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We have received from the authors two reprhits from the 

 ' Proceedmgs of the Royal Irisli Academy for 1882/ The first, by 

 Mr. S. A. Stewart, deals with the ' Botany of the mountainous 

 portion of Co. Fermanagh to the West of Lough Erne, and the 

 adjoining district of Co. Cavan' ; the second, by Mr. H. C. Hart, 

 is a ' Report upon the Botany of the Macgillicuddy's Reeks, Co. 

 Kerry.' Mr. Stewart records as new to Ireland Pot((mo(jeton Zizii, 

 " very sparingly in slow stream which connects Carrick Lake with 

 Bunnahone Lake, near Derrygonnelly, Co. Fermanagh"; and a 

 Ihibns from the same neighbourhood, which Prof. Babington thinks 

 is R. ewersistyJus, Mull., but " as the specimens gathered are rather 

 scanty, and as Prof. Babington does not speak with absolute cer- 

 tainty, there must still remain some doubt as regards this form." 

 Mr. Stewart also records the following additions to the Flora of 

 District X. of the ' Cybele Hibernica" : — 



Arabis hirsuta. Myosotis csespitosa. 



Sagina nodosa. Callitriche hamulata. 



Linum catharticum. Habenaria viridis. 



Agrimonia Eupatoria. H. chlorantha. 



Rosa arvensis. Potamogeton pectinatus. 



Antennaria dioica. Scirpus setaceus. 



Arctium nemorosum. Phleum pratense. 



Hieracium anglicum. Aira flexuosa. 



H. lasiophyllum. Cystopteris dentata. 



Gentiana campestris. Chara aspera. 



Mr. Hart gives a general list of the plants observed in Macgilli- 

 cuddy's Reeks, arranged in descendmg order, beginning with the 

 summit of Carron Tuohill (3414 ft.), and ending with Drishana, 

 west of the Gap of Dunloe (about 400 ft.), where he found Filago 

 minima, not previously recorded from Kevry. Of Arbutus Unedo 

 Mr. Hart met with a single old tree by the stream fi'om Lough 

 Googh into Black Valley, but he saw it nowhere else on the Reeks. 

 The following note upon the Saxifrages of the district is of 

 interest: — "Having submitted a series to Mr. Baker, of Kew, 

 he refers all the S. hypnoides forms to S. hirta, Sm. This plant is 

 very variable, and occm-s in two well-marked forms, the typical 

 plant occurring at greater heights, and usually in more alpine 

 situations and amongst alpine neighbours. Specimens from 

 Baurtregaum, on the Slieve Mish range, Mr. Baker has called 

 N. (tjfinis, Don. It is quite indistinguishable from the plant of the 

 Reeks, but bears sometimes a close resemblance to -S". ccBspitosa, 

 Linn. Unfortunately an inversion of names appeared in my 

 'Report on the Botany of the Galtee Mountains.' I have there 

 said that .S'. platypetala is the form usually met with in wetter 

 mossy places at low levels by streams ; ' while S. Jiirta, var. 

 yenuiiia, the finest cut form with bristle -pointed leaves, is especially 

 characteristic of the bases of the loftier cliffs.' These names should 

 be transposed. .S'. platypetala of the Galtees, this finest leaved 

 form, is very distinct in appearance, more so, I think, than any of 

 the others ; it is named S. spuuhemica, Gm., by Baker, and I have 

 only met with it upon the Galtees. With regard to the S. umhrusa 



