but he had accepted the prior invitation of Mr. Joseph Wright, F.G.S., 

 and was the guest of the latter gentleman during his stay here. To 

 quote the words of the Professor, the visit was intended for * * * "those 

 who helped to make my sojourn at Belfast the most pleasant episode of 

 my life." P'or the benefit of the younger members of the Belfast Club it 

 may be well to mention that Prof. Tate's work in the Secondary rocks of 

 Ireland, done over thirty years ago, gave us the most complete exposition 

 of those rocks which has yet appeared. Subsequently appointed 

 Professor of Geology and Natural History in Adelaide University, he has 

 done an immense amount of work in South Australia, not only as a 

 palseontologist, but also as a conchologist and a botanist, and has risen 

 to the foremost place amongst Australasian naturalists. He has occupied 

 the position of President of the Royal Society of South Australia, and of 

 the Adelaide Naturalists' Field Club, of which he also was founder. 

 There- has been much said of late as to inter-communication of 

 naturalists, land it is not creditable to the Belfast Club that no advantage 

 was taken of this, the final visit of its foremost member. 



S. A. vStkwarT, Belfast. 



