1 88 The Irish Naticralist. [July, 



NOTES. 





BOTANY. 



PHANEROGAMS. 

 Recent Notices of Irish Plants. — In the [otirnal of Botany for 



June, MevSsrs. E. S. Marshall and W. A. Shoolbred publish an impor- 

 tant list of plants observed by them during a fortnight's stay in July, 

 1895, at Clonbur, near the S.W. corner of Lough Mask, and on the 

 borders of Mayo and Galway ; a few notes from Kilkenny and Clare are 

 also included. Of the more interesting plants recorded, the following 

 may be mentioned : — Rajiiinciilus Droiieiii, Sithiilaria aquatica^ Polygala 

 oxyptera, Agrimonia odorata, Filago minima " not recorded from the West of 

 YxQ^?:^^"" (Cyb. Hib.) ; Utriadaria't neglecia, Polygonum macnlaUtm, Epipactis 

 atrortibens, Potamogeton filifo7'mis, Carex aquatilis,\?ir. elatior, Bab., C Pseiido- 

 cyperus, Festtua Myuros, Lycopodium initndatum, Pilularia globtilifera. Some 

 of the above furnish very important extensions of the known range of 

 the several plants. In a long list of Rubi, the following are new records 

 for Ireland — R, crythrimis, R. dun?noniensis, R. argentains, R. Sprengelii, R, 

 Babingtonii. 



The Twelfth Annual Report of the Watson Botanical Exchange Club, 

 iust issued, contains references to a number of Irish plants, sent to the 

 Club by the late Mr. H. C. Levinge, and the Revs. C. H. Waddell and 

 H. W. Lett. Few of these call for special remark, but we are glad to 

 see definite confirmation of the occurrence of Rammcuhcs floribiindiis in 

 the North-east (see Flor. N.E.I. SnppL). Mr. Lett adds Anthriscus vulgaris 

 to the Armagh Flora, and some interesting Rubi are recorded. 



Flora of Nortli-East Ireland.— On the 25th May I noticed on 

 Slemish Mountain, County Antrim, the folio wing plants; — Vaccinium Vitis 

 Idcea sparingly on the north face ; and Hieracium zVzV/^w, with the Vaccinium ; 

 and Habenaria albida plentiful at the S.W. base. None of these are abundant 

 plants, and the first is very rare in the north-east of Ireland. 



H. C. Hart, Portsalon, Letterkenny. 



Draba verna at Poyntzpass. — I noticed this spring on one of the 

 walks in my flower garden a plant ver}^ like D. verna. In order to make 

 sure I sent it to Mr. Praeger who confirms my determination.. It occurs 

 also on the road between this and Poyntzpass and at the railway station. 

 The only other locality in County Armagh is I believe the Sheep-walk 

 at Armagh, but Mr. Praeger thinks it has escaped notice elsewhere from 

 its small size and early habit of flowering. 



W. F. Johnson, Poyntzpass, 



The Clotoe Flower in Co. Fermanagh. — It may interest botanical 



readers to know that the Globe Flower {^Trollius eurupa:us) grows in an 



unquestionably wild state on the shores of one of the larger 



Fermanagh lakes. Mr. Pike of Sydenham Hill, London, first brought 



the circumstance under my notice. 



W. MACMii,r,AN, Enniskilleu, 



