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of my researches. Working so remote from the head-quarters of the 

 society causes this award to be the more appreciated. I regret I am 

 prevented from being present to receive it in person, but I hope the 

 council will accept this expression of my feelings regarding their 

 approval of my work in a somewhat neglected field. P'or some time 

 past nearly all my spare time has been spent in microscopically ex- 

 amining the glacial clays for foraminifera. My anticipation as to the 

 occurrence of these organisms in clays laid down under glacial conditions 

 has been fully confirmed, both as regards our local deposits and other 

 British clays, and I cannot avoid thinking that this fact must more or 

 less influence our views on the oriijin of these drifts." 



NOTES 



BOTANY. 



FUNGI. 



Cyathus vcrnlcosus — a correction. — The note in the February 

 number of the Irish Naturalist on this subject is scarcely accurate, inas- 

 much as the plant will be found in the list of Fungi in the Handbook 

 prepared for the meeting of the British Association in 1878. It occurred 

 in a greenhouse in Dublin, and it is interesting to note that Mr. Praeger's 

 specimens were found in a similar situation. This curious little plant 

 may be an addition to the Mycologic Flora of the North of Ireland, as it 

 is not mentioned in Mr. Lett's list published by the Belfast N. F, Club 



some years ago. 



Greenwood Pim, Dublin. 



PHANEROGAMS. 

 Early flowering of Lathraea scjuamaria. — On the 12th of last 

 month (March) I received from Miss IM. Chearnle}-, of Cappoquin, Co. 

 Waterford, some flowering plants of the Toothwort, which she had 

 discovered the day before growing under a yew tree in the grounds of 

 Tourin, near Cappoquin. Even allowing for the southern position of 

 the station, this appears to be an exceptionally early record for the 

 species, which in Ireland rarely flowers before mid-April. Miss 

 Chearnley's specimens were quite mature, showing well formed capsules 

 on some of the spikes. 



N. Coi^GAN, Dublin. 



Early Flowering of Hottonia palustris.— In a pond in a 



garden at Dundrum, Co. Dublin, Hottonia palustris is already in flower 

 (March 22nd). This is a remarkable case of early blooming. The plants 

 are self-sown, from stock introduced two years ago from the North of 

 Ireland. 



R. IvI^GYD PRAEGER. 



