250 IKISH PLANTS OBSERVBD IN JULY, 1895. 



transcribe what Gomes says about him: — '' Hancomuim \ocfiwi in 

 memoriam Philippi Ilancornii, natione Augli, et apud Lusitanos in 

 Navali militia benemeriti Divisionis Ducis, quippe qui non modo 

 Rerum Naturalium studiosus est, sed etiam studiosorum fautor, 

 eoque maxime quod dum Classi, qua Medici partes agebam, anno 

 1797 iu Brasiliam missje Prnsfectus erat, Observationes Botanico- 

 Medicas illic instituendi opportunitates benevole mihi largitus est, 

 reversusque Olysiponem hisce adhuc redigendis favere prosecutua 

 fuit, oblatis nonnullis haud vulgaribus Botanices libris, munere 

 mihi maxime occasionis ergo acceptissimo." — /. c. 51. 

 Skolemora Pernambucensis. Angelm. 



" Tlie fruit of this tree possesses the strongest vegetable anthel- 

 minthic properties with which I am acquainted. It is necessary to 

 be careful m the use of it, for if the dose is too large, the medicine 

 will attack the nervous system, and produce convulsions. The 

 common dose is one-fourth part of a seed for an adult. I know of 

 three species of this plant." — Koster, 498. 



Angelini is a general name for several species of Andira (Brev. 

 not. 5, and Miers Cat. Woods), and Skolemora is clearly synonymous 

 with that genus : S. jicinambiicensis, judging from the properties 

 described = A. anthehninthica Benth. or A. vermijiuja Mart. 

 Spondia tuberosa. Imhuzeirn. Koster, 496. 



Jackson enters this as "sp. dub." It is Spondins vennlosn Mart., 

 as will be seen by comparing Arruda's description of the use made of 

 its fruit — "With [the juicy pulp] and milk, curds, and sugar, a 

 much esteemed mess is made, called imbiizada" — with that given 

 hy Engler of <S'. jj»?7j;t/m* in Fl. Bras. xii. ii. 415 — "pulpa dulci et 

 aromatica donati, cum saccharo et lacte in Brasilia media inter 

 secundarum mensium delicia, locum habent (Imbusada)." Gardner 

 (Travels, 231) gives a similar account. The name (as Spondias 

 tuberosa) occurs in Said. PI. Alim. Bres. 18 (1867) ; and in Peckolt's 

 Hist. PI. Alim. de Gozo, 54 (1874). 

 Unona carminativa. Embira Verwelha. Koster, 489. 



= Xylopia sericea St. Hil. PI. No. Bras. t. 33! 



IRISH PLANTS OBSERVED IN JULY, 1895. 



By Rev. E. S. Marshall, M.A., F.L.S., & W. A. Shoolbred,M.R.C.S. 



The species mentioned below were collected between July 2nd 

 and 16th. An enforced stay of two or three hours at Ferryhill, opposite 

 Waterford, in Co. Kilkenny (Dist. 3 of Ci/bcle Hibcrnica), enabled us 

 to secure several interesting brambles on the hills above the Suir ; 



* Although referred to S. imrpurea, it is clear from the context that the 

 statement about the Brazilian use of the fruit refers to the var. /3. venulosa, as 

 the type does not occur in Brazil. Engler subsequently (DC. Mon. Phan. iv. 

 245) restored this to specific rank; the name cited by Jackson from Engler 

 should stand in Index Kewensis as " S. venulosa Mart. Syn. Mat. Med. 77 (1843)." 



