236 The Irish Naturalist. [ Sept,, 



17th, 187 1, p. 215, by Dr. Braithwaite, and the following 

 account of its distribution " Hab. swamps Farrago, Ocean 

 county, New Jersey, United States (^Aiistiii). In Europe only 

 found in Sweden, Hunneberg Mountain, Westrogothia, 1859, 

 {Lindberg). Viby, Nerike, i860 {Zcttcrstedt), both sterile." 

 He whites me that the Clonbrock specimen is referable to the 

 var. ivibricatum, and identical with specimens taken in I^ewis 

 by Dr. Moore. 



The investigation of the Hepaticae was the principal 

 object of my visit. I endeavoured by every means to make 

 as complete a collection as possible. In the Oak-wood alone 

 I made thirty-three gatherings, and on Doon bog and adjacent 

 woods thirty distinct gatherings. These and many others 

 collected on other parts of the Clonbrock estate were subjected 

 to a careful microscopical examination, with, I regret to say, 

 verv poor results, on account of the similarity between the 

 specimens collected on different bogs and in different woods 

 and plantations, although remote enough from each other. 

 Out of all the material collected I enumerate only thirty 

 species of Hepaticae. Of these the following eleven species 

 only are local on the estate ; the remainder are widely distribu- 

 ted there, and I may truly say through Ireland. 



Lejeunea hamatifolia, Hook. — On trees, Tycooley wood. 



Lcjeunea serpyllifolia, lyibert. — In the oak-wood. 



Lepidozia reptans, Linn. — Bog at Killasolan. 



Jungermania exseda, Schmidel — Sheep-pool bog, oak-wood, 

 Doon bog. A rare species. 



Jimgcrmayiia affiiiis, Wilson. — Damp bank in oak-w^ood, 

 Doon bog. 



Cephalozia divaricata, Smith. — Doon bog. 



Cephalozia cateyiulata, Huben. — Doon bog. 



Cephalozia Lainmcrsia7ia^ Huben. — Doon bog. 



Astrella hcmisphcsrica, Beauv.^-Doon bog. 



Riccardia latifro7is, Lindberg. — Doon bog, rare. 



Scapania itndulata, Linn. -Doon bog. 



The small number of species of Lejeunea which were met 

 with is remarkable. Out of the three which were collected 

 L. hamatifolia only is rare in Co. Galway ; it was collected 

 in the woods at Kylemore Castle demesne, by the late Dr. 

 D. Moore, in 1874, and, in July, 1895, I found it sparingly on 

 Carn Seefin in the same county. The commonest liverwort 

 ;n the district is Lejeu7iea f7ii7iutissima< I collected it on all 



