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PERIANTH (p. 112). — The term 'perianth ' seems to me to be too use- 

 ful to discard. It should, however, be used as a collective term for the 

 floral envelopes. We may thus have the perianth in its perfect forai 

 separable into two parts — the calyx and corolla. Then, again, either 

 the outer or inner portion may be wanting, or the two series may be 

 similar, either both calyx-like, calycoid, or both more or less brightly 

 coloured or corolloid. — W. R. M'Nab. 



Plants of Co. Coiik. — Scirpus Savii ; not recorded up to this from 

 District No. 2 of ' Cybele Hibernica,' but occurs abundantly in the east 

 of the county. — Carex diviilsa ; apparently a very rare plant in Ireland, 

 but not unfrequent in this county. It occurs at Midleton, and in the 

 extreme west near Bantry. — C. Umosa ; not recorded from this county 

 hitherto, but found twice by me last summer, near Glengariffe, at base of 

 the Sugar Loaf, and on Bluefort Bog, Newmarket. — C. Jilifurmis ; stated 

 by Drummond to grow in Ballyphehane Bog, near Cork, but not seen 

 there lately. I found it last summer abundantly in a lake at head of the 

 Glengarifte Glen. — C. paludosa ; not recorded from the county. I have 

 found it here at Dumfort Bog, and again in the west near Dunmanway. — 

 T. Allin. 



Vekonic.\ triphyllos, L. — One of my pupils lately found this in a 

 cornfield near Rugby, where several other Veronicas were growing. Its 

 occurrence here so far away from the eastern counties, its proper habitat, 

 seems worthy of record. — F. E. Kitchener. 



Crithmum maritimum. — In the last number of the Journal (p. 143) 

 the shingly beach at Newton Creek is called a "most unusual locality" 

 for Crilhinum maritimum. Surely this is not the case ; the plant is 

 not abundant in Sussex, but I find it here and there on the beach all 

 along the coast from Rye to Chichester Creek, and I have seen it in 

 several similar places in other parts of England. — W. W. Reeves. 



Applications of some Brittsh Plants. — The Carices are not 

 noted for their economic value, but in isolated country districts we may 

 often see some novel application of a native product little thought of by 

 the residents of large towns. The Carex panicnlata, L., a plant growing 

 in wet copses and marshes, would appear to be of no interest economi- 

 cally, yet the dense tufts of this plant, which attain a large size in the 

 Norfolk fens, are cut by the peasantry, and used to a certain extent in 

 some parts of the county, as well as in Sussex, for kneeling-hassocks in 

 churches. They are very durable, and have been known to last over fifty 

 years. The stems of Scirpus lacnstriis and Tt/pJia intifoUa are, of course, 

 more geiu;rally used, but these are plattcul, while the tufts of the Carex 

 require no preparation. In Yorkshire and Cumberland it is not uncom- 

 mon for the Hair Moss, Polytrirhnm commune, to be used both for 

 hassocks and brooms. In Lapland, the natives remove large masses of 

 this Moss from the ground just above the roots, ami use them for mak- 

 ing beds ind for coverings instead of blankets. — J. R. Jackson. 



