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vagina •08"-' 12" tomento detergibili ohsita ad ochream in fibras fissa; 

 petiole •07'"-*!'", siibtereti, supra sulcato ; lamina ultra medium 

 bifurca ; alis rbomboideo-lanceolatis •22'"--3'" X •05'"-"08™, supra sub- 

 tusque glabris sed supra venulis transverse striata ; venis utrinque 

 6-8, •009™-*012'" dissitis ; spatha exteriore membranacea ; spatlia 

 interiore •08'"-*l™, fusiformi, longe acuminata, sublignea, setis *003'"- 

 •004" subnigris patulis horrida ; spadice "06™ --08'", pedunculo 

 decurvo, apicem versus sparse setoso, in ramos 3-4, •04'"--05™ fisso ; 

 fl. ?, calyce et corolla subaequilongis, coriaceis, androeceo sterili 

 nullo ; drupa ? 



Hab. — In Guiana collexit Aublet (Herb. Aublet.) et Martin 

 (Herb. Rudge). Specimina sicca in Museo Britannico vidi. 



This species differs from B. simplicifrons, Mart., in inner spathe 

 and spadix, and in the very distinct striation formed by the trans- 

 verse veins on the upper surface of the leaf ; in other points they 

 are very like each other. The characters seem constant, as the speci- 

 mens collected by Aublet and by Martin agree in every respect. 



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LYCopoDruM iNTJNDATUM IN Kerry. — This autumn I found a new 

 locality for this Club-moss, so very rare in Ireland, it grows in some 

 quantity on the shore of Lough Guitane, near Killarney, accompanied 

 by another interesting plant, Cicendia fdiformis. This is the third 

 Irish county, the previously known localities being in Connemara, 

 Gal way, and in Cork.— -A. G. More. 



Flora op Inish-Boein, Gaiwat. — This remote island lies in the 

 Atlantic, off the junction of the two counties of Galway and Mayo, 

 about six miles from the nearest point of the mainland of Connemara. 

 It is about three and ahalf miles longand two wide at its greatest breadth, 

 containing an area of 2312 acres (nearly 4 square miles). The popula- 

 tion is 663. The geological formation belongs to the Lower Silurian 

 Schists, with one narrow band of Serpentine on the south-west, and a 

 few trap-dykes. The coast is almost everywhere bounded by rocky 

 cliffs, "with the exception of a small piece of low sand at the east end 

 of the island. No trees occur ; some Alders and Willows have been 

 planted here and there, but the few stunted bushes of Blackthorn and 

 Aspen, with several Brambles, represent the entire arboreal vegetation. 

 Mr. A. G. More, in August, 1875, paid a visit (in company with Mr. 

 R. M. Barrington) of four days to the island, and one other day 

 was devoted to the adjoining island, Inish-Shark. He has now 

 published, in the "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy" (2nd 

 series, vol. ii., Science) a report on the Flora. A complete list with 

 localities is given, amounting to 303 species, or with those seen on 

 Inish-Turk, another of the same group, five miles north of Bofin, 323. 

 The most remarkable plant observed was a variety of Campanula 

 rotundifoUa, with corollas at least an inch long, named var. speciosa. 

 Many species present a stunted and dwarf habit of growth. The 

 rarest plants gathered were : Helianthemum guttatum, Calamagrostis 



