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any bog near the Giant's Ring, but stated that he had sought for it be- 

 tween that singular relic of antiquity and the River Ivagan, where, as a 

 raattei: of fact, there is no bog. Recollecting that some years ago I had 

 examined, bryologically, a bog at the foot of the eastern slope of the 

 Giant's Ring, close by the roadside, the approach to which is by a lane 

 directly opposite the Ballylesson National School, we concluded it to be 

 highly probable that this might prove to be the spot, where, on the 

 authority of David Orr, C. teretiusada had been detected by him more 

 than half a century ago; and I determined, though too late in the 

 season to find the plant in perfection, to adventure in quest of it, if haply 

 it might still be found there. The result showed our supposition to be 

 correct. A very few specimens of a starved form of the plant were ob- 

 tained in different parts of the bog, but for the most part it is confined 

 to a cutting running at right angles with the road, where it occurs, 

 growing in the water, in considerable profusion and luxuriance. At the 

 time of my visit, the latter end of July, the fruit was thoroughly ripened, 

 and indeed most of it had disappeared, but sufficient was secured to 

 facilitate the accurate identification of the plant, in the examination of 

 which I had the friendly assistance of Mr. Stewart. The height of this 

 sedge is given in Babington as one to two feet, which may be generally 

 correct, but the Ballylesson plant is fully three feet high, and many 

 specimens were found measuring very little under four feet. The re- 

 discovery of the species in the county may not be without some interest 

 to North of Ireland botanists. When Cybele Hibernica was published the 

 plant could be recorded for only two counties, Down and Antrim, but 

 it is more widely distributed than it was then known to be, and there 

 are specimens to vouch for its occurrence in Tyrone, Derry, and Donegal. 



J. H. Da VIES, lyisburn. 



ZOOLOGY. 



Fauna of Belfast Lough.— The following is a record of species 

 taken on a dredging expedition, on July 4th, 1896, organised by the 

 Belfast Naturalists' Field Club. Names in parentheses ( ) are given on 

 the authority of Dr. Hurst alone ; those in brackets [ ] on Mr. H. 

 Hanna's authority alone. Those without brackets on the authority of 

 both :— 



Protozoa. — (Cemfjum, sp.) 



PORIFERA. — {Lmcoselinia botrydides,'] \_Sycon covonatum.'] [Euspongiuy 

 sp.] 



HydrOZOA — Plumularia, sp. Tubularia indivisa. [Obelia gemcu/ata.l 

 iSertularia abietina. [^SertiUaria pumila.'] [FileUum serpens.'] {Clytia Johnstmii.) 

 (jOalycella syringa.) {Diphasia rosacea ?.) {Garveia nutans.) {Antennularia 

 ramosa.) {Coryne, sp.) (^Hydrallmania falcata.) 



POI^YZOA. — Pedicellina (cernua). Flustra {foUacea). Flustra {securifrons). 

 Crista (eburnea). {Veskularia spinosa.) {Amathia lendigera.) (Mucrotie/la 

 Peachii.) {Gemmellaria loricata.) {Cellaria sinuosa.) {Scrupocellaria scruposa.') 

 Vqlheriq uva.) (Eucratea chelata.) (Bugula plumosa.) {Buyula flabellata.) 



