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nearest to Mulliiigar. Very fine inside and outside the little harbour 

 at Lord Longford's landing-stage, L. Deraveragh. 



*Carex divulsa Good. Knock Ross, by L. Deraveragh. — C. 

 Goodenowii J. Gay, \a.i\ juncella (T. M. Fries). Bog of Lynn. 



Agrostis canina L. *f. mutica ; stoloniferous. Drin More, Knock 

 Drin. — Phraymites communis Trin. var. '-'nigricans Gren. & Godr. 

 N.W. end of L. Owel. — Poa jn-atensis L. var. '''SubciBnilea (Sm.). 

 Bog of Lynn. — -^(Tlyceria plicata Fr. Knock Drin. 



Athyrium Filix-fcemina Roth. var. ■■■conveamm Newman. Knock 

 Drin Woods. — Lastrea Filix-mas Presl. var. ■■■affmis Bab. Wood by 

 Brittas Lake, Knock Drin. — Var. ^paleacea Moore. Damp wooded 

 ground, Quarry Bog. 



Chara vulgaris L. var. ■doyigibracteata Kuetz. L. Ennel ; so 

 named by Messrs. H. & J. Groves for the Rev. E. S. Marshall. 

 The Characecc in the district were remarkable for their quantity and 

 great variety ; probably few districts could make a better show. 



Since the above paper was written, the Rev. W. M. Rogers 

 (whom we thank for much help in criticizing our Westmeath 

 brambles, and working at some that are still unnamed) has agreed 

 to our suggested name of '''U. viridis Kalt. for a Knock Drin plant. 

 We have also learnt through Mr. Levinge that the following species 

 or varieties in the above list have not previously been noted for 

 Ireland : — R. Idceus var. asperrimus Lees ; R. opacus Focke ; R. 

 danicus Focke ; R. radula var. echinatoides Rogers ; Pi. Newboiddii 

 Bab. ; R. fuscus var. macrostachys P. J. Muell. ; and R. thyrsiger Bab. 



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By 0. W. Hope. 



Native plant-collectors were sent by Mr. J. F. Duthie, B.A., 

 F.L.S., the Director of the Botanical Department, Northern ludia, 

 with the Field Force which went to the relief of Chitral Fort in the 

 spring of the year 1895. One of these was placed under the orders 

 and supernitendence of Surgeon-Lieutenant S. A. Harriss, I.M.S., 

 one of the medical ofiicers of the force. The collections, made in 

 the months of May, June, and July, were brought to Mr. Duthie 

 for determination, and he has kindly allowed me to see and cata- 

 logue the Ferns found among them. The other botanical collector 

 was sent in August to assist Brigadier-General W. Gatacre, who 

 collected from April to September. The collections were sent to 

 the Botanical Department, and the ferns included in them have 

 also been shown to me. From both collections I have compiled the 

 following list, from which it will be seen that twenty-seven species, 

 including two now for the first time named and described, have 

 been found in the Trans-Indus States which were traversed by the 

 Expedition ; and that, while all have previously been found in 

 Biitisii India, nineteen of them are European, and thirteen British. 



